DW
9.12.11
GCSE and A Level Examiners Caught AGAIN
Just in case they decide not to post my comment in response to this article, here is what I said:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3251759.ece
"This story is more than welcome but it is not new.
Michael Gove knew about this because I told him two years or so ago
Ed Balls (as the relevant Minister) knew about this because I told him more than two years ago
Linda Riordan MP (Labour) knew about this because I met her and discussed it with her and then engaged in extensive communication with her
Civil Servants at the relevant departments knew about this because I communicated with them about it and they wrote back
The AQA knew about this because I told them about it and they threatened me with legal action ... empty threat
It is VERY well known that examiners are NOT allowed to do many things but surprise, surprise their books always seem to end up at the recommended text for their subject: anonymity is one of the key requisites of an examiner!
Examiners, many of them, hold seminars along the lines being discussed now. Not only with teachers either. The pupils who are about to take a public examination such as a GCSE and A Level can easily find a course being run by an examiner: for money, behind closed doors. Don't forget, that examiner could well be marking that child's script in a few weeks' time!
Other examining bodies simply forbid their examiners such close contact with their client base. Moreover, if they do get so near, they know it could be the end of their career.
You can easily find these examiners on the internet, advertising their services in exchange for money. They shouldn't but they do and when one complains about it, blows the whistle, SLAM: the door is shut. Let's hope that at last Gove gets it right.
Duncan"
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3251759.ece
"This story is more than welcome but it is not new.
Michael Gove knew about this because I told him two years or so ago
Ed Balls (as the relevant Minister) knew about this because I told him more than two years ago
Linda Riordan MP (Labour) knew about this because I met her and discussed it with her and then engaged in extensive communication with her
Civil Servants at the relevant departments knew about this because I communicated with them about it and they wrote back
The AQA knew about this because I told them about it and they threatened me with legal action ... empty threat
It is VERY well known that examiners are NOT allowed to do many things but surprise, surprise their books always seem to end up at the recommended text for their subject: anonymity is one of the key requisites of an examiner!
Examiners, many of them, hold seminars along the lines being discussed now. Not only with teachers either. The pupils who are about to take a public examination such as a GCSE and A Level can easily find a course being run by an examiner: for money, behind closed doors. Don't forget, that examiner could well be marking that child's script in a few weeks' time!
Other examining bodies simply forbid their examiners such close contact with their client base. Moreover, if they do get so near, they know it could be the end of their career.
You can easily find these examiners on the internet, advertising their services in exchange for money. They shouldn't but they do and when one complains about it, blows the whistle, SLAM: the door is shut. Let's hope that at last Gove gets it right.
Duncan"
7.12.11
The First Bin!
I have lived in this house since the end of June 2010 but today, 7th December 2011 is the first time I have put out any refuse bins for collection!
Here's the bin ...
Here's the bin ...
5.12.11
Roast Vegetables
I don't boast very often but on this occasion I will blow my own trumpet. My roast vegetables are brilliant!
I roughly chop and blanch potatoes, carrots and parsnips. I roughly chop onions, usually a white and a red onion ... and then add any other roughly chopped veg I have in and drizzle everything with:
vegetable oil and olive oil
balsamic vinegar
The cook them.
Fantastic!
DW
I roughly chop and blanch potatoes, carrots and parsnips. I roughly chop onions, usually a white and a red onion ... and then add any other roughly chopped veg I have in and drizzle everything with:
vegetable oil and olive oil
balsamic vinegar
The cook them.
Fantastic!
DW
Halellujah!
Neville: have you seen the Messiah?
Me: every night, just before I go to sleep!
Joke!
What Nev was getting at was that there is a performance of Handel's Messiah to be held tonight and had I ever been to a Messiah concert?
Made us laugh anyway!!
DW
Me: every night, just before I go to sleep!
Joke!
What Nev was getting at was that there is a performance of Handel's Messiah to be held tonight and had I ever been to a Messiah concert?
Made us laugh anyway!!
DW
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