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Entries from February 7th, 2009

Varifocals

February 7th, 2009 · 38 Comments · Life

I picked up my new glasses today, and it was very daunting.

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There is more to being a teacher than just teaching

February 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on There is more to being a teacher than just teaching · Life

Last month there was a brilliant example of the ways a teacher can improve the lives or happiness of pupils without having to teach anything.  The whole pastoral care thing is difficult to pin down and define and impossible to measure and put into league tables, but can make a lot of difference, which we […]

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Nice try

February 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Technology

A couple of spam/phishing-related tales.  Amongst today’s haul of junk mail I received this, apparently from “BT Connect Customer Service <info0009@btconnect.com>”: Dear Esteemed Customers, Due to management problems, your btconnect email will have to be verified by our customer service department due to large amount of spam complains. Please verify your accounts by sending the […]

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