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Archive for December, 2009

 

The future ain’t what it used to be.

trespassers

There’s not much arguing with this sign seen in a farmer’s field. It’s pretty direct. If only the future was always so clear. But it’s not because it doesn’t exist. Tomorrow never comes.     read more >>


 

Dictation

Get your pens out
When I was at school dictation meant learning a passage or list of vocabulary at home in preparation for a test the next day. The teacher read out the text or list piece by piece, pausing for us to write what we heard. Our scripts were taken in and marked. A point from a total of 20 was taken off for every mistake in spelling, punctuation or missed out word. If you had over twenty mistakes you got a minus score – which meant a student who wrote nothing could score higher than one with a lot of mistakes!     read more >>


 

Focus on the learner



Do you know the scene in Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian” where a crowd has gathered outside his house and are chanting as one.     read more >>


 

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