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Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

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  • misskool
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    Waitrose is 5 mins away from me too :)

    I'm attempting to design an 8-week, one hour tutorial course for medical students. I've got nowhere :( I'd much rather teach biology/biochemistry/biomedical scientists. For the educators on this thread, how do you decide what goes in your module?

    Everything I know how to teach isn't really relevant for the course modules. They encompass most of the modules but what I do is really rather specialist :/
  • Doozergirl
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    edited 11 July 2012 at 10:22PM
    zagubov wrote: »
    My nearest Waitrose is a 5 minute walk.

    More importantly, my nearest Home Bargains is hours away, in Southall.:mad:

    Better change subject before PN gives me a CHAV ALERT!

    When we lived in Birmingham last year there was a Home Bargains and a Waitrose in the same High Street.

    My nearest Waitrose and nearest M&S food stores are both located in motorway service stations. Don't much fancy walking!!
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  • Nikkster
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    Waitrose opens here at the end of the month. I am looking forward to the bargains at the end of the day :o In my experience they do the best reductions of all the supermarkets. And have the nicest food :)
  • zagubov
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    When we lived in Birmingham last year there was a Home Bargains and a Waitrose in the same High Street.

    My nearest Waitrose and nearest M&S food stores are both located in motorway service stations. Don't much fancy walking!!


    I wouldn't do my shopping in one of those. There's one we have to stop at on our journeys north because of its location.

    Ever seen the bar-room scene from Star Wars?:eek:
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  • LydiaJ
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    misskool wrote: »
    For the educators on this thread, how do you decide what goes in your module?

    Sorry - I don't get to decide that!
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
    :)
  • zagubov
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    misskool wrote: »
    For the educators on this thread, how do you decide what goes in your module?
    :/
    Nor me, too far down the food chain to decide such things.

    It's been a long time since I decided on the content of a course; most of my current ones are externally validated, so not my decision.
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  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    zag, I feel I ought to know by now what it is that you teach, and at what kind of educational establishment, but I don't. :o
    Is that something you feel able to put on a public forum?
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
    :)
  • misskool
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    edited 11 July 2012 at 10:55PM
    This feels very strange....I get to decide what I want to teach arbitrarily. you have standards and things to achieve yet I'm being trained to teach while I'm sorting this out. Got to be a better way of doing this...

    edit to add: this is part of a PGCertHE
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    Waitrose opens here at the end of the month. I am looking forward to the bargains at the end of the day :o In my experience they do the best reductions of all the supermarkets. And have the nicest food :)

    They do do good reductions, I once got basically half a cow in there for £1, reduced from something ludicrous like £25.

    The best thing about Waitrose is the little hand scanner thing which means you don't have to queue at the till.
  • misskool
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    They do do good reductions, I once got basically half a cow in there for £1, reduced from something ludicrous like £25.

    The best thing about Waitrose is the little hand scanner thing which means you don't have to queue at the till.

    no, the best thing about waitrose is that their special offers still apply for their reduced items :D
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