OT: Bizarre co-incidence

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....and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:41:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>> ...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>>
>>>> You started teaching the year I was born.....
>>>
>>> yoofer terday. Mind, I went to secondary school as a pupil in 1977.
>>> Not the one Richard taught at, though.
>>
>> Thank God for that! Clever + sensible, thick + sensible, and thick +
>> awkward, were always easy. Clever + awkward was always the worst
>> combination.
>>
>
> Still is!

Thought as much! I've been asked to spend a day in a local comp next month.
My job is training people in a call centre, and the "Head of Motivation" at
the school (you couldn't make it up) has asked for someone to go in for a
day and give year 11 an idea of what the work is like, what skills they
need, etc. I'm the obvious candidate. I'm quite looking forward to it.

--
Rich
==============================

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary
and those who don't.


 

"puffernutter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Graeme wrote:
> >>>>No, I used to teach English in secondary school (11-18 yrs).
> >>>
> >>>time for a poll then, how many of us admit to being teachers then?
> >>
> > Well I work in a Primary School but I'm not a teacher (I fix the
computers).
> > My dad's a retired Headmaster and my brother is a current Headmaster -
does
> > that count?
> >
> > Graeme
> >
> > p.s. I was also a policeman for seventeen years so maybe I should be on
> > 't'other side'?
> >
> >
> I didn't think that in this PC world you were allowed to be a
> "Headmaster", I thought they were all "Headteachers" these days!
>
> (Unless they are in private education of course :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter

Not in private education but they both work in 'Public Schools'

In Scotland that's the (probably now outdated) description used for Primary
School.

As to the PC bit? I'm too old to care! Headmaster is a headmaster and a
Headmistress is a headmistress - I was always more afraid of the latter ;-))

Graeme



 
On or around Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:41:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>>> You started teaching the year I was born.....
>>
>> yoofer terday. Mind, I went to secondary school as a pupil in 1977.
>> Not the one Richard taught at, though.
>
>Thank God for that! Clever + sensible, thick + sensible, and thick +
>awkward, were always easy. Clever + awkward was always the worst
>combination.

you left out clever and bone idle...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25
 
In message <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes
>On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:09:52 +0000, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he wrote:
>
>>Mind, I dunno if I'd get involved in live steam, fun though it is. Lot of
>>hassle with boiler certificates and so forth.
>
>It's surprising how many LR owners are into steam as well. There are
>more than a few enthusiasts in the EMLRA, even drivers (is that the
>correct word). Must be the smell and sight of hot dripping oil.
>
>All the best
Another steam fan here too. Only with me it's mostly boats. I've worked
President & Kildare (steam narrowboat & unpowered butty) and a friend
owns a steam powered icebreaker, Laplander. I've an interest in all
steam engines though, from the big pumping and mill engines down to
model ones. I've a yen to get one of the Hornby live steam model
railways or at least a Mamod traction engine one of these days (lack of
tuits)

Will
--
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Austin Shackles wrote:

>
> Mind, I went to secondary school as a pupil in 1977.

So you're just a young rabbit then Austin. I was almost finished with
primary school by the time you arrived.

--
EMB
 
[email protected] wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:09:52 +0000, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he wrote:
>
>
>>Mind, I dunno if I'd get involved in live steam, fun though it is. Lot of
>>hassle with boiler certificates and so forth.
>
>
> It's surprising how many LR owners are into steam as well. There are
> more than a few enthusiasts in the EMLRA, even drivers (is that the
> correct word). Must be the smell and sight of hot dripping oil.

Summat like that - I play with steam trains in any spare time left after
working and keeping the green oval fleet running.



--
EMB
 
In message <[email protected]>, rads
<[email protected]> writes
>On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:45:11 +0000 (UTC), Will Wilkinson
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've a yen to get one of the Hornby live steam model
>>railways
>>
>Think I saw Hornby are selling a live steam OO gauge
>
>Hang on...
>
>Yup
>
>http://www.hornby.com/pages/livestm_live.aspx
>
>Pretty impressive bit of engineering.
>
>David
That's the one. They had a couple of them running on their stand at the
Goodwood Festival of Speed last year. Most impressive, even got a proper
set of controls!

Will
--
lancre dot net - The personal domain of Will and Cath Wilkinson.
Send e-mail to news dot will at lancre dot net
'98 300Tdi Defender 110 CSW, 1/12th NB Sometimes
PGP Fingerprint E089 1736 A023 9E5C AFA3 0B40 E5DC D80A 9E1F D521
Public key can be obtained from ldap://certserver.pgp.com
 
On or around Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:19:02 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>>
>> Mind, I went to secondary school as a pupil in 1977.
>
>So you're just a young rabbit then Austin. I was almost finished with
>primary school by the time you arrived.

I'm almost faulty.

