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Originally Posted by mono

Jay: since you have existed and frequented on this forum for longer than most of us, have many of the members, in general (no specifics :p), changed for better or worse? Has there existed a specific era you enjoyed most?

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Some members have changed, some of them for better, some for worse, some haven't changed at all. Members leave, new sign in. Some of those are 'good', some of them are 'bad'. I suppose I've changed myself, I'm pretty sure about that and it's up to everyone to decide whether for better or for worse.
My fave era of being around on the forum is since I signed in till now. There were better times and there also were a few 'bumps in the road' but it's a part of the game. And now I'm talking like a book. Wonder what influences to blame ;)

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Originally Posted by Adelheid

Scheherazade: What type of age group do you teach? What subjects do you teach? In a public or Private school? What (do you find) are the most effective techniques for holding the attention of your pupils and motivating them to learn?

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Hi Adelheid,

I teach at a college so my students are all 16+. I usually try to 'bring it home' when I introduce a new subject; show that what they learn in the class can be (actually is) applied in real life too. So I usually start lessons by examples, without going into the 'theory'; letting students feel their way round the subject (getting lost at times too :D). Most of the time they develop their own theories before I have a chance to say anything.

Also, since I usually teach people who are not in my age group, I realised long ago that I should not make assumptions about their likings and needs; in the begining of the term I ask them what their choices would be and always keep extra material in my folder for those who 'feel like' doing something else.

Are you a university student, Adelheid? If so, what are you studying or what would you like to study whenever/if you go?


Those who live in the UK and got their A level and GCSE results: Are you satisfied with your exam results?

Anyone who is/will be studying: What subjects will you be taking?

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Originally Posted by the godess sher

Those who live in the UK and got their A level and GCSE results:

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Yes I was over the moon with my A levels mind you i suppose i could have done better but :banana: :banana:

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Anyone who is/will be studying: What subjects will you be taking? Anything interesting?

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Next year as in sept 2006 I will be studying Information mangement and in the mean time I might do some evening classes in German


But scher you forgot those who might be doing IGCSEs abroad so how were your results if you exsist that is??

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Are you a university student, Adelheid? If so, what are you studying or what would you like to study whenever/if you go?

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No I'm only a high school student. :D I would like to study music deeper, either that or art. Art and literature go hand in hand, doesn't it? If so, that might be my 2 options.... ;)

Scher: Do you teach throughout a whole week? Do you have any favourite students? :D if so, why?

Loki: I wonder if anybody else knows my secret....?

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Anyone who is/will be studying: What subjects will you be taking?

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I suppose this question also applies to me.
I intend on entering my last year, but most intense year, of nursing school (finally!); this tends to occupy most of my time from maintaining a decent job and taking too many other classes, but I have also enrolled in an advanced poetry writing class.
I took an intermediate poetry writing class a few terms ago, and had fun, though I have written poetry for many years now. Hopefully I can learn more from this one. :)

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Loki: I wonder if anybody else knows my secret....?

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Your secret, or my secret? :D Ah, in that I cannot help you, my friend...I'm just as much in the darkness as you are. :p

Excuse for being vague; one usually doesn't feel inclined to explain or speak clearly after an especially tiring weekend.

Adelheid: What's your opinion on...these matters? :D

Mono: How do you like nursing? What is the best point? The worst?

Taliesin: If I were to read a Terry Prachett book, which one would you recommend?

Nightshade: Assuming you live in England (excuse if I'm wrong), which part do you live in? Though I have only been there while young, I have family coming from Warwickshire...

I think that will be all.
Now away or my roleplay post will become so long and boring that there will be no point in posting it.

Loki

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Originally Posted by Loki

Nightshade: Assuming you live in England (excuse if I'm wrong), which part do you live in? Though I have only been there while young, I have family coming from Warwickshire...

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Me??? a question for me yay!

I live in Cheshire for the time being at least....:D

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Originally Posted by Loki

Mono: How do you like nursing? What is the best point? The worst?

