Re: Radio trailers for DAB

John wrote:
> John Porcella wrote:
>
>>
>> "John" <JohnZIZnospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:dirpj7$ihn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> John Porcella wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> At the uni I went to at undergrad level - one of the biggest
>>>>> uni's for engineering - they split us up for maths in 1st year
>>>>> into, IIRC, those that got an A or B grade at A-level and those
>>>>> that did not. I did not, because I hadn't done maths A-level,
>>>>> but I wouldn't say the maths was easy.
>>>>
>>>> Of course the maths would not be easy for you if you did not have
>>>> a maths background! Is that what you meant?
>>>>
>>>> First maths lecture was on complex numbers.
>>>>
>>>> Blimey!
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you know what a complex number is?
>>
>> I have previously looked at an introductory chapter in a P4 book. I
>> was able to follow the first few pages.
>>
>> My surprise is that I would not expect it to be taught as part of the
>> first lesson for students needing remedial mathematics!!
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> because I thought if
>>>>> this is what university proper is going to be like I'm not
>>>>> going to understand a word of it, because in my underdeveloped
>>>>> mathematical brain, I thought that the square root of -1 cannot
>>>>> exist.
>>>>
>>>> You are right, not in the real world!
>>>
>>>
>>> It does exist and is highly important but then an inept teacher like
>>> yourself would not know that.
>>
>> Do you not understand what "real" means in mathematics? If you did,
>> I suspect that you would not have displayed your ignorance and
>> rudeness above.
>>
>> Incidentally, my subject area is accountancy, business studies and
>> economics, so it would not be inept of me to get that wrong...which I
>> did not!
>>
>>>
>>> Do you have any understanding of mathematics and why complex numbers
>>> or imaginary numbers are called this?
>>
>> Yes, and yes. But clearly your own knowledge of mathematics is
>> shaky.
>
>
> Being a father I will tell you that knit picking and coming out with
> smutty remarks which is a not a good way to start handling teenagers
> as they will rip you apart and deliberately wind you up. You have
> struggled to handle a minor dispute on newsnet and resulted to attack
> and if you do that in a class room then the respect they will have
> had will be gone forever. That is why you are inept and should *NOT*
> be a teacher as you have not learnt one important fact and that is
> retaliation is not the way to deal with a dispute or a angry teenager.


I agree, I can't see how someone with a personality like his could hope
to control a class. Or if he does control the class he'll only do it by
threats, such as sending people to see the headmaster etc, and kids will
hate him. Whichever way, he'll be a crap teacher.


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