Does exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the nonsense contained herein may be very loosely related to The Sisters of Mercy, but I wouldn't bet your PayPal account on it. In keeping with the internet's general theme nothing written here should be taken as Gospel: over three quarters of it is utter gibberish, and most of the forum's denizens haven't spoken to another human being face-to-face for decades. Don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Above all else, remember this: You don't have to stay forever. I will understand.
MadameButterfly wrote:Other than being an other and now proud of it, I do teach although am no teacher. Although I do see and understand how most teachers could love their job. And as for our HL teachers they are the best in the world because they are here and teach our generations...my respect will always go out to you!
aw schucks Madame!..................mind you looking at the current generation we're all doomed
with all due respect you haven't met my kids yet, so doomed is the last thing I would call it as. Reflect on that statement and although I believe not everyone should have children, there are those children that will lead our damnedness.
I forgot we are an international community here, let me rephrase that '....mind you looking at the current generation the country is doomed'
No offence to you or your kids
EmeraldSignal wrote:
I forgot we are an international community here, let me rephrase that '....mind you looking at the current generation the country is doomed'
No offence to you or your kids
No offence taken! Just good that your reflection was there! And I also believe that the country is doomed because of the political leaders, the out-of-date laws for these times and not the current generation. They are what we mould them to be and the sorry state of affairs is if it's not happening at home at the roots where it's the most important, it's up to us as a society to also teach those that need wisdom and guidance. In my legal heart I will always stand up for a child as a child's circumstance roots from the situation starting at the roots. Big responsibility there.
it's all about circles and spirals
that ongoing eternity
EmeraldSignal wrote:
I forgot we are an international community here, let me rephrase that '....mind you looking at the current generation the country is doomed'
No offence to you or your kids
No offence taken! Just good that your reflection was there! And I also believe that the country is doomed because of the political leaders, the out-of-date laws for these times and not the current generation. They are what we mould them to be and the sorry state of affairs is if it's not happening at home at the roots where it's the most important, it's up to us as a society to also teach those that need wisdom and guidance. In my legal heart I will always stand up for a child as a child's circumstance roots from the situation starting at the roots. Big responsibility there.
Well said
I had a conversation with Adam Pearson about that last wednesday. Self esteem is the key word. We can not teach our children enough about living consciously.
EmeraldSignal wrote:
I forgot we are an international community here, let me rephrase that '....mind you looking at the current generation the country is doomed'
No offence to you or your kids
No offence taken! Just good that your reflection was there! And I also believe that the country is doomed because of the political leaders, the out-of-date laws for these times and not the current generation. They are what we mould them to be and the sorry state of affairs is if it's not happening at home at the roots where it's the most important, it's up to us as a society to also teach those that need wisdom and guidance. In my legal heart I will always stand up for a child as a child's circumstance roots from the situation starting at the roots. Big responsibility there.
Well said
I had a conversation with Adam Pearson about that last wednesday. Self esteem is the key word. We can not teach our children enough about living consciously.
I agree with you M. Butterfly.
As a teacher I frequently hear pupils asking for the relevance of what we teach them, 'what is the point' 'when are we going to use this' etc etc. . so as a result I think that modern education fails to give pupils any relevance to their lives.
I think that giving people a real and personal relevance to their lives is the key issue.
Afterall, education should be on learning about oneself and the world we live in and using that knowledge to contribute to where we live in................now Im going to watch the teletubbies.
I generally found that there were 2 main types of teachers when I was in school. Those that genuinely instilled a love of the subject in their pupils, and those that did their damndest to put their pupils off the subject.
I had the most wonderful Maths teacher (he's dead now so he'll never know) who showed me the beauty in all of the abstractions, and it's something I definitely still find a use for on an almost daily basis in the most unusual circumstances.
My Business Studies teacher (a subject that I would find use for now) on the other hand sat at the front of the class reading from the book in a droney voice for two years. Guess what result I got in that?
So I reckon that even if there seems little relevance, if you can give your pupils a love of learning and a desire to find out more about the world we live in, you'll get a from me at least.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
I skipped through the last 10 or so posts, but I say cut their goolies off and alway, always
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"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
I am a teacher. Courses I have taught in the past or will teach this spring include
Introduction to Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy (the Republic, Aristotle's Nich. Ethics and On the Soul)
Medieval Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Plato's Republic
Plato's Symposium
Contemporary Philosophy (Nietzsche, Heidegger, various Postmoderns)
Science and Religion
Ethics
Political Philosophy (AKA the Great Books Deathmarch)
Philosophy and the American Founding
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
sultan2075 wrote:I am a teacher. Courses I have taught in the past or will teach this spring include
Introduction to Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy (the Republic, Aristotle's Nich. Ethics and On the Soul)
Medieval Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Plato's Republic
Plato's Symposium
Contemporary Philosophy (Nietzsche, Heidegger, various Postmoderns)
Science and Religion
Ethics
Political Philosophy (AKA the Great Books Deathmarch)
Philosophy and the American Founding
Damn! I'm impressed.
"An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why." - William Faulkner
The good thing is, it's a sort-of phone center (NOT cold-calling, thank f**k), so I can wear pretty much whatever I want, as long as I don't mind the p*ss being taken mercilessly.
At least I don't work for Barclays, me old china...
no, i work for Avenue Investment Co.
im not a banker in any way, shape or form!
Nah, I thought Barclays was a proper cockney thing ... never mind, perhaps I've been misinformed. As is so often the case.
timsinister wrote:The good thing is, it's a sort-of phone center (NOT cold-calling, thank f**k), so I can wear pretty much whatever I want, as long as I don't mind the p*ss being taken mercilessly.
Just been advised that we're allowed to "dress down" for the rest of the year. What to wear, what to wear..?
Thanks. It's a great line of work if you like reading (a lot) and don't want to get a real job. Honestly, I love it. It doesn't pay well, but you can't beat a job where you're paid to talk about the stuff you enjoy thinking about anyway.
(Ok, that's flippant. I don't get paid much and I tend to work six days a week and put in 12+ hour days 2 days a week. Still, I love it.)
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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