We went to the Royal Garden Party at Holyrood earlier in the summer and had a very pleasant afternoon in the sun. Yes, the sun shone, a rare event this year. We didn’t chat with the Queen but did pass the time with some friends we bumped into. I didn’t eat the cucumber sandwiches but [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Royal connections
Published August 25th, 2008 in Boys, Communication, East Lothian and Edinburgh. 3 CommentsApologies if you’ve made a comment recently and it hasn’t appeared. There are 12 waiting for moderation that I can’t access for some reason. Of course, all 12 may be offering Viagra and may not be anything intelligent at all. But at least one of them is one of my own comments and, whilst it [...]
Guineapigs
Published August 14th, 2008 in Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades and Teachers. 2 CommentsIt was the end of June and so the end of term when I found myself reminded of the reason why I adopted Guineapigmum as my nom de blog. Three years ago (was it really that long ago?) the school decided to bring the Standard Grade exams forward a year. The students would choose their 8 [...]
Extreme reading
Published August 13th, 2008 in Books, Boys, Holidays and Miscellaneous stuff. 0 CommentsI’m sure you’ve all heard of extreme ironing…
What lengths we have to go to to get boys to read.
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