Tony, I do not see why Brent has to offer its apologies to Martina. As in a brainstorming session, without the nuisance of limitations, as creative persons like Brent do, he gives suggestions. He explained that his examples do not have to be interpreted too literally. For someone like Martina, weighed down by its dependence on bureaucratic rules it can be inspiring and it requires no apologies.
Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 26-apr-2011, om 18:03 heeft Tony Moss het volgende geschreven: > On 26/04/2011 14:32, Brent wrote: >> >>> You are obviously the sort of person who likes to 'investigate' things for >>> yourself (and learn from your own mistakes) - but, unfortunately, that is >>> not how the UK educational system works these days. Britain used to be a >>> "nation of inventors" - although that is now long gone, due to 'politics'. >> >> Martina; >> >> Well I also live in an over regulated society but I refuse to be a casualty >> of it. >> >> It's not important that you eat at McDonalds or that you make a sundial with >> french fries, the point I was trying to make is you don't need much of >> anything to make this subject interesting. >> >> If you can't eat at McDonalds go somewhere else where you can eat. If there >> are no sundials to visit, go visit a planetarium. >> >> Don't let the stupid rules stifle your teaching and stifle the kids >> education, snake around those rules. That's an important lesson in itself. >> >> Much as we find amazement and humour in the excesses of Rome that led to the >> fall of their empire, future generations will point to our over regulation >> that preceded the collapse of western civilization. >> >> Good heavens Martina, get some backbone. We are surely lost if our teachers >> give up. >> >> brent >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> > Brent, > Although I'm quite sure she is well capable of defending herself I think you > owe Martina a sincere apology. How much backbone do you think it took to put > into print the sort of things teachers are saying under their breath about > the awful National Curriculum. After all... > > "There is many a good career built upon ten things a day left unsaid!" so it > takes courage put one's head above the parapet and speak out against > political sacred cows. > > Tony Moss > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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