This has been mildly annoying me for a while, one of the bus drivers won't let me get off where my Dad lives although it is en route but I have never really objected massively because I can reason with myself that it is his job. He says if I got off in the wrong place and was hurt (not that i'd tell the school I was hurt or even mention that I didn't get off where I live) he could get in trouble.
Fair do's I say but it still bugs me. The other drivers are fine.
But this man on the train tried to make me pay £20 because I didn't buy a ticket at the platform. I was unaware you could no longer buy it on the train. I never did pay the £20 but I don't know why these people grasp the tiny bit of authority they have to be arseholes. There's no reason why he can't say: alright, you know you have to buy them on the platform from now on, I'll let you off. They take their crap jobs so seriously. I could understand if they were actually important but they're not, they suck.
Monday, 29 November 2010
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
What the correlation?
Many a teacher has said to the class, you are behaving like a bottom set.
I'd like to ask: What correlation does set and behavior have?
I see that people who do well at school are likely to be the ones that try hard but perhaps you are just naturally intelligent? and who says bottom sets mess about anyway? They could be doing their very best! Indeed, intelligent students are often badly behaved because they are bored, or can be and still keep up with the work.
I don't know why grades should dictate behavior and I'm sick of teachers telling us that their bottom set they have just had did better than us.
I once pointed out to a teacher who asked why people in the second set should be so badly behaved that it was probably because we were all potentially top set but messed around too much. They actually agreed with me that it was a fairly good description of the group.
I'd like to ask: What correlation does set and behavior have?
I see that people who do well at school are likely to be the ones that try hard but perhaps you are just naturally intelligent? and who says bottom sets mess about anyway? They could be doing their very best! Indeed, intelligent students are often badly behaved because they are bored, or can be and still keep up with the work.
I don't know why grades should dictate behavior and I'm sick of teachers telling us that their bottom set they have just had did better than us.
I once pointed out to a teacher who asked why people in the second set should be so badly behaved that it was probably because we were all potentially top set but messed around too much. They actually agreed with me that it was a fairly good description of the group.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Food Packaging
I find it funny that they write on i.e. snickers, enjoy as part of a balanced diet when it's obviously bad for you.
And alcohol when they write: drink responsibly when their main concern is clearly to sell as much of their product as possible. And also the things they put into foods like omega three in bread,
a. how much bread would you have to eat to get that omega three? (probably the whole loaf)
b. and they are clearly still bad for you, people just want to have an excuse to buy things they shouldn't
And alcohol when they write: drink responsibly when their main concern is clearly to sell as much of their product as possible. And also the things they put into foods like omega three in bread,
a. how much bread would you have to eat to get that omega three? (probably the whole loaf)
b. and they are clearly still bad for you, people just want to have an excuse to buy things they shouldn't
Thursday, 18 November 2010
French Tests
Today I have a French speaking test which I have in no way prepared for. It will be a very embarrasing experience, sat there for fifteen minutes being asked questions that I don't even understand let alone know the answer to. All week I have been thinking about sitting there going red mumbling french that doesn't even make sense whilst my caring teacher tries her best to get from me what I need for a good grade. She will one day (not today) realise I am no good at French. The silences are the worst.
I wonder, why do they teach languages so badly? This is my fifth year of doing French and yet when asked what did you do taday? I can only just about string a sentence together. If I had has lessons outside of school I would expect to be fluent by now. We don't even get taught grammar, just a multitude of phrases we are meant to be able to use, to minimise mistakes is the thinking behind it. No verb tables, nothing. I blame the system because by looking at my English I know that I am not actually bad at languages. Hopefully this year I can wing it and scrape a C or a B if I'm feeling good but I want the way languages are taught at school to change.
I wonder, why do they teach languages so badly? This is my fifth year of doing French and yet when asked what did you do taday? I can only just about string a sentence together. If I had has lessons outside of school I would expect to be fluent by now. We don't even get taught grammar, just a multitude of phrases we are meant to be able to use, to minimise mistakes is the thinking behind it. No verb tables, nothing. I blame the system because by looking at my English I know that I am not actually bad at languages. Hopefully this year I can wing it and scrape a C or a B if I'm feeling good but I want the way languages are taught at school to change.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Public Transport
I'm all for public transport if they could just make it cheap and efficient. It seems somehow wasteful that all the time, everywhere, cars are driving places with one person in when they could seat five. So car pooles might not be necesary from a cost point of view but it doesn make sense.
we are always urged, use public transport but it is expensive and not very good.
They can't improve it because it has no money because nobody uses it because they need to improve it.
There needs to be a MASSIVE initial investment.
If everyone could get about by train and bus cheaply and easily they would.
And also why is there so much freight on the roads?
surely that can be bunged on a train?
There used to be trains to everywhere - not anymore
a friend of mine thinks we should re use the canals - good idea me reckons, I must research it
we are always urged, use public transport but it is expensive and not very good.
They can't improve it because it has no money because nobody uses it because they need to improve it.
There needs to be a MASSIVE initial investment.
If everyone could get about by train and bus cheaply and easily they would.
And also why is there so much freight on the roads?
surely that can be bunged on a train?
There used to be trains to everywhere - not anymore
a friend of mine thinks we should re use the canals - good idea me reckons, I must research it
Just Thought I'd Share
To all you other bloggers, tired of clicking next blog hoping to find a good one but all you get is chinese? (not that chinese is bad, I just can't read it)
well, in the search bar just make up blog names and search them
chances are they're made
anyway this is a much more acurate process of finding blogs you might actually want to read
well, in the search bar just make up blog names and search them
chances are they're made
anyway this is a much more acurate process of finding blogs you might actually want to read
Wasting Food
I often get annoyed when food is wasted and someone makes the oh so intelligent comment "that could have gone to a starving child in Africa" because
a. People in England starve too you know and not only children
b. there is absolutely no way it could have gone to a starving child in Africa unless it is meant to somehow materialize onto another continent. Us eating all our food really does the children no benefit at all. So please, stop saying that and maybe also buy food for an English tramp near you.
a. People in England starve too you know and not only children
b. there is absolutely no way it could have gone to a starving child in Africa unless it is meant to somehow materialize onto another continent. Us eating all our food really does the children no benefit at all. So please, stop saying that and maybe also buy food for an English tramp near you.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)