Comments for Ellee Seymour http://elleeseymour.com MCIPR, PRESS CONSULTANT, JOURNALIST, POLITICAL AND PR BLOGGER. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 Comment on Mathematics - an education blackhole by Michael Manning http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-98263 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:25:49 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-98263 Ellee: As soon as you mentioned "the government" I had my answer. Our government in the US is stupid, as in, they focus on nothing more than getting re-elected. This example you mention sounds idiotic, and I quite agree. Kids with Calculators. I had a pencil and a worn out eraser with my Mom who bashed my head against the wall if I dared give the wrong answer! My best buddy from next door was over one night and instead of doing homework we were cutting up. So my Mom walked and took over in prison warden manner that was alternatively embarrassing and hysterical. The more beatings I sustained with my friend looking on like a Peter Cook and me a Dudley Moore struggling not to laugh. But that is for another time! :) Ellee: As soon as you mentioned “the government” I had my answer. Our government in the US is stupid, as in, they focus on nothing more than getting re-elected. This example you mention sounds idiotic, and I quite agree.

Kids with Calculators. I had a pencil and a worn out eraser with my Mom who bashed my head against the wall if I dared give the wrong answer! My best buddy from next door was over one night and instead of doing homework we were cutting up. So my Mom walked and took over in prison warden manner that was alternatively embarrassing and hysterical. The more beatings I sustained with my friend looking on like a Peter Cook and me a Dudley Moore struggling not to laugh. But that is for another time! :)

]]> Comment on Which mother do you feel sorry for? by electro-kevin http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/which-mother-do-you-feel-sorry-for/#comment-98243 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:45:19 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/which-mother-do-you-feel-sorry-for/#comment-98243 http://electro-kevin-electrokevin.blogspot.com/2008/05/eye-for-eye.html My own post on the subject. (Hope you don't mind the link, Ellee) http://electro-kevin-electrokevin.blogspot.com/2008/05/eye-for-eye.html

My own post on the subject.

(Hope you don’t mind the link, Ellee)

]]> Comment on Mathematics - an education blackhole by simon http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-98196 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:37:52 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-98196 I agree Jean-luc.... Is the government trying to "dumb-down" students? I agree Jean-luc….

Is the government trying to “dumb-down” students?

]]> Comment on No more L plates by simon http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/no-more-l-plates/#comment-98194 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:36:41 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/no-more-l-plates/#comment-98194 I remember the feeling of getting my license!! It was liberating! I remember the feeling of getting my license!! It was liberating!

]]> Comment on Mathematics - an education blackhole by Jean-Luc Picard http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-98131 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-98131 One can't be either top or bottom. \There has to be a middle ground. One can’t be either top or bottom. \There has to be a middle ground.

]]> Comment on No more L plates by Jeremy Jacobs http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/no-more-l-plates/#comment-98004 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:45:42 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/no-more-l-plates/#comment-98004 Well done on your son's achievement. Did you pass first time Ellee? As for chickens, I once met the chicken buyer from the grup that owns Taco Bell, Col. Sanders and others,. He said his source was the same as the ones that supply to M&S. He bought, at the time, 6 million chickens a year! Well done on your son’s achievement. Did you pass first time Ellee?

As for chickens, I once met the chicken buyer from the grup that owns Taco Bell, Col. Sanders and others,. He said his source was the same as the ones that supply to M&S. He bought, at the time, 6 million chickens a year!

]]> Comment on Mathematics - an education blackhole by Letters From A Tory http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-97971 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:45:59 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-97971 Unfortunately Labour won't get anywhere near mental arithmetic, as some kids find it hard and therefore it must be removed from the curriculum in order to keep pushing exam pass rates even higher. http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com Unfortunately Labour won’t get anywhere near mental arithmetic, as some kids find it hard and therefore it must be removed from the curriculum in order to keep pushing exam pass rates even higher.

http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on No more L plates by Welshcakes Limoncello http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/no-more-l-plates/#comment-97967 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:31:19 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/13/no-more-l-plates/#comment-97967 Well done, David! Well done, David!

]]> Comment on Mathematics - an education blackhole by Welshcakes Limoncello http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-97966 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:30:26 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-97966 Too many changes forced on the education system . When, oh when, is any government ever going to listen to teachers? Too many changes forced on the education system . When, oh when, is any government ever going to listen to teachers?

]]> Comment on Mathematics - an education blackhole by CherryPie http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-97765 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:02:49 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/05/14/mathematics-an-education-blackhole/#comment-97765 I was very lucky when I was at school. I was border line on whether I should be in the top maths class or not. My teacher spent one of his lunch times every week giving a few of us extra lessons. It made all the difference for me :-) I was very lucky when I was at school. I was border line on whether I should be in the top maths class or not. My teacher spent one of his lunch times every week giving a few of us extra lessons. It made all the difference for me :-)

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