June 2012
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Why Term 2 is the Worst Term for Teachers and What...
In Victoria, Australia we have four school terms, two each semester. Semester 1 goes from February to June, and Semester 2 goes from July to the cusp of Christmas.
Term 2 is the worst term of them all. It starts in April and ends in June, but it is plonked inside the Victorian winter. The days get short and dark; kids and teachers get sick; everyone goes postal from the wet day timetables; the...
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Voyager 1, Where Are You?
Regarding Voyager 1:
On February 8, 2012, NASA reported that Voyager 1 is about 120.06973 astronomical units (1.7962176×1010 km) from the Earth and about 119.70479 astronomical units (1.7907582×1010 km) from the Sun.[37] The magnitude of the Sun from Voyager 1 is −16.4, or the dimmest as seen from any of the five space probes leaving the Solar System. Radio signals traveling at the speed of...
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God, Jesus, Atheism, Religion
I started writing this at Easter time but I never finished it because it was proving to be far too big an area for my brain to cope with. It is, after all, the biggest story of them all. Maybe this was never meant to be finished, but only tinkered with, patched up and scribbled out, year after year.
I admit defeat, for now, but defeat is only temporary and transient in the face of mystery.
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Earthtremor felt here in Melbourne. Rare enough for us to go BERSERK.
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Captain R. F. Scott statue - in a box in... →
Poignant and sad. Captain Scott being boxed up in Christchurch. There’s not enough money to repair heritage sites after the earthquake.
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As soon as I finish writing these stoopid mid-year reports, which might be two or so hours from now, I’ll be able to start tumblring again. I wish we could do away with these reports and replace them with some online Ultranetty tick-a-box individual learning plan type document that shows parents the work their child can do.
Until then, we teachers will continue to put ourselves through...
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