Another School teacher does a boo-boo !

"Aesop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Some months ago I posted a message complaining of the
inadequacies in mountain leadership of school teachers. It
seems to have largely fallen on deaf ears, because here we
are again with a group of kids in the

Cairngorms,

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inadequately equipped. And so it goes on. When are you lot
going to learn that just because you have a piece of paper
with mountain leader printed somewhere on it; it doesn`t
give you the right to risk kids lives just to bolster your
own egos. Get real, use your mountain leadership paper to

guide

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yourself on the hill. Stick to the classroom and leave
taking kids on to

the

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hills to the professionals.

Yes, another well considered and sensible argument of the
type so often expressed in this newsgroup who just want to
use the forum to express their own bigoted and irrational
views. Just for the record 'Aesop', the vast majority of
teachers who give up their own free time to guide pupils and
students in activites which develop their outdoor skills as
well as their self-confidence do so with the safety of their
charges uppermost in their considerations. It is so easy to
jump on to the one example of bad planning and poor
execution that comes along every few years and use it as an
excuse to criticise the teaching profession as a whole. Just
because you are some inadequate little non-entity with
nothing useful to say doesn't mean that you have the right
to pretend that you know what you are talking about. I'm
sorry Aesop, but you clearly don't. Crawl back into your
dark and lonely little hole and let us get on with some
intelligent discussion.

Gary Webster, Birmingham, England.

"Aesop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Some months ago I posted a message complaining of the
inadequacies in mountain leadership of school teachers. It
seems to have largely fallen on deaf ears, because here we
are again with a group of kids in the

Cairngorms,

Quoted message said:

inadequately equipped. And so it goes on. When are you lot
going to learn that just because you have a piece of paper
with mountain leader printed somewhere on it; it doesn`t
give you the right to risk kids lives just to bolster your
own egos. Get real, use your mountain leadership paper to

guide

Quoted message said:

yourself on the hill. Stick to the classroom and leave
taking kids on to

the

Quoted message said:

hills to the professionals.

A Troll? MTLC had nothing to do with it! And read posts.

Have a nice day :-(
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Regards, Chris
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In message <[email hidden]>, Aesop
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Some months ago I posted a message complaining of the
inadequacies in mountain leadership of school teachers. It
seems to have largely fallen on deaf ears, because here we
are again with a group of kids in the Cairngorms,
inadequately equipped. And so it goes on. When are you lot
going to learn that just because you have a piece of paper
with mountain leader printed somewhere on it; it doesn`t
give you the right to risk kids lives just to bolster your
own egos. Get real, use your mountain leadership paper to
guide yourself on the hill. Stick to the classroom and
leave taking kids on to the hills to the professionals.

Troll alert

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Martin Richardson
239/284 Munros - 15% to go 34/34 'Furths' & 439/439 Nuttalls
- 0% to go
240/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
241/1552 Marilyns - 72% to go

In article <[email hidden]>, Gary Webster
<[email hidden]> writes

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Yes, I am indeed an English teacher. A paragraph is a group
of sentences that relate to one topic and which follow on
from a topic sentence. As all the sentences related to the
topic sentence, there is no need to introduce a second
paragraph.

But are enormously useful on usenet posts.

They break up the text, greatly improving its readability
on screen.

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Russ Clare

"Gary Webster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Aesop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Some months ago I posted a message complaining of the
inadequacies in mountain leadership of school teachers.
It seems to have largely fallen

on

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deaf ears, because here we are again with a group of
kids in the

Cairngorms,

Quoted message said:

inadequately equipped. And so it goes on. When are you
lot going to

learn

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that just because you have a piece of paper with
mountain leader printed somewhere on it; it doesn`t give
you the right to risk kids lives just

to

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bolster your own egos. Get real, use your mountain
leadership paper to

guide

Quoted message said:

yourself on the hill. Stick to the classroom and leave
taking kids on to

the

Quoted message said:

hills to the professionals.

Yes, another well considered and sensible argument of the
type so often expressed in this newsgroup who just want to
use the forum to express

their

Quoted message said:

own bigoted and irrational views. Just for the record
'Aesop', the vast majority of teachers who give up their
own free time to guide pupils and students in activites
which develop their outdoor skills as well as their self-
confidence do so with the safety of their charges
uppermost in their considerations. It is so easy to jump
on to the one example of bad

planning

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and poor execution that comes along every few years and
use it as an

excuse

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to criticise the teaching profession as a whole. Just
because you are some inadequate little non-entity with
nothing useful to say doesn't mean that you have the right
to pretend that you know what you are talking about.

