x-in-man Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Most kids want to be 'an influenza' these days. At least, that's what I hear when they mention a career and future prospects. Fucked up world.. really fucked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 We've come a long way. 50 years ago there were no calculators in school, anywhere. 49 years ago they were considering whether or not to ban them. (Incidentally, all my chemistry imperical formulas were returned to 8 decimal places - why? because I could) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Barlow said: We've come a long way. 50 years ago there were no calculators in school, anywhere. 49 years ago they were considering whether or not to ban them. (Incidentally, all my chemistry imperical formulas were returned to 8 decimal places - why? because I could) I left school 50 years ago. I did all science A levels. We used mental arithmetic, logarithms, and a slide rule. But i did have a Sinclair Executive calculator at home. Like a TV remote with a red neon display. Think they were introduced in 1972. Empirical? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Barlow said: (Incidentally, all my chemistry imperical formulas were returned to 8 decimal places - why? because I could) There were no calculators when I was at school, nor were there spelling checkers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Just now, Two-lane said: There were no calculators when I was at school, nor were there spelling checkers. Apart from dictionaries and teachers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 3 minutes ago, Gladys said: Apart from dictionaries and teachers Oh, c'mon Glady's. I was making a joke about Barlow misspelling "imperial formula's" - when even in my day we were using metric. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 5 hours ago, TheTeapot said: It wasn't very long ago that adults in important positions made it very clear to the children that their schooling didn't matter. Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill1977 Posted July 26 Author Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, John Wright said: I left school 50 years ago. I did all science A levels. We used mental arithmetic, logarithms, and a slide rule. But i did have a Sinclair Executive calculator at home. Like a TV remote with a red neon display. Think they were introduced in 1972. Empirical? Watch this space on Science, there’s a bigger shortage of Science teachers than other subjects. Unfortunately for the layman it can be a bit of a tricky subject to understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 7 minutes ago, Bill1977 said: Watch this space on Science, there’s a bigger shortage of Science teachers than other subjects. Unfortunately for the layman it can be a bit of a tricky subject to understand. There's an even bigger shortage of people willing to teach entitled little brats that know their rights, but refuse to learn their responsibilities...at half the rate they can get in private industry...and therein lies the problem. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 30 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Really? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill1977 Posted July 27 Author Share Posted July 27 10 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said: There's an even bigger shortage of people willing to teach entitled little brats that know their rights, but refuse to learn their responsibilities...at half the rate they can get in private industry...and therein lies the problem. Quite, by all accounts it’s one of the more stressful modern jobs. We could be in a war zone, but when you are constantly undermined by pubescent teenagers and have no backing from above it can be a soul destroying existence. Both genders are leaving, but the sight of a male teacher in a secondary school is becoming less and less frequent. My son has one male teacher on his timetable aside from PE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 22 hours ago, Bill1977 said: Watch this space on Science, there’s a bigger shortage of Science teachers than other subjects. Unfortunately for the layman it can be a bit of a tricky subject to understand. Apart from maths. That's the one that has the biggest shortage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 (edited) On 7/26/2024 at 7:19 PM, Two-lane said: Oh, c'mon Glady's. I was making a joke about Barlow misspelling "imperial formula's" - when even in my day we were using metric. It was the predictive text, or something. Damned technology. Edited July 27 by Barlow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill1977 Posted July 27 Author Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, Happier diner said: Apart from maths. That's the one that has the biggest shortage. Maybe, just maybe those two subjects require a certain type of wiring to understand it to the level required to teach it to A level standard. Let’s face it, beyond general arithmetic and one or two other parts of the syllabus, nobody uses most of the things you learn in a Maths classroom in later life. The same goes for Science. Science can explain the world, but nobody looks at boiling water and says the molecules are moving faster and when their bonds break they will turn from liquid to gas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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