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The schooling, I admit, seems very difficult, which makes the vacation all the more enjoyable and relaxing.
Each term, however, nursing students rotate around all sorts of facilities in the cities metropolitan area, mostly hospitals, but some long-term care facilities, a psychiatric hospital, OB/GYN, oncology, OR, ER, ICU, and specialty fields. So far, I love the whole concept of getting involved in the medical field, though it gets exhausting and sometimes overwhelming.
The best point definitely regards the irreplacable and immaterial value of caring for others; even if a patient does not say it in words, one can honestly think that he/she has improved the patient's health, well-being, and perhaps life span.
The worst point probably regards the terminal patients; some of them seem very peaceful and happy, almost meditative, but others, for good reason, can get difficult and heart-rending. In my second term, at a local hospital, I remember losing a patient (my first and only, so far), remaining alone in the room with him, and having to alert the doctor and family. The event itself seemed amazing and depressing simultaneously, and an experience like no other, but I had much trouble talking to the family.

Miss Darcy: (perhaps you missed these questions before) what piece of music (and composer) have you found most difficult to say? And, on a far different note of a question, since reading the 'Images of Heaven and Hell' thread: what thoughts do you have regarding afterlife, if any - heaven, hell, purgatory, reincarnation, etc.?
Loki, baddad, and Adelheid: all of you seeming very spiritual-oriented members (and I say this with no sarcasm :p), if possible to answer, what has most influenced and/or inspired your spirituality?
Scheherazade: if you had not chosen teaching as an occupation, what else would have interested you, career-wise?

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Originally Posted by Loki

Taliesin: If I were to read a Terry Prachett book, which one would you recommend?

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Hmm, a tough choice.
They have mini-series which are a bit hard to understand if you haven't read the series beginning-books.
Hmm, We liked "Guards! Guards!" well enough and it is a beginning-book. "Small Gods" is also a very interesting work considering religion.
Though when you think about it, both G!G! and SG, both of them are rather dark and grim books. So perhaps you should try something a little happier like "Mort," which is the first book of the Death series. And Death is actually a very interesting character, he is secretly on our side, it seems.
So we guess that you should start with "Mort" what deals with Death taking an apprentice because he thinks he is feelings sad and wants to do something.
Perhaps after that you could try G!G! or SG, which, despite being rather dark, are good books.
Loki:Are you being the Game Master in the Roleplay?

Tailsin: I see you like G!G! and SG they are both vimes books arent they?? Have you read all the Discworld novels then? What was the first one you read and how did you come across pratchett? ALso what on earth is a Game Master?

Nope.
G!G!, yes, it is the first Vimes book.
Small Gods basic character is Brutha.
No, we haven'tread all of them, although you could say almost all of them. We haven't read:
*The Last Hero
*Once More, With Footsnotes(a collection of short stories)
*And all those Sciences of Discworldandmaps and tourists guides and maps.
But, all the others we have read.
We started with Discworld, at the age of eight, when we took the first two books out of library. We finished them and thought: "this is it, isn't it. The series have ended. Sad." It is a sad feeling, when a good book ends, that all of this is over by now.
But then, another Discworld book was translated, We think it was Mort. And then we were happy - though the main character wasn't Rincewind, the series continued.
About at the age of eleven we bought the first Discworld book in english, it was "Moving Pictures"
It was actually the first novel that we had read in english.
We started buying the other works, book by book and by now we have got quite an impressive collection.

About GameMaster:

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

In role-playing games, participants play the parts of characters in an imaginary world that is organized, adjudicated, and sometimes created by a GameMaster (aka narrator, referee, dungeonmaster(DM), storyteller). The gamemaster's role is to provide a world and a cast of characters for the players to interact with, and to adjudicate how these interactions proceed. In addition, the gamemaster may also be responsible for advancing some kind of storyline or plot, albeit one which is subject to the somewhat unpredictable behavior of the players.

