h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Aww thanks

You're welcome.

anyone?

Howdy, Magwitch

Yes, I'll take . Nice how there's an indefinite supply around here. You can tell the populace is mostly female.

I prefer Magwitch's account over Ducky's, thus I choose to beleive it... so tough, Ducky dear.

sorry it took me so long to relpy all but i've had a moutin of homework because of my SATs in may.

Hello Leo
i am plasticrockchick (call me chicky)
i happen to be another member of CPU but ask WIlma for more information cos i can't remeber.



Wilma are you going to give me detention now cos i did my holiday SATs homework? *puppydogeyes* but i had too *looks all irristable and cute*

*Wilma strops in and harrumphs onto the sofa*

Honestlky, that BT is such a pain I can't believe I survived a week without internet access and then to find out that Chicky has been doing hopnework in my absence it's all downhilkl from here

Where'd all those 'k's come from??

but yer back!

Hiya, Kitush, needing more are you, m'dear?



Tell me what I have missed. Anything fantastic happen while I've been away?

Speaking of I'm busy eating my easter egg

Hope everyone had a good easter

does anyone think they're interested in F16034?

I also survived a week - almost - without 'net access, though for different reasons. It's traumatic! Chocolate please!

Please ta meet you, Plastic. I remember when I took my SATs ... but that was before the essay. *phew!* Good luck!

That do for now, Leo?

I smiled when I read your post to PRC. In the UK, SATs are the tests you take at each stage of education, so Key Stage One SATs are taken aged 7, KS2 aged 11, KS3 aged 14 then GCSEs at 16 and A'Levels at 18. PRC's doing her KS2 SATs

Maybe explain US SATs for PRC?



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to the power of 2

*chuckles* I find that funny.

SATs. Rubbish evaluators of your child's potential achievement_or definate indicators? YOU DECIDE

I think they're rubbish to be honest. In my day, half the schools refused to do the SATS (the key stage ones).

When I was in year 9 i remember being worried. But the exams didnt amount to much. My results didnt either. I got key stage 7 in maths and english, and a key stage 8 in english. Didnt mean anything. Just meant I was grouped in top groups for GCSEs. But unsurprising that - given i was in top groups for science and maths anyway, and was doing well in English anyway.

IMHO the UK SATs are more a measure of the school that anything else. The KS1 is compared to the Reception assessment, the KS2 to the KS1 etc. So what they are looking for is 'value adding' or how "well" the school has done with the child in comparison to the rest of the nation/region/council.

Total waste of time in terms of assessing a child. Our lil did fine in her KS1 though not as well as the school would have liked compared to the R assessemnts. Only to find out the child had been hearing impaired for 18 months and her young slip of a teacher had not noticed. New school, teacher. Two weeks into term, I am pulled in for a meeting to tell me there is a serious problem...

Now has gone from bottom of new class to middle of new class in 6 months. She's no smarter, just better taught

Stupid.

Someone I know didnt do too well at school. His parents thought something was wrong. His teachers just said he was stupid. Turned out he was dyslexic - but the teachers didnt believe it. (this was before dyslexia was common).

That's why I think it is really (REALLY) important to find stuff you're good at and enjoy spending time on. Every hobby/pasttime has the potential for career development or at the very least provides an opportunity to make a living...

We were talking on another thread about deciding on a career path. I am all for the education and the college degree (uni) etc. But alone it won't open doors. you must have the energy and the enthusiasm for something to truly blossom. I studied business (ick) Economics (ukk) Finance () but I tell you what, when it came to setting up a business with my husband for the benefit of my kids... I was *right* in there. Double quick. All hours of the day and night. Before that I was not interested.

but thats just life experience Ma Wilma. At school or even at Uni - you're too young to imagine the rest of your life. Therefore the drive isnt there. Once you start work / need to do something, the drive develops....

I know so many people who go to uni just for the sake of it, and not because they have a long term plan. You cant expect that of 18 year olds. Or even us 23 year olds....

or us 40 year olds, hon </>

You are very right, Kit. I used to imagine all "growed ups" knew what they were about.



NOT!

It was a real shock for me to find that out, and a real letdown. I thought I would one day feel 'sure' of myself. Nah. Doesn't really ever happen and when it does, I tend to avoid those people

The older I get the more i realise adults really have no clue on life....I know i dont....Or what I want from it....well actually i know one thing i want but im not saying as its silly.