I'm

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sorry Aesop, but you clearly don't. Crawl back into your
dark and lonely little hole and let us get on with some
intelligent discussion.

I heartily agree. But, I assume you aren't a English
teacher?

Paragraphs would have been better to get your message across;-
)
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Regards, Chris
--
Bird sightings based around 'Craven' Skipton, North Yorks.
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"Gary Webster" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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"Aesop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Some months ago I posted a message complaining of the
inadequacies in mountain leadership of school teachers.
It seems to have largely fallen on deaf ears, because
here we are again with a group of kids in the

Cairngorms,

Quoted message said:

inadequately equipped. And so it goes on. When are you
lot going to learn that just because you have a piece of
paper with mountain leader printed somewhere on it; it
doesn`t give you the right to risk kids lives just to
bolster your own egos. Get real, use your mountain
leadership paper to

guide

Quoted message said:

yourself on the hill. Stick to the classroom and leave
taking kids on to

the

Quoted message said:

hills to the professionals.

Yes, another well considered and sensible argument of the
type so often expressed in this newsgroup who just want to
use the forum to express their own bigoted and irrational
views. Just for the record 'Aesop', the vast majority of
teachers who give up their own free time to guide pupils
and students in activites which develop their outdoor
skills as well as their self-confidence do so with the
safety of their charges uppermost in their considerations.
It is so easy to jump on to the one example of bad
planning and poor execution that comes along every few
years and use it as an excuse to criticise the teaching
profession as a whole. Just because you are some
inadequate little non-entity with nothing useful to say
doesn't mean that you have the right to pretend that you
know what you are talking about. I'm sorry Aesop, but you
clearly don't. Crawl back into your dark and lonely little
hole and let us get on with some intelligent discussion.

Gary Webster, Birmingham, England.

I agree with your sentiments. And without keen teachers (and
Scout leaders etc) many youngsters wouldn't have the
experience of being on hills. I put this incident down to
ignorance rather than arrogance. It happens.

--
Adrian

"Craven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I heartily agree. But, I assume you aren't a English
teacher?

Paragraphs would have been better to get your message
across;-)
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Yes, I am indeed an English teacher. A paragraph is a group
of sentences that relate to one topic and which follow on
from a topic sentence. As all the sentences related to the
topic sentence, there is no need to introduce a second
paragraph.

I do accept that there was a typographical error in
the first sentence, though, which was caused by too
much wine. ;-)

Gary Webster Birmingham, England.

"Gary Webster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Craven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2kr8hbF5ctlvU1@uni-
berlin.de...

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I heartily agree. But, I assume you aren't a English
teacher?

Paragraphs would have been better to get your message
across;-)
--

Yes, I am indeed an English teacher. A paragraph is a
group of sentences that relate to one topic and which
follow on from a topic sentence. As all the sentences
related to the topic sentence, there is no need to
introduce

a

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second paragraph.

I do accept that there was a typographical error in the
first sentence, though, which was caused by too much
wine. ;-)

Well, give up your day job. You 'aint up to it!

--
Regards, Chris
--
Bird sightings based around 'Craven' Skipton, North Yorks.
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Gary Webster said:

"Craven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2kr8hbF5ctlvU1@uni-
berlin.de...

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I heartily agree. But, I assume you aren't a English
teacher?

Paragraphs would have been better to get your message
across;-)

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Yes, I am indeed an English teacher. A paragraph is a group
of sentences that relate to one topic and which follow on
from a topic sentence. As all the sentences related to the
topic sentence, there is no need to introduce a second
paragraph.

Well, yes, that's how you start explaining papragraphs to
idiots. We hoped to find your understanding of written
English a bit more sophisticated. But as you say, you're an
English teacher.
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"Craven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Well, give up your day job. You 'aint up to it!

Erm, right-oh. I would of course argue that my pupils'
results show otherwise, but as you're so qualified to pass
judgement (maybe you're an Ofsted inspector - thy don't know
what they're talking about either) I will bow to your
greater understanding.

Gary Webster Birmingham, England

Gary Webster said:

Yes, I am indeed an English teacher. A paragraph is a
group of sentences that relate to one topic and which
follow on from a topic sentence. As all the sentences
related to the topic sentence, there is no need to
introduce a second paragraph.

Grammatically, quite so. But there's more to formatting text
to be as easy as reasonably possible to read than pure
grammatical correctness, and relative ease of reading is a
factor in Usenet posts.

Do you wish to be understood as well as possible, or as
pedantic about your formatting as possible? Your call...

Pete.
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640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
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