tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post6596504293537146060..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: They don't know they're bornExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-33991299016015712022008-03-11T16:15:00.000+00:002008-03-11T16:15:00.000+00:00I think using a calculator is a double-edged sword...I think using a calculator is a double-edged sword as you are then expected to know the theory behind it all. I much preferred just learning how to do it without actually having a clue why!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-43733702521612347912008-03-11T15:51:00.000+00:002008-03-11T15:51:00.000+00:00Speaking of high school, did you know that student...Speaking of high school, did you know that students can now use a calculator on their PSAT and SAT tests? Man do these youngun's have it easy!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830175253251435851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-31616602691690162602008-03-11T11:24:00.000+00:002008-03-11T11:24:00.000+00:00Here was me thinking they still did handwriting in...Here was me thinking they still did handwriting in high school, I really need to catch up.She's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-43046103070693649582008-03-11T00:07:00.000+00:002008-03-11T00:07:00.000+00:00Comment in second line should have been "What THE ...Comment in second line should have been "What THE hey" which is what they say here in the US when they don't want to say "hell".Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-33006741930969350402008-03-11T00:06:00.000+00:002008-03-11T00:06:00.000+00:00Not quite sure if I'm rallying or if it's the glas...Not quite sure if I'm rallying or if it's the glass of Pinot, but what they hey...<BR/>Tattie - how nice to meet you! I was wondering when you were going to get up and running again.<BR/>WakeUp - oh, would never have done ink fights. My mother would've killed me!<BR/>M&M - I agree about the ink pen. I still write a lot of cards, and use a very nice Waterman. Much more reliable than a biro. (Do you know that isn't a word over here?)<BR/><BR/>Pink eye seemed to be either a bruise or allergy as it's gone. Little one is going to school tomorrow come what may as I need another day in bed I think. Husband's birthday on Thursday so I HAVE to be healthy to go present shopping on Wed. Oy!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-84137596275289313802008-03-10T22:09:00.000+00:002008-03-10T22:09:00.000+00:00Ah, but things alwas look so much better written i...Ah, but things alwas look so much better written in fountain pen! <BR/><BR/>(Says she who used to earn merit marks for her neatness..)Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-77803142020051338052008-03-10T20:32:00.000+00:002008-03-10T20:32:00.000+00:00I'm amazed at my children's inability to spell, wh...I'm amazed at my children's inability to spell, which I blame on a)their primary school's indifference, and b)text language. Why abbreviate the as da? Makes no sense to me whatsoever. I do like the idea of emailing assignments and being emailed their grades. No "forgetting" what they got on the chemistry test then.<BR/><BR/>I also have a writer's bump and fondly recall ink fights. I hope you're feeling better.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-21784449891007333492008-03-10T10:24:00.000+00:002008-03-10T10:24:00.000+00:00Just dropping in after a time away and was taken r...Just dropping in after a time away and was taken right back to my school days particulary at my writers bump on my finger just like Elizabethm!<BR/>I always had ink on my sleeves and there was always splatterings on ink on the floor by my desk...rather glad The Boy won't be doing that - carpets are SO expensive!!!!!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-72876570341729477362008-03-10T00:22:00.000+00:002008-03-10T00:22:00.000+00:00We'll have to form a "Them were the Days" blog and...We'll have to form a "Them were the Days" blog and bore the pants off our kids.<BR/>Meanwhile, I have been in bed all day with the season's only cold. I jinxed it last week by telling someone I had been really lucky this year. I am only (really) up to check on little one's eye - we think it is an allergic reaction to something. And to finish off the Egyptian messenger costume my 12 year old informed me he needed for tomorrow - on Friday night. (I may well blog on that.)Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-64390864640034655802008-03-09T23:54:00.000+00:002008-03-09T23:54:00.000+00:00I hope people don't forget how to handwrite. My wr...I hope people don't forget how to handwrite. My writing has definitely got worse over the years as I've typed more ... but at least I learnt how to handwrite in the first place!Gone Back Southhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391620186388562057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-79873407715332294812008-03-09T23:39:00.000+00:002008-03-09T23:39:00.000+00:00I felt so old reading this post (born in the 70s) ...I felt so old reading this post (born in the 70s) - holy cow - homework websites - thank God my daughter's only 2. I was just saying to someone the other day that we got married (a paltry 10 years ago) before the advent of 'online registries' and they looked at me like I'd admitted to being from the stone age!AliBlahBlahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335907266347761153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-34192544266740792732008-03-09T23:16:00.000+00:002008-03-09T23:16:00.000+00:00I found some airmail envelopes in a box the other ...I found some airmail envelopes in a box the other day - they are almost extinct I'd have thought! At least we knew how to spell xfamily affairshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17896692261265817869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-19737588185050560932008-03-09T15:52:00.000+00:002008-03-09T15:52:00.000+00:00Potty - Sounds quite interesting. You could post i...Potty - Sounds quite interesting. You could post it in installments?<BR/><BR/>Kat - OMG, we had ours tested last week and I didn't even get a call! Must warn them about nocturnal errors.