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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Tiara on June 18, 2004, 02:39:35 pm
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...and obviously my students are too :D Every student in my class who did their history exam passed :D It's really nice to see your work pay off 100%.
Whoopiedoo! :D
Just had to say it :p
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nice to see there are still some good teachers in the world and students who can actually learn from them as well. :)
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Bah. She grades on a curve. My German teacher passed everyone... I got a B+ and I missed one of 4 tests. :p
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well, what do you say to someone with a giant axe on hand?
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god teachers work sucks ... atleast in my class .... drove hald the teachers NUTS!
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my english teacher rocks. We all achieved grades 1 or two above those predicted. Of course, some were precited the top grades - 1 actually, but like 10 have got them i think.
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the best teachers i had in high school were 11th and 12th grade history and government respectively, and a couple of english teachers. the rest were all hard :p
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Bah. She grades on a curve.
Nope. They were national exams and had to be graded by a second teacher from a different school. And I don't know who. (He/she does know who graded them the first time though).
If I'd give unauthorized 'bonus' points I'd be charged with fraud, lose my job and my liscence to teach. The grade values are determined by an institution with direct ties to the government.
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Ow, and while we're on the subject, I only give a bonus point at tests on extremely rare occaisions. With me it's you either know it or you don't. It's only when you need one or two tenth of a point to pass and you really really showed that you worked for it that I slip it in. But only when you deserve it.
And this happens maybe once or twice a year at most with me. But I'm glad my students passed the final bar all by themselves and can now leave high school with a passing grade for history. :)
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Did they cheat?? Uhh?? Uhhhh??? :p
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Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Did they cheat?? Uhh?? Uhhhh??? :p
If they did, they did a very good job at hiding it. There are always, at any time during the exam, at least 6 teachers present + a representative of the institution that makes the exams.
:p
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So they are good cheaters? At least they learned something... one way or the other. :nervous:
Just for curiosity, what was in the exam? Generaly speaking of course (don't just say it was history!!! :mad: )
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Hooray for the class! \o/ :nod:
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Originally posted by Ghostavo
So they are good cheaters? At least they learned something... one way or the other. :nervous:
Just for curiosity, what was in the exam? Generaly speaking of course (don't just say it was history!!! :mad: )
-Dutch rulers: Grouping, polerisation and renewed consensus.
-- This covers Dutch social and political history from 1950 to 1990 basically. (10 questions)
- Industrilization and cotton factories.
-- Covers the industrial revolution from 1750 to 1850. Includes social aspects, industrial aspects and political aspects. (15 questions).
Those were the two topics this year. Next year there can be two or more totally different topics.
Personally, I found it that these topics were quite badly chosen. Well, only the second one really. The first is a must for Dutch students actually. But the second one shouldn't have been such a narrow subject.
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What class are you teaching, VWO or HAVO?
Personally, I just did a history exam (yesterday morning) without following the classes, and only readinng the book 5 minutes before the exam. Now, I think I scraped out a 6 or 7, but I still haven't figured out what the Truman Doctrine was, exactly.
And yeah, I know it is bad to not study for exams, but I have an 8 average for History, and a 3,8 for German, and a German exam was on the same day, so........
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"now class, no slacking, or i shall drop this nice shiny axe onto your hands..."
:p
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Originally posted by kasperl
What class are you teaching, VWO or HAVO?
Personally, I just did a history exam (yesterday morning) without following the classes, and only readinng the book 5 minutes before the exam. Now, I think I scraped out a 6 or 7, but I still haven't figured out what the Truman Doctrine was, exactly.
And yeah, I know it is bad to not study for exams, but I have an 8 average for History, and a 3,8 for German, and a German exam was on the same day, so........
VWO and HAVO. The same subjects but the questions on VWO are formulated differently and have less 'hints' in them.
Ow and the Truman Doctrine is President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to countries that are under the influence of countries with a communist or totalitarian ideology. It began in 1947 where Brittain could no longer financially support the crumbling Greek and Turkish economy. The Communist group National Liberation Front (AKA EAM or ELAS) were also active in these countries. The two governments faced the strong pressure of the Soviets and couldn't go without support. That responsibilty was passed onto the US.
Truman asked for a $400 million dollars to support Greece and Turkey both financially and military. He felt that it was the US's responsibility to help nations to prevent them from being subjegated by outside forces.
And thus ended the long term isolationist and their role as 'the world's police officer' began. :p
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Oh crap, that's 2 points down the drain then.......
On the other hand, my answer was so vague it might apply to that explanation as well, so Bolk might just read over it and ignore the glaring ignorace.
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Hey Tiara, I didn't know you were a teacher. I'll be joining your ranks next year as a student teacher. ;) How old are your kids? :)
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Originally posted by Setekh
Hey Tiara, I didn't know you were a teacher. I'll be joining your ranks next year as a student teacher. ;) How old are your kids? :)
Ah, another one for the Dark Side... :drevil:
I teach 4 different classes. 4 HAVO (15-17), 5 HAVO (16-18), 5 VWO (16-18), 6 VWO (17-19).
