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SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

I hope he won't mind me suggesting this, but in the fantasy land in which I live, I imagine fir standing on a bench in Speakers Corner and doing that.

Not at all...and hehe.

Youngest isn't even allowed to eat cheese so no idea why he has started saying it.

Suppose it is better than barking like a dog though.....:rotfl:

zagubov

LydiaJ wrote: »

Indeed.

Plenty of IB students do apply for medicine. They do higher level in maths, chem and bio. Phys beyond GCSE hasn't been required for entry medicine for the last 20 years.

I've taught IB as well, and that's true three scinences aren't required, but it's desirable as it'd give them a more complete science base to build their understanding on. (my first full-time educational job title was Lecturer in Biology and Physics).

LydiaJ wrote: »

Two points:

Firstly, I object to politicians *claiming* to have increased spending on the NHS and patting themselves on the back about it, when in fact the spending per capita has gone down.

Secondly, efficiency savings don't always apply in the same way in caring professions as they do in financial ones. If you reduce the treatment of patients to a conveyor belt mentality and make health care staff see more patients in the same amount of time, then, surprise surprise, the patients don't do so well.

I'm not saying, of course, that there are no efficiency savings to be made in health care. But reducing the length of GP appointments means that patients leave without understanding what's what, increasing the number of patients per GP leads to the difficulties that NP describe in getting an appointment, and running A&E departments at close to max capacity under normal circumstances means that a sudden influx of flu or norovirus patients completely overwhelms the system.



This.

And I wish politicians could understand that increasing the amount of time teachers have to spend filling in national curriculum paperwork doesn't make them teach better lessons. (That's another reason why I'm sticking in the independent sector where I'm allowed to focus on teaching my subject as well as I can, and doing the best I can for my students, without having to assess each of them against dozens of criteria every time they change their socks.

You should post more often. It saves me worrying I'm the only person who thinks these things.:)

michaels

zagubov wrote: »

I've taught IB as well, and that's true three scinences aren't required, but it's desirable as it'd give them a more complete science base to build their understanding on. (my first full-time educational job title was Lecturer in Biology and Physics).


You should post more often. It saves me worrying I'm the only person who thinks these things.:)

Do any NP think political discoirse in this country has much to do with reality? Presenting most issues properly takes too long for soundbite obsessed media so instead there are media led proxy discussions the 'ring fenced nhs budget' being a prime example. Imagine on question time a panelist trying to explain the issues around different needs, population change etc. If they were allowed to finish they would get a smattering of polite applause followed by another panelist or audience member spouting a one line soundbite to huge cheers. I'm afraid we get the level of political debate we deserve.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Do any NP think political discoirse in this country has much to do with reality? Presenting most issues properly takes too long for soundbite obsessed media so instead there are media led proxy discussions the 'ring fenced nhs budget' being a prime example. Imagine on question time a panelist trying to explain the issues around different needs, population change etc. If they were allowed to finish they would get a smattering of polite applause followed by another panelist or audience member spouting a one line soundbite to huge cheers. I'm afraid we get the level of political debate we deserve.

Sadly I feel that you are right. Image lead politics rather than issue lead has brought us here. Attempting sound bite politics so that it can be understood.....meaning people don't understand at all or grasp 'truths' in the sound bites. ...e.g. 'Bedroom tax' has been an incredibly powerful descriptor as has, at the opposite end of the scale 'mansion tax'. Whether we agree with these policies or not the reasoned can see the descriptors can greatly sway people's perceptions. I use the term bedroom tax, though i feel strongly that it is not a tax and where alternative is available a move should be made or an increased rent paid.

Doozergirl

Morning. Unrelated to anything, but it's #TimeToTalk day, do I've started a conversation. This went on my facebook status today.

It's #TimeToTalk day.

Is there something about me that, if other people know it or see it, that I won't be worthy of connection?

Shame; we all have it. The only people who don't experience shame have no capacity for human empathy or connection. No one wants to talk about it, and *the less you talk about it, the more you have it*.

This wonderful TED talk popped up on my timeline this morning. I think it shows how ALL of us can improve our mental health by starting to really believe in ourselves and accept our vulnerabilities.
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en

LydiaJ

zagubov wrote: »

I've taught IB as well, and that's true three scinences aren't required, but it's desirable as it'd give them a more complete science base to build their understanding on. (my first full-time educational job title was Lecturer in Biology and Physics).

Agreed. Sad to say, it's not just IB students, whose course means they CAN'T do three sciences, but also lots of A-level students, who could do all three but CHOOSE not to, who apply for medicine without having studied physics beyond GCSE.

zagubov wrote: »

You should post more often. It saves me worrying I'm the only person who thinks these things.:)

Awww. You say the nicest things. Thank you.

lostinrates

How many a levels are normal now for someone applying for medicine? Is that general studies thing still floating about, that should be replaceable with something else, IMO if a student is struggling to timetable all their wants.

Physics seems it would be pretty important if not vital for some areas of practice and research, while less so for others.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's one of the reasons I don't do anything, lack of confidence because I fear I am "not good enough" for anybody/anything. I was brought up not feeling good enough and, as I've got older and my life's become less like the life of others, it's just a huge barrier to any form of connection or conversation.

My oddness in itself is a barrier, so feeling aware of the differences amplifies it.

The thing is, that we all feel to a degree that we might get 'found out'. Being able to share that doesn't make you special, it makes you perfectly normal. It makes other people feel relieved that it isn't just them. I've had some really interesting and honest conversations with people that have made me and them feel much better, and just doing that creates connection.

I really understand what Bene Brown talks about. I find it hardest with the people I'm closest to. Doozer always looks blankly at me, but I think he's one of the people that talks less about it. I'm working on it, though. He's going on a course at the end of March and I have high hopes.

Asking for help is hard when it's a debilitating fear. I'd like to see you get some therapeutic help wiith some of fear based stuff, too. Baby steps.

mystic_trev

Over forty years of using ATM's and I had my first problem last week.

Used Nationwide debit card at NatWest asked for £300 draw opened, no cash! Checked machine wasn't 'compromised' and tried again for £50 which it duly delivered. Checked my phone and both amounts had been debited. NatWest weren't interested as the machine had delivered the second amount, and told me my account would probably be credited that night, and if not to contact Nationwide.

Next day (of course) missing amount hadn't been credited, so trip to Nationwide. I was wondering what reaction I'd get? It seems (although not a common occurrence) failure to deliver cash does happen. They've put a claim in to NatWest but said it may take 14 days for the money to be credited. A week on and still no sign of it!

I'll let you all know what happens.

PasturesNew

mystic_trev wrote: »

A week on and still no sign of it!

I'll let you all know what happens.

That's annoying - for many people whatever they take out is their ONLY money, it won't sit in their purse for no particular purpose for the next 2-3 weeks and maybe they've no other funds.

When the drawer opens the money's weighed, so the machine knows it was empty.