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Apr
Platinum Resistance Thermometer
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Some years ago, when I taught Physics A level in schools, I had a very bright student (Tom went on to Oxford). One of the practicals was called the ‘Platinum Resistance Thermometer’. It required students to change the temperature of a metal coil and measure the corresponding relative resistance at that temperature to determine the..read more.
10
Apr
It can’t just be me…
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Here I go again, on the same soap box, making noises about dreadful standards of English our education system is producing at the moment. It really is astonishingly bad. Here’s today’s worst: “I am effective at delivering personalised learning as well as enhancing yps’ life skills & social development with a gentle; kind yet professional..read more.
4
Apr
Clanger
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I know it riles some of the two or three readers of this site when I refer to stuff written by applicants, but sometimes what they write deserves to ridiculed, in my opinion (which is what this site is all about)… In one of today’s, then, was this: “I have spent fifth-teen months teaching English…”..read more.