Hi Doug
If I can be of any help in letting you sort things out, teaching at school
requires a couple of years of training. There are methods one has to follow,
answers one has to be able to give right there, which are absolutely of no
importance, but if you do not know them the kids will think that you are not
prepared, because they were brought up with teachers who knew them.
I think this works for all the subjects. As soon as you get things
together, then it gets boring, just like that -, if you do not like kids. I
do, and I have fun at school, and I consider my job there a pastime.
But at the beginning, I really thought I was way out.
From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> And I should have added that 'SCotland on Sunday' had a supplement the
other
> week which gave sample questions from each of the Higher (or was it
Lower?)
> Exams for schoolchildren and I couldnt answer anything, particularly the
> maths questions. Yesterday they were proposing stopping teching children
> Maths in England because 1) It is a waste of their time 2) There are no
> qualified teachers. THis was official from the Government.
>
>
>
> Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
> Lynx: Poetry from Bath ......
> ... http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com/lynx.html
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Routledge Critical Texts
>
>
> > And I forgot to say that I got a good Honours degree in Mathematics from
> > Glasgow under Rankin.
> >
> >
> >
> > Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
> > Lynx: Poetry from Bath ......
> > ... http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com/lynx.html
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: Fw: Routledge Critical Texts
> >
> >
> > > I think that's the clearest exposition on Deleuze I have read; it
> > > certainly made me want to read him. I was in the peculiar position
> > > once of reading a thesis on my work which drew heavily on Deleuzian
> > > concepts, while never having read him myself; it made me feel faintly
> > > fraudulent. (The thesis, I hasten to say, was very interesting).
> > > But I've never quite been able to approach him, though I've been
> > > stimulated by works which draw on his thought; Douglas mentioned the
> > > Pierre Joris essay, for instance. I do not have, unfortunately, the
> > > application of a proper scholar, or a proper philospher. Maybe I
> > > ought to bite the bullet. Despite my lack of maths.
> > >
> > > Best
> > >
> > > A
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Alison Croggon
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