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Skriven 2015-04-14 21:38:46 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25975 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: weathering life 508
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Hi Michael,

Before I forget--July 13-18 will not work out for us for the picnic;
we're committed to working at our church's VBS.


 ML> Putting more pressure on the administration of the private
 ML> ones, as they have to either set up their own standards or
 RH> Most often they have standards set by the governing agency of the
 RH> school.

 ML> I have no qualm about that assuming the governors have
 ML> the expertise (or proper guidance) to set them.

Most often there's a committee which is made up of members that have a
good knowledge of such matters.


 RH> church related private school generally answers to the pastor, a
 RH> governing board of some sort and a headmaster or principal.

 ML> I'd see the principal having plenary control over everyday
 ML> issues but answering to the governors and perhaps the pastor
 ML> regarding policy issues and any irregularities.

That's usually the way things work.

 RH> They have a bit more leeway than public school in state requirements.
 RH> Most don't require as many standardised tests, teaching to the test
 RH> and so on.

 ML> I hate standardized tests, but you have to have a minimum
 ML> number of them just because of the volume of assessees. If
 ML> the underlying education that the private schools give is
 ML> sufficient for the students to sail through the standardized
 ML> tests, all the better.

In a good number of private schools, the students do much better than
public school students who have been taught to the test over the school
year.

 ML>   They can set standards as high or as low as they want for
 RH> hiring teachers.

 ML> Much as we don't want to admit it, there are schools that hire
 ML> low. Some of the situations have been egregious enough to have
 ML> spawned the imperfect but often necessary systems of objective
 ML> testing, teacher certification of various kinds, and so on.

I know, and would not want to be a part of them, for educating my
children or as a member of the faculty/staff.


 ML> His underlying health is, er, dubious. He seems to be a
 ML> tough old coot (68 or so), but if I am in his condition
 ML> at that age, I will not be pleased.
 RH> In that you expect to be in better health?

 ML> I expect to have fewer issues. Of course there's the distinct
 ML> possibility I may have zero issues.

Time will tell. I thought I'd encounter some issues later in life than I
did--but I've managed to overcome most of them, one way or another.


 ML> I guess they could do that for him, but maybe the VA in Alaska
 ML> doesn't hold much truck with that kind of sissiness.
 RH> Mine was done by an Army doctor at Fort Stewart, GA.

 ML> Sure, and Alaskans are tough.

Got to be, to live in a climate like that.


 ML> Dark chocolate pudding
 RH> That looks decadently good!
 ML> I thought so, too.
 RH> There's very little chocolate that I turn down. (G)

 ML> I was tempted to post a chocolate rum recipe, but

I'd have looked at it, but not ever tried making it.


 ML>       Title: German Chocolate Ice Cream **
 ML>  Categories: Ice cream, Freezer, Desserts, Chocolate
 ML>    Servings:  1

 ML> ------------------------------PATTI -
 ML> VDRJ67A------------------------------     1/2 c  Sugar
 ML>       2 tb Flour
 ML>     1/8 ts Salt
 ML>     1/8 ts Cinnamon
 ML>       2 c  Milk
 ML>       4 oz Sweet chocolate; melted
 ML>       2    Eggs; beaten
 ML>     1/2 c  Shredded coconut
 ML>       2 c  Light cream -OR- Half & Half
 ML>     1/2 c  Pecans; chopped

I'll put the coconut and pecans in half for Steve, leave the other half
straight chocolate for me. (G)

 ML> I had a seafood meal of very tough whelk and very tender sea
 ML> urchin the other day. It was entertaining and good but not
 ML> memorable the way the Wagyu meal was.
 RH> Some are very memorable for their--shall we say--lack of greatness.

 ML> This meal will soon be forgotten.

It'll live on in Fido for a few days, then scroll off the screens of our
computers, only to live in archives.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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