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Some internet haps and mishaps
Dec. 20th, 2015 04:33 pm1) "Large, comfortable room available from the beginning of February 2016 in my warm quiet house in Maldon Road, just off Dyke Road."
In the future I plan to describe my identity as "just off Dyke Road". Which in true British direction fashion, could mean the next house along, or miles down a muddy track. I shall not be forced to further clarify.
2) "Booking a course with Andark couldn't be more straight forward, there are three simple steps to follow:
Phone us to check the availibility of the course that you have chosen, and the dates you wish to attend.
Download and complete the booking form, and return to us by post.
Download and complete the medical declaration form, and return to us by post."
This was from their WEBSITE, so they cannot be unfamiliar with the idea of the internet. Though it is of course challenging to think of a more straightforward process than this, which uses internet (to check for dates), phone AND post. So thorough!
3) I was looking at an underwater video with my 4 year old nephew, who likes fish very much. He wanted to see some dolphins, and so we went to google images where I foolishly let him click on what he wanted to see and that's how we ended up on a page entitled "great white sharks attack humans". He was particularly interested in the one with a pool of blood upon the sea. Oops. My sister recounted two other cautionary tales about googling in front of children, both from other teachers. The first is her friend in her 60s who is sweet and an avid birdwatcher, and wanted to show the children what tits looked like. The other is a younger person with bad spelling, who when trying to explain Hannukah to a class googled for "minora", and unsurprisingly got a faceful of labia.
In the future I plan to describe my identity as "just off Dyke Road". Which in true British direction fashion, could mean the next house along, or miles down a muddy track. I shall not be forced to further clarify.
2) "Booking a course with Andark couldn't be more straight forward, there are three simple steps to follow:
Phone us to check the availibility of the course that you have chosen, and the dates you wish to attend.
Download and complete the booking form, and return to us by post.
Download and complete the medical declaration form, and return to us by post."
This was from their WEBSITE, so they cannot be unfamiliar with the idea of the internet. Though it is of course challenging to think of a more straightforward process than this, which uses internet (to check for dates), phone AND post. So thorough!
3) I was looking at an underwater video with my 4 year old nephew, who likes fish very much. He wanted to see some dolphins, and so we went to google images where I foolishly let him click on what he wanted to see and that's how we ended up on a page entitled "great white sharks attack humans". He was particularly interested in the one with a pool of blood upon the sea. Oops. My sister recounted two other cautionary tales about googling in front of children, both from other teachers. The first is her friend in her 60s who is sweet and an avid birdwatcher, and wanted to show the children what tits looked like. The other is a younger person with bad spelling, who when trying to explain Hannukah to a class googled for "minora", and unsurprisingly got a faceful of labia.
