Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Ken Dodd


Sometimes one has these altercations that leave one thinking "what was that all about". Was one standing up for someone else? Was one acting in retaliation? Was one simply exercising ones agressive nature? or is one simply bonkers. Is one Robin Hood, the Sheriff of Nottingham or Ken Dodd.
Finished making the first year end of term test and very interesting it is too i can tell you. Read a posting on the IB teachers web site (OCC as it's called) someone was complaining that past papers are available on the net, accused students of cheating. I would have thought that it was good to practice past papers. Problem is some teachers want total control so students only practice the questions that they want them to. The real reason is that they want to use the past papers for tests, if the students practice them then the test won't be fair. So whose cheating the student or the teacher?
By the way maybe I should say something about naming boulder problems. According to my criteria. the name should reflect something about the piece of rock or moves (e.g. scoop, lip, hang) it should be slightly humorous/bizarre usualy some sort of play on words. So Maureen Lipman is an old English TV actress, the problem traverses a lip and putting the two together is bizarre. Definitely Ken Dodd.