Comments on: Ding Dong Merrily on High http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/ A blog by an East Lothian Mum Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: guineapigmum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-45 guineapigmum Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:40:33 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-45 Now that conjures up some images - all those teachers bouncing and skipping round the coffee table on an In Service day... Now that conjures up some images - all those teachers bouncing and skipping round the coffee table on an In Service day…

]]> By: MotherSoup http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-44 MotherSoup Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:41:58 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-44 Harder work, gpm, but lots of fun... Oh and Alan - come on: I may be no chemist, but I know that two perfectly docile chemicals when kept separate can be pretty explosive when brought together under the right conditions... As a society, we do put them under a lot of pressure. Every adult they talk to whips them up to a frenzy for weeks beforehand, and then at the very peak of excitement we expect them to be patient, polite, grateful and so on, often in someone else's house and surrounded by barely familiar adults - and happy too! Harder work, gpm, but lots of fun…

Oh and Alan - come on: I may be no chemist, but I know that two perfectly docile chemicals when kept separate can be pretty explosive when brought together under the right conditions…

As a society, we do put them under a lot of pressure. Every adult they talk to whips them up to a frenzy for weeks beforehand, and then at the very peak of excitement we expect them to be patient, polite, grateful and so on, often in someone else’s house and surrounded by barely familiar adults - and happy too!

]]> By: guineapigmum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-43 guineapigmum Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:55:18 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-43 Children have got a lot to answer for... Mind you, Christmas wouldn't be nearly so much fun without them. Children have got a lot to answer for… Mind you, Christmas wouldn’t be nearly so much fun without them.

]]> By: Alan Coady http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-42 Alan Coady Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:08:16 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mothersoup/2007/12/18/ding-dong-merrily-on-high/#comment-42 I have a theory - as yet unproven - about the mystery ingredient which results in such fever pitch in schools. I think it's children. It's not for the want of rigorous testing though. Every In Service day, I carry out vigilant observation - but I rarely see any skipping. Even complimentary coffee and biscuits fail to produce the bouncing and to which we all secretly aspire. I have a theory - as yet unproven - about the mystery ingredient which results in such fever pitch in schools. I think it’s children. It’s not for the want of rigorous testing though. Every In Service day, I carry out vigilant observation - but I rarely see any skipping. Even complimentary coffee and biscuits fail to produce the bouncing and to which we all secretly aspire.

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