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General Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: auxlen on 01 June, 2018, 08:32:21 PM

Title: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: auxlen on 01 June, 2018, 08:32:21 PM
Go for it....
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: TordelBack on 01 June, 2018, 08:40:32 PM
Sign a Joint and Several Guarantee for a Company Overdraft facility with a business partner who doesn't believe in paying the Revenue.

Just say "No!", kids!
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: von Boom on 01 June, 2018, 08:47:36 PM
Have your photo taken with Donald Trump. Or Boris Johnson.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: auxlen on 01 June, 2018, 10:12:29 PM
I was writing a short story about two people discussing what they could do...they concluded that saying something sexual to a child in front of witnesses would be the most effective way of ruining one's life.
Then one dared the other to do just that and all manner of misery followed.


However, having photo taken with Trump is a close second....
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Zenith 666 on 01 June, 2018, 10:21:26 PM
Stop reading 2000AD!!!
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Professor Bear on 01 June, 2018, 11:01:44 PM
Pursue a career as a comics artist.  That seems to be quite effective.

Quote from: auxlen on 01 June, 2018, 10:12:29 PM
I was writing a short story about two people discussing what they could do...they concluded that saying something sexual to a child in front of witnesses would be the most effective way of ruining one's life.

The @EverydaySexism Twitter feed used to be nothing but women recounting their experiences of how they or their daughters were molested on the streets or on public transport, and the idea of women-only train carriages as a response to counter this got more negative press coverage than any of those women's stories.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: auxlen on 02 June, 2018, 01:23:39 PM
Quotehe @EverydaySexism Twitter feed used to be nothing but women recounting their experiences of how they or their daughters were molested on the streets or on public transport, and the idea of women-only train carriages as a response to counter this got more negative press coverage than any of those women's stories.

Hey, thanks for that....gave me an idea for a re-write.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 02 June, 2018, 09:21:00 PM


Obey regardless.

Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Tjm86 on 05 June, 2018, 03:04:07 PM
.... train as a teacher.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: auxlen on 05 June, 2018, 08:26:43 PM
Quote.... train as a teacher.

I have a few friends who will agree with this...
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Funt Solo on 05 June, 2018, 10:31:11 PM
Quote.... train as a teacher.

Yes, you should only become a teacher without any training.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Tjm86 on 06 June, 2018, 05:25:40 AM
Quote from: Funt Solo on 05 June, 2018, 10:31:11 PM
Yes, you should only become a teacher without any training.

Well, according to Mr Gove that is an accurate statement.

Let's face it, you can run the country without any training.  That never .... went .... badly ....

Ah, okay.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: auxlen on 06 June, 2018, 05:48:43 PM
I worked in IT for 10 years at a telecommunication company. I took a few PTTLLS courses and thought I would go for a proper teaching qual. they advised they were crying out for teachers with PC skills and 'real world employment experience'.; I went to an open day and they told me I was wrong for the job because I lacked the academic background for the theory of teaching. go figure.
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Post by: von Boom on 06 June, 2018, 06:46:41 PM
Similar situation for me. At the time I finished my undergrad (BSc. Hons) there was a cry for science and maths teachers, but when I went for the interview they told me they had too many history and English graduates applying and I wouldn't be considered.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Tjm86 on 06 June, 2018, 07:28:06 PM
sorry, they had too many history and english graduates applying for STEM?
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: von Boom on 06 June, 2018, 07:41:20 PM
Yeah. Apparently, a STEM degree wasn't required (or even desirable I guess) to teach maths or science. At that time at least.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Tjm86 on 06 June, 2018, 08:47:48 PM
Mind you, having worked for waaaay to many business studies graduates, I can understand why the thinking may have evolved (and the problems we currently face exist).
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: auxlen on 07 June, 2018, 05:06:49 PM
My understanding of the problem was that schools thought of IT as a separate subject when in reality (and my humble but apparently misguided opinion) was that IT should be integrated into ALL subjects to some degree.
Title: Re: Quickest way you could ruin your life...
Post by: Tjm86 on 07 June, 2018, 07:02:59 PM
There is ICT (glorified word processing, spreadsheet, presentation etc) and then there is computing.  The shift is towards embedding 'digital competence' as it is called this side of the Severn within all subjects in the same way as literacy and numeracy and for IT lessons to focus more on the higher order skills.  How successful it will be remains to be seen, not least of all due to resourcing.