<BR/><BR/>Charlotte - welcome. Just glanced at your blog and am here to tell you that they do eventually embrace the veg. My 12 year old was apparently "allergic" to them until about 9 months ago. The 4 year old snacks on raw carrots but I have no idea how I managed that. And wasn't virtual school formerly "Open University?"<BR/><BR/>Maggie - I'll be right over. But first I have to investigate the strange black/pinkness on my 4 year old's right eye. It can't be conjunctivitis - I have too much to do tomorrow!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-38672990686730000202008-03-09T13:35:00.000+00:002008-03-09T13:35:00.000+00:00consider yorself tagged, expatmum! Come over to fi...consider yorself tagged, expatmum! Come over to find out!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-35994686756757262982008-03-09T09:25:00.000+00:002008-03-09T09:25:00.000+00:00The logical conclusion is to attend school by emai...The logical conclusion is to attend school by email or text. Why bother being there for real?<BR/><BR/>I got a reverse charge call the other day from my daughter to ask me if I had topped up her mobile phone...Charlotte Humehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168363478317650666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-38771439092273696982008-03-08T23:42:00.000+00:002008-03-08T23:42:00.000+00:00Yes, all this technology does seem to be creating ...Yes, all this technology does seem to be creating quite a monster. teachers who are on call 24/7, kids who can't forget an assignment or fail a test without getting busted by everybody and parents who are 'expected' to supervise all their children's school lives at the touch of a button.<BR/><BR/>These systems do still have their glitches though. This week our High School automated phone system had a nervous breakdown. It called all the homes of all the kids who have been absent over the past 2 months (2,000 students) at 2 AM! It did this several times, resulting in many angry phone calls to the school attendance office the next morning. Makes you long for 'the good old days!'Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085577423870971279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-50976903174715753962008-03-08T21:34:00.000+00:002008-03-08T21:34:00.000+00:00Just read Iota's comment about buying essays from ...Just read Iota's comment about buying essays from websites. What a fabulous idea - do you think anyone would be interested in my thesis on the link between Thomas Hardy and the Impressionist painters?<BR/><BR/>Anybody?<BR/><BR/>Damn.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-38321926854388737812008-03-08T16:14:00.000+00:002008-03-08T16:14:00.000+00:00Don't you worry about a thing - send children and ...Don't you worry about a thing - send children and I shall treat them as my own which means leaving alone them with their homework whilst I blog away and totally ignore the lot of them !!Mzungu Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396426353987429483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-11930007796262768432008-03-08T15:26:00.000+00:002008-03-08T15:26:00.000+00:00eliz - major flashback to that bump on the right m...eliz - major flashback to that bump on the right middle finger!<BR/><BR/>iota - scary that the profs need software to spot it, they should know their subject inside out shouldn't they?<BR/><BR/>m chick - don't make rash statements like "Send the kids to me" - we have a lot of airmiles in this house!!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-54424786617160314332008-03-08T05:58:00.000+00:002008-03-08T05:58:00.000+00:00Expatmum - send the kids to stay with me. At our ...Expatmum - send the kids to stay with me. At our 'my god that's expensive' schools that our kids go to here, there is nothing as high tech as sending homework on line or 'poking' your teachers !!Mzungu Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396426353987429483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-9571767786338238412008-03-08T00:14:00.000+00:002008-03-08T00:14:00.000+00:00I find it scary how hard it is to keep up with it ...I find it scary how hard it is to keep up with it all. What is even scarier is how college kids can buy essays from websites, so that college profs have to have software that spots plagiarism. What a world we have created for ourselves.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-63059669915744048532008-03-07T22:11:00.000+00:002008-03-07T22:11:00.000+00:00The really scary thing is that in only a few years...The really scary thing is that in only a few years time sitting down and writing a letter by hand is going to look as dated as those black and white 1930's and '40's movies we used to watch at home on rainy saturday afternoons in the winter... (remember when we only had 3 channels?)Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-38881548424726870742008-03-07T19:07:00.000+00:002008-03-07T19:07:00.000+00:00I still have the writing bump on my second finger ...I still have the writing bump on my second finger caused by the pressure of the pen (although thankfully the ink stains have finally worn off). Yup, don't know they're born.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-1767202232510537552008-03-07T18:32:00.000+00:002008-03-07T18:32:00.000+00:00Nutty - yes, even in the last few years of having ...Nutty - yes, even in the last few years of having kids with serious homework things have changed dramatically. I can barely keep up.<BR/>Maggie - over here they hardly bother with penmanship as everything is on computers and they have spellcheck. Outrageous really.<BR/>TMOTL - it took me a while to figure out your past misdeeds ('cause I would never have done anything like that you understand). Very funny.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-27121272534077255442008-03-07T17:01:00.000+00:002008-03-07T17:01:00.000+00:00Yep, no chance of squeezing a 5 in between the 8 a...Yep, no chance of squeezing a 5 in between the 8 and the % to bump your mark up with an e-mail.<BR/><BR/>Not that I ever did...the mother of this lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173598381711792094noreply@blogger.com