17
Sep
The Kangaroo
Categories: Education, Ideas, Inspiration, Random Comments 1
A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo, so the zoo officials put up a 3m fence. He was out the next morning, just roaming around the zoo. A 6m fence was put up. Again he got out. When the fence was 15m high, a camel in the next enclosure asked the..read more.
30
Aug
Dumb Question
Categories: Education, Teaching, Tutors International Comments 0
I received the following question today: “I am an experienced teacher but do not have experience of the advertised test. I would like to know if you will accept an application from someone with no direct experience of these tests.” [The lack of question mark is copied from the enquirer.] The tests in question are..read more.
25
Aug
First Impressions Last
Categories: Education, Random, Teaching, Tutors International Comments 10
Among one of my weekly tasks is the review of the new crop of registrants on the Tutors International database. Some may think that this is an automated process, but as the person who has looked at all the registrations since we set up the database I can assure you that there’s nothing automatic about..read more.