No, not the school, me. My son has lost 4% on a recent maths test because of me. The question read something like this: Sam went to a restaurant, he had the choice of two entrees, three main courses and two desserts. Pate and pumpkin soup for the entrees, steak, chicken and beef for main [...]
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This week I received this text from my errant son: I have not completed my english speech, please do not be alarmed to recieve a phone call from my friendly yet evil english teacher you dont need to eat me she already has, thank you for your cooperation most sincerely H Okay so he needs [...]
How good is this diet I’m on? In the last two weeks I’ve lost about four kilos, I’ve not given up wine and I get to have lunches like this. Smoked salmon and cream cheese wheels – easy and delicious – with a light salad. There was a light breeze as I sat outside on [...]
Expression of GFP in E. coli. The bacteria on the right side of the figure have the GFP expression plasmid. Cells were photographed during irradiation with a hand-held long-wave UV source (Photo courtesy Marty Chalfie from the original 1994 Science article and GFP). You know that saying about parents living through their children. Well today [...]
What I love about the school curriculum these days – no matter it be private or public – is the onus on public service. I don’t remember it being part of my education. There are heaps of fundraisers of course but the kids are also required to complete a certain number of hours of community [...]
My daughter was awarded a prize for “Personal Excellence” at this year’s “Celebration of Learning”. She has had a great year and it seems that the move to the new school has really worked out for her. I’m so proud of her my heart might burst. I had to laugh though at the terms they [...]
I received an email from Hugamuga’s maths teacher today: Hugamuga did not do very well on his algebra test on Monday, partly due to being away. I told him that some work from him was necessary and I did give him some revision sheets and did tell him to come and see me at lunch [...]
Me… not so much. Sure I’m not perfect. Definitely has always been a tricky one for me and just the other day bolognese had me a bit flummoxed but if I notice a mistake – I can’t go to sleep knowing that it’s there. I write a lot for my living and I read a [...]
Out of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune? Yes like me you knew it was Neptune. You probably also knew it was Tasman who discovered a number of Pacific islands in the 1600s – unlike me. In the end it didn’t matter – WE WON! Oh you’ve guessed we’ve just come back from a quiz nite [...]
I drove past the new buildings at Christchurch Grammar School the other day and took this photo – quickly because of course the lights turned green as I was getting my camera out. I hadn’t really looked too closely before but the lights were on in the upstairs classroom and I could see a student [...]
