Monthly Archives: April 2007
Crinkle Crags in the sun
Last weekend I went to the Lake District with my dad. We stayed at the rather nice Langdale Youth Hostel where I discovered my camera’s batteries hadn’t charged; I managed to get about three pictures before they died. The Post Office just down the road sold non-rechargeables and I’m going to get my money’s worth out of them.
On Saturday we went up The Band and along Crinkle Crags. The last… Continue reading
1 + 1 = 2!
I did my maths test again today. And I passed 
Yes folks, I am operating at GCSE level maths again 
I dunno, I can write correctly normalised databases straight out of my head, I can code hideously complex software. I even once managed to write a fractal generator. But none of that is hard compared to “You are organising a school trip. There are 32 students
Possibly the most pointless thing ever
OK, in order to become a qualified teacher you have to pass three tests. One on numeracy (maths), one on literacy (English) and one on ICT. Every trainee teacher has to do these tests, even if they are in your subject area. It doesn’t matter that I have a degree in Software Engineering, an A-Level in Computing and half a GCSE in IT. Nor does it matter that I use… Continue reading
Well… shit.
Well… shit. I failed the bloody thing by three marks. I need to work on my mental arithmetic and statistical analysis.
It’s silly. The questions it asks I’d never need to do in my head within 18 seconds – I’m an IT teacher, we don’t pay thousands to Microsoft just so we can do maths in our heads
Booked it again for next Tuesday.
1 + 1 = 3
Ooer, I’m off to do a maths test. There are a number of mental arithmetic questions, some statistical stuff and then “general mathematics”.
Joyful…
Damn QTS tests, I’ll be glad when they’re over… Continue reading