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He will also play the roles of the Non-Player Characters (NPCs) and will say what will happen next.
Also, in many role-playing games, dice will decide whether the attempt of the player to do something (such as, for example to convince the black dragon to dance cancan, wearing pink laced pants and singing "I am pretty"*) will be successful or not. The GM will decide how much should one roll for that.
But in some RPGs, the fact can also be decided by either players real-life abilities (this is usual in LARP) or just by the will of GM.

Imagine the situation without GM (it can be done, only, GM simplifies a lot) - characters enter a room. How doe it look like? What is in there? Who is in there. If there are any NPCs in there, how will they react. Should they attack him, who would be victorious. Should the characters have a row and fight each other, who would win?
The GM takes care of this.

Yes actually I do see and thanks I guess it makes the game more ordered and sensible. :D

Wow eight? you are way ahead of me then I was 15 when I started and The Colour of magic still managed to tie mybrain into little knots.

adilyoussef. 3 questions
First is your name pronounced a'adil youssef or adileyssuf
Are you a he/ she?
What surgery did you have?
How old are you ?
Which part of the world do you live in?

Umm you dont need to answer the last one if you dont want to annd you can just give me one of the ranges from Tell us your age thread.

How can you not like cats????!!!!

Do you mind being reffered to as just adil? (it makes the spelling mistakes less likley) :D
Slightly more than three but I am a curious person. :banana:

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Originally Posted by Taliesin

Loki:Are you being the Game Master in the Roleplay?

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Er...I guess so. Tell the absolute truth, I've never actually played a proper RPG before....everyone just makes stuff up and it usually ends in a knotty mess that no one can unravel. :D It's probably a good idea. Maybe you could help me, though, sometimes, if you feel the inclination, or if I'm simply doing it wrong. :D You seem to have a lot of experience in role-playing.

Well, more "ordinary" characters will be coming up soon. Thanks for the tip, Tal. ;)

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Originally Posted by mono

Loki, baddad, and Adelheid: all of you seeming very spiritual-oriented members (and I say this with no sarcasm ), if possible to answer, what has most influenced and/or inspired your spirituality?

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Um. Er. Ehm. Really no sarcasm there mono? :D

I'll make sure Darcy gets notified that she's missing a question. *does a funny kind of salute*

Loki out.

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Originally Posted by Loki

Your secret, or my secret? :D Ah, in that I cannot help you, my friend...I'm just as much in the darkness as you are. :p

Excuse for being vague; one usually doesn't feel inclined to explain or speak clearly after an especially tiring weekend.

Adelheid: What's your opinion on...these matters? :D
Loki

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My opinion is that you're doing a fantastic job of carrying on as a trickster, where one would have given up before. ;)

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Adelheid: all of you seeming very spiritual-oriented members (and I say this with no sarcasm ), if possible to answer, what has most influenced and/or inspired your spirituality?

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Quite a hard one to answer, really. It's hard to define exactly and put a finger on ONE factor that most influenced me. It helps to experiece it yourself. :D
But if I have to pick, I guess it should start with my parents. They are such an important part of a kid's life, and I don't know whether most of them know that every thing they're doing influences their kids so much.
My parents of course were the ones who introduced me to Christ. I accepted Him myself, and subsequently, the Relationship with Christ Himself- His always being there when I need Him, etc. has also become a major factor in influencing me. Then there are my teachers from Kindergarten and Church who have also helped me along that road.

But this I have to say. Christianity is more than some spiritual sort of religion. far away from the sinners and all that kind of mentality associatied with the word spirituality and religion. It's a lifestyle. The way a person lives day by day, and His walk with the Lord.

Miss Darcy: WHAT musical notations do I have yet to settle with you that Loki was talking about in the person above me thread???? And I wonder how on EARTH Loki knows too??? :eek2:

Mono and Loki: What about you? You seem to be rather conversant on all these theological waters. Where did you gain the knowledge from?

Loki: I would know HOW you ever managed to find out that I had a musical score to settle with Miss Darcy?? ;)

To all Christians: I would like to know who else in this forum is a Christian?