welshbairn Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, strichener said: When I did modern studies it included a module on China that started in 1911 with the overthrow on the Qing dynasty. Certainly wasn't restricted to post WWII. Pretty sure we did the League of Nations too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I'm a maths teacher. I'm pretty sure my history / modern studies teacher colleagues won't know the difference between a Maclaurin Expansion and a Binomial Expansion.But you would expect them to know the difference between statistics and geometry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Is that the EIS offering their members to help with vaccination program. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Pretty sure we did the League of Nations too. Maybe you could explain it to Willie Miller then? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Gaz said: I'm a maths teacher. I'm pretty sure my history / modern studies teacher colleagues won't know the difference between a Maclaurin Expansion and a Binomial Expansion. My point, which I'm (admittedly badly) trying to make, is that when people make claims such as this being the worst thing in modern history, I don't think they're meaning in the literal definition of modern history, which goes back about 500 years. I think they're meaning since WW2. I don't think anyone truly believes this is worse than WW2. And my reason for thinking that is (as I've explained) WW2 is taught in history, and post-WW2 is modern studies. I don't think that's too wild a thing to claim for anyone who isn't a historian. You keep hearing people saying, it's like a disaster movie, with the strain 2, etc Ie, as you say, since the second world war, life's been a bit of a cake walk and most people can't relate to anything bad happening (which pre ww2 was normal) without reference to a disaster movie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jacksgranda Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 6 hours ago, mizfit said: If When we f**k up the roll out of vaccines then heads must roll. No questions asked. There you go 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) Yeehah! We are absolute cowboys - aren't we? Quote PHE says it is reasonable to mix the two approved vaccines in exceptional circumstances “If your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa. There may be extremely rare occasions where the same vaccine is not available, or where it is not known what vaccine the patient received. “Every effort should be made to give them the same vaccine, but where this is not possible it is better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all.” or where it is not known what vaccine the patient received - WTF Edited January 2, 2021 by btb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Gaz said: I'm a maths teacher. I'm pretty sure my history / modern studies teacher colleagues won't know the difference between a Maclaurin Expansion and a Binomial Expansion. My point, which I'm (admittedly badly) trying to make, is that when people make claims such as this being the worst thing in modern history, I don't think they're meaning in the literal definition of modern history, which goes back about 500 years. I think they're meaning since WW2. I don't think anyone truly believes this is worse than WW2. And my reason for thinking that is (as I've explained) WW2 is taught in history, and post-WW2 is modern studies. I don't think that's too wild a thing to claim for anyone who isn't a historian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, btb said: Yeehah! We are absolute cowboys - aren't we? or where it is not known what vaccine the patient received - WTF I think for that, you can read "England" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: I think for that, you can read "England" We can only hope but who's gonna be in charge of sending the different vaccines to all the various destinations? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I'm sure a qualified historian will be along any minute to properly define the term "modern history," don't worry lads. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Yeehah! We are absolute cowboys - aren't we? PHE says it is reasonable to mix the two approved vaccines in exceptional circumstances “If your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa. There may be extremely rare occasions where the same vaccine is not available, or where it is not known what vaccine the patient received. “Every effort should be made to give them the same vaccine, but where this is not possible it is better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all.” or where it is not known what vaccine the patient received - WTFThis vaccine roll out is going to be a monumental f**k up, you just know it. Barely started to vaccinate the population and you get the feeling the wheels are already starting to come off. I hope I'm wrong, I really do but the excitement and relief of the vaccines being approved has already evaporated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Batches of Oxford vaccine have begun to arrive at hospitals according to Sky News. Begs the question why they're not starting the process tomorrow (or tonight even)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I'm sure a qualified historian will be along any minute to properly define the term "modern history," don't worry lads. Since you asked, I'd go with Hobsbawm in placing the 'modern' cut-off point for much of Europe in 1789 with the French Revolution getting fired up and the emergence of the 'nation' as an abstract political unit entirely distinct from the monarchy. Arguably the 1770s for the transatlantic world and much later than that for the bulk of Africa and Eurasia. To experience an area still trapped in medieval savagery, try a day trip to Brechin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 yeah, get fucked Gaz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 To be fair I think most countries are struggling to organise the vaccine roll out at the moment. Israel seems to be doing the best. I’m sure it’ll work itself out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) The teachers' unions statements are ridiculously weak and far, far too late in the day. Their workplace has never been a safe environment - nothing has fundamentally changed about this since August, yet the union representatives did f**k all about it. The Imperial College gurus that the government love to wheel out to support restrictions claimed yesterday that the new variant will increase the R rate by 0.7. Given that SAGE estimated in the summer that schools alone contribute 0.4 to transmission rates then it is clear that they cannot be opened without leading to an exponential growth in cases. So will the governments actually follow The Science? The obsession with cobbling together back of a fag packet distance learning activities is entirely the wrong approach as well. If we seriously value education then there should be no instruction of any kind until the vaccinations kick in. They can catch up on the lost instruction time at weekends and over the summer instead. A public health crisis should not play second fiddle to your two weeks in the Algarve in July. It's really that straightforward. Edited January 2, 2021 by vikingTON 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Exactly why not have the summer holidays now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Police Scotland embarassing themselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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