Posts by Rachel Prosser
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Wow, I'm first!
Although I was at the back of the queue to understand what rofflenui means - thanks for the explanation Russell.
I think the phrase credit crunch is very satisfying. Both positive ("Credit!" Credit is good right? and satisfyingly crunch-y. Like a chocolate bar.
In fact, a chocolate bar or breakfast cereal named "Credit Crunch" could be a goer.
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Oooh, pedants' corner: Progressive Achievement Tests. Hence PA tests rather than PAT tests.
I wonder if Public Address is a haven of PA test lovers?
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I used to love doing those tests. That sounds show-offy but its not - the idea of doing well or not doing well never entered my head. They were just fun. .
I loved PA Tests.
I totally relate to the episode of Friends when Monica takes the night class and is ultra cheerful there's a quiz on.
I even remember doing a PA test voluntarily at home. Mum was giving the Social Studies one to third or fourth formers, and I was eight or nine and had a go. I remember her looking up the scaling chart which said I'd done really well for my age.
But then, tests were always a chance to show I'd done well. I looked upon them as self-esteem affirming events. Unlike Cross-Country.
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All this talk of wagging has made me wonder: are truants more likely to end up self-employed?
As a non-truant, eldest child, who ended up in one of the professions (law), before leaving it for a more creative, less mentally constrained life and the precariousity of self-employment, I wonder if those who truant seek out the individual path at an earlier age?
One would hope that lawyers come from those who follow rules, because they are rules, given the ethical responsibility of the profession.
My reasons for non-truanting were similar to Isaac: my parents were teachers, I saw teachers as human beings (and the people our family mixed with socially), and generally was on their side.
It also helped that, when bored, I could day-dream and pass the time amiably enough.
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Hamilton Girls 1983, Ashburton College 1984-87.
Called wagging at both (not that I ever did it). For HGHS, I was a boarder, and at Ashcoll I was a TK. Dad was Associate Principal, Mum also on staff. My parents would have known if I'd tried, and anyway the town was small. One of the staff would have commented to one of them.
And also, I liked learning. I liked working. I found school interesting.
I did walk in to French in 6th form 40 minutes late, having gone home for lunch to finish my English essay for 5th period. Dr Jim our teacher looked up - said "et Rachel ont arrive" and that was that. I learned then that if you are going to be late, be very late, because if your are good they will assume you have a good reason.
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I heard some of the debate on the 90-day bill, and recall the point was strongly made that the 13-week stand-down won't apply if you are terminated within the trial period. "To enourage beneficiaries to take the risk", or some-such phrasing.
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Lots of lovely book vouchers. Or Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. But I may buy it for someone else instead!
Turkey for dinner (Croziers turkey naturally - my Ash-Vegan connections to the fore!)
And I second the suggestion to visit the Felt website - they have some lovely stuff there. I met someone at the English Park market on Saturday, and saw some of the lovely stuff in person.
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The Crusaders' jersey? Seriously? A sword on the front?
I don't get the surprise. Unless it's the fact it's pointing down - and not, say at a right angle.
1 - The Crusaders supporters lapel pin is a little sword.
2 - The Kids wave a nice big foam sword, the subject of copyright disputes
3 - The liquorice knights who ride around on the horses at the beginning wave swords.
4 - At the end of winning seasons, the team plants a sword in the middle of the pitch (apparently given to them by a supporter in South Africa)That said, I do like the Rangitoto design of Auckland. I think Wellington could have got a bit more Manawatu into the away strip though.
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On a different and slightly ghoulish note.
The news that Rodney Hide fainted (and is now returned to robust good health) caused me to speculate momentarily.
What happens if he were to leave parliament (rather than through illness, let's think about him having a Damascene moment and running away to become a hippie dancing celebrity advocating for Greenpeace).
Presumably there would be an Epsom by-election. What would happen if ACT lost it?
Would they lose the other seats too? And what would happen if NZ First won it? Would they gain their full quota?
I'm getting pageloaderror on the legislation website so I can't look up the Electoral Act just now, or I'd find out.
[Note - no ill will to Rodders intended. May he live healthily and harmlessly)
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FOA - should be FOI!