April the first, as I believe I may have mentioned. Anyone in reach of
midsouthwest wales on the appropriate day ('s a saturday) is welcome to come
to the pub to help celebrate.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Satisfying: Satisfy your inner child by eating ten tubes of Smarties
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:13:37 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>...and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>
>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:41:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
>> <[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>>
>>> ...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>>>
>>>>> You started teaching the year I was born.....
>>>>
>>>> yoofer terday. Mind, I went to secondary school as a pupil in 1977.
>>>> Not the one Richard taught at, though.
>>>
>>> Thank God for that! Clever + sensible, thick + sensible, and thick +
>>> awkward, were always easy. Clever + awkward was always the worst
>>> combination.
>>>
>>
>> Still is!
>
>Thought as much! I've been asked to spend a day in a local comp next month.
>My job is training people in a call centre, and the "Head of Motivation" at
>the school (you couldn't make it up) has asked for someone to go in for a
>day and give year 11 an idea of what the work is like, what skills they
>need, etc. I'm the obvious candidate. I'm quite looking forward to it.

aah, head of motivation = the wonderful learning mentors, someone else
drawing a salary from otherwise tight school budgets.....
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
 
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:30:04 GMT, rads
<[email protected]> scribbled the
following nonsense:

>On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:45:11 +0000 (UTC), Will Wilkinson
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've a yen to get one of the Hornby live steam model
>>railways
>>
>Think I saw Hornby are selling a live steam OO gauge
>
>Hang on...
>
>Yup
>
>http://www.hornby.com/pages/livestm_live.aspx
>
>Pretty impressive bit of engineering.
>
>David

yes, currently trying to convince swmbo that we need at least a OO
live steam setup in the garden, although I would prefer G Scale....
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
 
....and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:13:37 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>> ...and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:41:24 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
>>> <[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>>>
>>>> ...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>>>>
>>>>>> You started teaching the year I was born.....
>>>>>
>>>>> yoofer terday. Mind, I went to secondary school as a pupil in
>>>>> 1977. Not the one Richard taught at, though.
>>>>
>>>> Thank God for that! Clever + sensible, thick + sensible, and
>>>> thick + awkward, were always easy. Clever + awkward was always
>>>> the worst combination.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Still is!
>>
>> Thought as much! I've been asked to spend a day in a local comp
>> next month. My job is training people in a call centre, and the
>> "Head of Motivation" at the school (you couldn't make it up) has
>> asked for someone to go in for a day and give year 11 an idea of
>> what the work is like, what skills they need, etc. I'm the obvious
>> candidate. I'm quite looking forward to it.
>
> aah, head of motivation = the wonderful learning mentors, someone else
> drawing a salary from otherwise tight school budgets.....

That was it! "Head of Mentoring and Motivation". I'd forgotten the other M
word. I'm afraid I burst out laughing when I saw the letter my boss got.
She wasn't pleased - something about "attitude".

When I was teaching, there were heads of department (which was me), heads of
year, deputies and headteachers, and a careers bloke. Now they all sound
like their job titles come from the Social Work pages of the Grauniad.

--
Rich
==============================

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary
and those who don't.


 
In <[email protected]>, Richard Brookman
<[email protected]> said
>...and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>> aah, head of motivation = the wonderful learning mentors, someone else
>> drawing a salary from otherwise tight school budgets.....
>
>That was it! "Head of Mentoring and Motivation". I'd forgotten the other M
>word. I'm afraid I burst out laughing when I saw the letter my boss got.
>She wasn't pleased - something about "attitude".
>
>When I was teaching, there were heads of department (which was me), heads of
>year, deputies and headteachers, and a careers bloke. Now they all sound
>like their job titles come from the Social Work pages of the Grauniad.

People sometimes ask me what _I_ do - my usual replies are that I
work as a consultant for the Central Office of Disinformation and
that should I inadvertently provide further details of my current
projects I'd also be obliged to kill you.

Also note that I'm a reseller for http://www.despair.com/
--
Tanuki
"We're from the Bureau of Death: Enforcement Division"
 
Simon Isaacs wrote:

> aah, head of motivation = the wonderful learning mentors, someone else
> drawing a salary from otherwise tight school budgets....

Yes, those are the ones that are telling the kids that they are too
good for any kind of manual work and should all enroll for higher
education courses to enable them to gain as much debt, and as little
experiance of any practical kind as possible. Seems like your head of
motivation isn't managing to motivate the teachers in a very positive
way.... ;-)

Regards

William MacLeod

 
On 28 Feb 2006 15:21:47 -0800, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Simon Isaacs wrote:
>
>> aah, head of motivation = the wonderful learning mentors, someone else
>> drawing a salary from otherwise tight school budgets....
>
>Yes, those are the ones that are telling the kids that they are too
>good for any kind of manual work and should all enroll for higher
>education courses to enable them to gain as much debt, and as little
>experiance of any practical kind as possible. Seems like your head of
>motivation isn't managing to motivate the teachers in a very positive
>way.... ;-)
>
>Regards
>
>William MacLeod

Yep, we have some kids who are being entered for 11 GCSE's, in a
school which has the pupils that do not pass the 11+, as our area
still has Grammar schools. Kids that are struggling with 5 are
completely overloaded with 11, but whose fault is it......

try a school with 21 admin staff and 44 teachers..... One of them is
employed 8hrs a day, 5 days a week to scan the registers, which are
now done using optical mark readers. Takes about 20 minutes to do the
whole school.......
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
 
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