A scary thing happened at college tonight!

whilst in the psychology tutorial we were looking at a cross section of a scan of 2 brains, one of a 'normal' person and one of a schizophrenia sufferer.
The tutor informed us it was a 'CAT scan or something' (very technically minded), a young girl at the back piped up 'I didnt know cats could get schizophrenia'

Geez and this person wants to work in the health profession?!?

a bit of reincarnation!

Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam...

Lol Cat

41% Intrigue, 20% Civilization, 62% Humanity, 33% Urbanization.

After much consideration, we have decided to make you a LolCat.

Actually, there wasn't much consideration at all. It was the easiest decision we've made all day.

Why? Because, according to your answers, you want to have your good times, but don't seem too interested in all that "other stuff." You know... civilization, adventure, that sort of thing.

We hope you like being fluffy.

I don't know... Can you has cheezburger?

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OK the results are in

And the eldest has secured her place at college!
AS levels in physics, biology and chemistry!
now the hard work really begins!

Me? haven't phoned uni about the maths yet, but thats not urgent.

Today I am off with a friend to IKnit this terrifies me as I don't *do* strange places, or crowds!

I will report back later..........................................................

No wait there is more

The following day eldest received a phonecall from her school and they said 'there is a problem with your 6th form application, you cant do chemistry and biology, you can only do physics, food tech and psychology'.

So you can imagine the poor girls reaction, right in the middle of the zoo
as well

I have phoned the school to find out what the hell is going on, but of course that day the phones were permanently engaged and the next day (saturday) there wasnt a soul in sight, she was
offered the places a week ago and now they have changed their mind? I know she had a high c instead of the B she needed, but that was purely because of physics! she needs all 3 sciences to go to vets school.

good for her though, after her initial breakdown she pulled herself together and when she got home she worked out a way of doing it all (including going to college in the evenings to do the missing A's and probably taking an extra year) she was worried she would be 'behind' all her friends, but as I pointed out age is only important at school because you are with your peers,
but at college/uni it isnt at all important.

I am just so cross that the school phoned her, that there was no consultation about it and that for the next hour i tried to phone back and it was permanently engaged, and then of course they went home!

so until monday I am really in the dark.

All change!

You have just go to love the English education system, with 2 weeks to go until the start of my course, and 4 months since my interview I went to my enrollment. What a shocking experience, I was sat down (squeezed inbetween other students, whilst the tutors had more elbow room than you can shake a stick at on the outside of the 'u' shaped desk set up!) at the tutor immediately said 'I dont know why you have been offered the evening 1 year you arent working at the correct level, o you want to be a midwife you do know lots of people want to do that lets hope there are enough spaces at uni for you all, pah I see you dont have a GCSE math you
know you need that as well, thats another evening out at college thats 3 evenings thats a lot of hard work you know, not a lot of people can cope with that.........................' at the point where she started spurting on about how hard it was at uni to do the studying for midwifery (no really?) and that it doesnt fit in with having small kids (you dont say?) and I was on the point of either a. picking up my bits and walking out or b. punching her on the nose, another tutor stepped in and took over!
the long and the short of it is the entry for the evening is level 2 maths and level 3 communications (literacy) I am working level 1 maths, but exhibiting level 2 and level 2 literacy with some level 3 tendencies! so there wasnt really a problem, that coupled with my proven track record of independant study with the OU. yes I need to do a maths GCSE, however I
have done a level 1 course with the OU 'open mathematics' so we need to see if the uni will accept that, if not I have to delay my plans by a year and do the access this year and the Maths next year (3 evenings a week at college could push it too far with the family!)

So I was trotted off to the tills - queued for half an hour to even get into the room then another 20 minutes when I was told that as I was applying for financial assistance I was in the wrong place! finally got that sorted and only have to pay £65 (in installments) for the £1000 course!

Exam results

My eldest daughter received her GCSE results last week, and with one exception she did really well. We are very proud of her. Off to 6th form for her to do all 3 sciences, and food tech! brave girl.

My results are in from the OU course I completed back in June, final TMA was 67% final CMA was 70%. and final overall pass with an overall 67%. coupled with the last course I completed I have been awarded a Certificate in Computing and Mathematics.

this is what happens to your feet

if you spend too long in the bath, believe it or not those are the feet of a THREE year old! mind you that was over an hour in the bath - WHOOPS