Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Sue, if it helps, you are not alone, Every person I know with special needs complains that the support outlined on the statement is not supplied.

I've never understood how it can. How teachers and schools can understandthe different needs. That's why there used to be special schools, so all needs could be met, with staff who are fully trained.
I bet most teachers either don't know the nuances, or don't actually understand them. They're teachers who chose to teach; they didn't choose to teach special needs.

It's a bit like hiring a decorator who paints.... and then giving him some rolls of paper and saying "I want a feature wall" in the price. Different skills.... so you'd do your best, based on what you might know, or have read, but you still end up with one strip upside down.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

That's the way with computers. I only upgrade occasionally, but I always used to put a complete copy of my old hard drive on the new PC. That took up a small fraction of the new space, as drives always increased in size dramatically between upgrades.

Just looking at my current drive, I have 130GB occupied, with the rest blank. That includes, for example, 12GB which is just copies of software CDs. I always copy the CD onto the hard drive when installing. But (this is where it gets silly) I never prune that directory. So, for example, I still have a complete copy of Wordstar on there, 1990 vintage, not to mention Office 4.3, Office 97, Supercalc. I have a directory of stuff for an LU120, but I have long since forgotten what an LU120 is. Hopefully, it's not too embarrassing.

I think I've identified a space hog that could be moved.... so I just need to get the confidence (and backups) to make sure it's OK.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I just went to my diary on macputer to check a date last year and realised they have all been wiped away. How the hell did that happen?

I keep my paper diaries for a few years because sometimes dates turn out to be relevant.

This date was important because I was booking dog dog in for her spay. I hope I remembered it roughly currently. .

Week after next

Has it done something like archive it, in a different place that's still there but you weren't looking for an archive?

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never understood how it can. How teachers and schools can understandthe different needs. That's why there used to be special schools, so all needs could be met, with staff who are fully trained.
I bet most teachers either don't know the nuances, or don't actually understand them. They're teachers who chose to teach; they didn't choose to teach special needs.
.

I think the thing is that even children with out special needs often fail to get their 'less' special but still important to them individual needs met. The ones who are lost on big classes. The introverts who struggle. Or the ones who cope, but could excel.

Every child has some basic needs and some individual needs I'd say, and I know I'd be a terrible teacher. When I see how , Lydia, for exams, remembers little things about people ,and what might be a nice thing for them and how even in her exhaustion she is steadfast and reliable and consistent I realise how blessed the children she teaches are. Her class room is probably a place that supports different learning styles. I see similar traits in quite a few posters here actually, and am inspired by them but know i couldn't be like that (and don't mind, i have different things ) just Lydia is a good example because its actually her job!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Has it done something like archive it, in a different place that's still there but you weren't looking for an archive?

I dunno, its not where its meant to be, its lost.


I have this whole cloud thing I have but don't know how to get up on to either.......my stuff rains over some sea some where, not the fertile land that is macputer.

michaels

GDB2222 wrote: »

I have a directory of stuff for an LU120, but I have long since forgotten what an LU120 is. Hopefully, it's not too embarrassing.

I haven't googled but my memory says it is a 'huge' 120mb external zip drive

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

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Thanks, that's very sweet of you.

No its not that, but I really, deeply appreciate you would look for it for me. . You again show your great kindness PN. :A. Far from a faux pas, a very kind and generous action.

No, its just when dog dog last had her season:), I have a window in which to spay her. (Ideally its between three and four months.....I always wonder what the rescues who pick and spay do.... scan , just risk it?)


Dog dog isn't a very hormonal girl, but I'll be glad to get this over and done with, no more seasons. From her . Its much better I think for them.

vivatifosi

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Fortunately, as well, Isaac is fascinated by nature red in tooth and claw. He has an interest in a particularly nasty species of lizard called Komodo Dragons, which kill their prey by biting them and waiting for infection or blood loss to finish the poor sods off at some later time.

They are seriously ugly animals, and big, too - about 8 feet long and 90-odd kg in weight, I think:





There was a tsunami after the volcanic eruption which lead to the Year Without a Summer in the early 19th century, I think. And the explosion of Krakatoa in the mid 1880s caused a tsuanami so huge that it was measurable (although not damage-causing) in the English Channel, the other side of the world from the explosion. It still measured a few inches by the time it had travelled from Indonesia to here, which is amazing to think of.

http://www.webhistoryofengland.com/?p=825

Excuse edit out of part of post, I normally multi quote but can't from tablet.

I definitely need to meet Isaac. I have seen a Komodo Dragon and also find them fascinating. Can you please ask you son of, as a lizard, it is in any way related to a crocodile? They do look similar, albeit without the croc skin.

In terms of tsunamis, I am fascinated by those too, plus the fact that earthquakes appear to be getting larger. My understanding is that except under certain topographical circumstances, damaging tsunamis happen only with really big earthquakes, I think 7.8 and above iirc on the Richter scale. I wonder how far they have progressed in terms of the Indian Ocean early warning system along the same lines as the Pacific one.

silvercar

There is a special section of the forum, meant for people to post bugs with the new version. I'm filling it up

Makes me look like a moaner, but it really is buggy - and off putting. At least the rest of the world can't see my criticisms.

Now I notice that all i can see of viva's avatar is KEE.

neverdespairgirl

Isaac would also love to meet you, a person who shares an interest in huge ugly dragons! Have you actually seen one in the large, disgusting flesh? He'd love to hear about that. I think (like Jurassic Park) it would be wise to assume they eat us, although they prefer deer and cows and so forth, I think. But the wise man wouldn't spill a dragon's pint.

I'll ask him about the relationship between dragons and crocodiles this evening. I haven't a clue, but I bet he does.

I'm at court at the moment, so I can't ask him now. One asylum case this morning, and a bail hearing at 2pm.