Examination Aftermath

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Finally, all my exams are over and I so far I have received one out of three results, that result being a pass. Obviously, I’m pleased and am relatively confident in passing my C++ exam, whilst my assembly test and exam is am somewhat more doubtful about. Luckily if all goes to plan however, [...]

Flame

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Back at primary school, when I was young, innocent and generally considered cute by all my cheek grabbing aunts, we were taught science. It was the basic things really: our solarsystem, photosynthesis and some wonderful messing around with lemons and electricity.
Anyway, one day. We were discussing the solid, liquid and gas metaphor which applies to [...]

Physics could disappear from schools

Monday, November 21st, 2005

“Physics teaching in England and Wales is in crisis and urgent action must be taken to stop the subject from disappearing from schools, according to new research.
The plummeting number of students taking A-level physics is directly linked to the worrying shortage of well-qualified staff teaching the subject in schools, the study by the Centre for [...]

A Riddle

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

“What has the durability of a sneaker, the smarts of a computer, the color scheme of a lunchbox and the potential to alter almost everything about the way schoolchildren in the developing world learn?”

washingtonpost.com

$100 (£58) laptops. Several scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that they have almost finished creating a highly durable, kid-friendly [...]