Tag: age

• See the Tree, How Big it’s Grown…

    Honey (Labrador; blonde, too fat) exhibits all the cool intelligence of her breed.   Wide brown eyes, folds of extra flesh that cushion her head as she sleeps, a judgmental poise that speaks of wisdom as old as time.  She surveys her territory from her French windows with an imperious air, where her growl of […]

  frederick anderson

  November 4, 2016

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  age, Animal, dogs, family, home, honey, humor, intelligence, life, Obedience, pet, relationship

• Standard Assessment Tests

  Today the nation’s 6-7 and 10-11 year olds (years two and six) will set off for school knowing they have got ‘exams’. Whether it is reasonable to ask that children so early in their educational development should be subjected to pressures associated with standard assessment testing is an open debate.  It certainly deserves a carefully […]

  frederick anderson

  May 9, 2016

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  Academia, age, childhood, children, criticism, education, examinations, government, home life, parental ambition, pressure, school, schooling, targets, testing, work-life balance

• Top-Class No. 1 Swami Fred. Get a life!

  I have decided to become a Guru. Wikipedia (who know about these things) define ‘guru’ as ‘a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a teacher, guide or master of certain knowledge’ Well, I can do that. Here is my problem.  All my life I have fairly effectively avoided the road to untold riches – […]

  frederick anderson

  March 22, 2016

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  adventure, age, career, complaints, debility, expertise, humor, illness, Industry, medicine, Money, riches, sage, wealth, wisdom