5 HAVO and 6 VWO are the final classes of their respective niveau's.
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That rocks. I'll be teaching comparable ages, I think - high school kids, though I'll most likely start with the younger ones (12-15)... since I'll only be 20 next year anyway. :D
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Originally posted by Setekh
That rocks. I'll be teaching comparable ages, I think - high school kids, though I'll most likely start with the younger ones (12-15)... since I'll only be 20 next year anyway. :D
I'm only 4-5 years older then my oldest students :p
If needed I'll still kick their asses though.
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I have experienced that small age differences often work best. That doesn't always go though, especially not for the trainee's. God, we slaughtered that poor physics guy......
I do intend to become a teacher somewhere in the future, but it might take me some detours before I do.
The organisation that organesises the studying camps I go to ( www.anderwijs.nl ) uses university students to aid the high-schoolers. That works great, even though there have been cases where the participants were older then the management.
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Tiara, is the Truman Doctrine the same as the Marchal plan (sp?)?
Setekh not you too!?! :shaking:
Do not give in to the dark side or you will be trapped in it!!
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High school teaching kicks arse! Don't worry, I'm going to be teaching software. I'll raise the kids on C++ and introduce them to a certain thing called the FreeSpace Source Code Project... all part of the plan. :drevil:
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Originally posted by Setekh
High school teaching kicks arse! Don't worry, I'm going to be teaching software. I'll raise the kids on C++ and introduce them to a certain thing called the FreeSpace Source Code Project... all part of the plan. :drevil:
:yes2:;) good plan
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Originally posted by Ghostavo
Tiara, is the Truman Doctrine the same as the Marchal plan (sp?)?
Setekh not you too!?! :shaking:
Do not give in to the dark side or you will be trapped in it!!
The Marshall plan is something I managed to read before doing the test, so here it goes:
The Marshall plan with sending goods, cash and loans to country's hit by WWII. I forgot the numbers, but it was big. Stuff like tractors, clothing, food, industrial equipment and building materials got sent over. It did not include any military aid.
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Originally posted by Ghostavo
Tiara, is the Truman Doctrine the same as the Marchal plan (sp?)?
Not exactly but they are both aimed helping other nations after the second world war. But the Marshall Plan was more aimed at Western Europe and the economical aspect and not the military aspect. The Marshall Plan also wasn't designed to combat Soviet influences as it was only to be instated in Western non-communist countries. the Marshall plan is also called the 'European Recovery Program'.
This program helped to re-establish trade routes in mainland Europe, strengthen the economies, keeping tabs on inflation, etc. All of which was caused by WWII and the German occupation.
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Heh.. I dropped in on a couple of my old teachers unannounced a while ago...
One of them looked up when I knocked and said "No! Get out before you corrupt my students!"
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I didn't like Dutch history...learned some of it in Euro this year. Confusing as hell. But maybe that's cuz we went through it so quickly since it's a little, insignificant nation...:p
*runs*
Yay for your class though, Miss Axe. I guess you did a good job...
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Teachers are alright, it really depends on the personality on the teacher.. my personal favorite was my high school chem teacher..
i mean, wouldn't you learn a lot in science when the teacher shows you how to distill alchol and make explosives? ;)
oh, and we had a teacher that passed a remarkable resemblence to this: (http://www.nintendoland.com/mario/movie/goomba.jpg) :p
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hehehe Well done! I wish I could get our trainees to pay as much attention, they seem to be more concerned about where to get their next batch of weed from..... :( Still, I don't suppose that's so much of a problem there, you ALWAYS know where your next batch of weed is coming from ;)
Besides, Training Providers are kind of unique, as in we take on the people who no-one else wants, basically, we have a very good success rate, all things considered.
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Goomba!
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Originally posted by delta_7890
Goomba!
/and/ she had a bigass red coat too.. it was absolutely funny:p :nod:
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Originally posted by Corsair
I didn't like Dutch history...learned some of it in Euro this year. Confusing as hell. But maybe that's cuz we went through it so quickly since it's a little, insignificant nation...:p
*runs*
*cough*
Just want to point out that without Holland, England would never have develloped their navy as much as they have.
Consequently, without Holland the French might've controlled New York (New Amsterdam) (:p Seriously).
Without Holland's flood control inginuity would've caused a lot more damage. Even today Dutch experts are sent all over the world to help with dam building etc. Like in China currently. And even in America.
Without Holland the Spanish, English and French would never have received an ass kicking before modern times.
Without Holland there would probably not have been the Maastricht agreement.
Without the Dutch resistance in WWII the Americans and other allied troops would've had a lot more trouble recapturing German held territory and would've had a helluva lot more trouble even getting into Germany itself.
Without Holland the world would never have enjoyed the Dutch superior submarine training.
Without Holland we'd still have much less freedom. (See the right to decide to die if you're terminally ill, to use soft drugs, to use soft drugs as a medicine. (Remember, soft drugs is WAY better then alcohol ;)) Gay marriage would still be outlawed (although 'certain' people still despise us for that. :no::ick: @ those people)
etc
etc
etc...
:D
For this little 'insignificant' country we've had a big impact on the world. ;7
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"Even one stone can change the world."
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Tiara must be hot. You always learn a lot from hot teachers. Or nothing at all. Depending on the situation of course...