I need one of these…
That would make it simpler…
I don’t know how they could make it any more complex! The English system of exams is so odd and out dated that in Harry Potter the names were changed but not the structure; it didn’t stand out in a work of witches and wizards!
However, the minister shows up to prove that I lack imagination…
“The “English bac” would not replace GCSEs, but would be a certificate to reward pupils who pass at least five of the exams, at grade C or above, including English, maths, one science, one foreign language and one humanity.”
Michael Gove wants baccalaureate qualification for England | Politics | The Guardian
So it adds nothing but adds another title to the existing structure!
Gorgeous Star Wars Prints…
God…
“But there is more to wisdom than science. It cannot tell us why we are here or how we should live. Science masquerading as religion is as unseemly as religion masquerading as science.”
Chief rabbi challenges Stephen Hawking in row over origins of universe | Science | guardian.co.uk
Am I reading this right.
He’s effectively saying that the concept of god is unimportant. What is important is to have religion.
Wow!
Poundbury: Architectural shame with a worthy aim…
“However, there is no hiding from the value of the idea that we should care about space as a whole rather than a series of individual units to live in. Public squares, local shops and communities that look out for each other are all worthy aims, it just appears that in this case it hasn’t worked (the feeling of emptiness wasn’t just from it’s partial completion but from something much deeper inside me). I can’t pretend to know the answers but then I wouldn’t expect anyone to think that I would.”
Poundbury: Architectural shame with a worthy aim | ArchDaily
Here is a radical idea; the brick work and the false old world looks don’t matter. It’s the shape and the society that lives in the building that matter.
My guess is that the streets are empty because people don’t work there or shop there. Every morning they get in their cars and drive to an office elsewhere and stop off at Tesco on the way home. Hence the “town” is dead.
Strange thing is that it looks like Disneyland did about ten years ago. A half built copy of something that never really existed.
The future…
Remember when visions of the future showed a world that was better than today?
August Photo #31
Paris 2008
Genius x 2…
Nick Hornby wrote High Fidelity. One of my favorite books. It reminds me of how being in my twenties felt.
Ben Folds wrote Landed. A song that reminds me about how flying to the US felt.
August Photo #30
Berlin 2008
August Photo #29
Bures sur Yvette 2009