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Randomrosie:

I was directed to this thread and to be honest I'm horrified by the bitching. It's been a few years since I've posted on here. Is this a typical thread? Surely this kind of discussion is something the school kids would be proud of?

People are generally directed for one a few distinct reasons

(i) Their e-buddy send them to say how wrong things are

(ii) They are not directed, they are indeed the person who is shunned and try and multiply their opinion by 2

(iii) They are the mods/owner of the board

or

(iv) The good old TES email links this as a hot topic.

I think you raise a valid point about the level of hostility. The only thing that stops this in the real world is the fear of consequence (generally a loss of job or friends).

The bottom line:

• Weebecka started posting strange theories on pedagogy
• Called herself an expert in more than one aspect
• Had never really taught more than a couple of terms anywhere
• Her CV and account of her experience could have been a golf course, it had more holes than St Andrews and Wentworth put together.
• Was called out
• Became patornising and rude
• 'evolved' into a troll racking 1200 posts of pure garbage in 3-4 months, many punctuated with unrelated links and references. They usually had peoples name with a 'spin' on them
• she left
• probably trotted back to her padded cell with a laura ashley sofa and over sized wine glass darling

This is life and there are some great resources and threads here for people to share and learn. So if you have been directed, then let's share some ideas and I for one love to talk shop (even if I do seem forceful) as thats what we are here for.

Clowns exist everywhere in life and sometimedon't respond to subtle techniques..shame.

So, hit the 'start thread button' and we can get on with maths and learning.

weebecka:

Being banned is interesting you know.

It gives you a chance to do other things.

Oh dear I have a horrible sinking feeling about this thread..... (and my surprising current un-banned-ness.....).

I see things very differently from the way they are portrayed in the blog that this link leads to.

weebecka - you have mentioned that the way people reacted to you on the TES was different from the way users of the NCETM and/or ATM messageboards behave.  This is true.  Unfortunately there is another difference.  Here on TES, for whatever reason (perhaps because pseudonyms are common?), people have responded to you in a robust way.  I know a number of people who have posted on NCETM and/or ATM but who stopped doing so because of the way you responded to their posts.

If you look back on page three of this thread you will find brookes said some similar things to this.  As far as I am aware, I don't know brookes, yet she stopped visiting NCETM for the same reason.  This seems to me to provide some triangulation.

Earlier in this thread I said that I did not want anyone to leave the forum.  I meant that.  It is unfortunate that you have driven people away from NCETM and ATM, though.

I have tried very hard not to get involved in the bickering, but the following posts from earlier in this thread are utterly bizarre:

bombaysapphire:

weebecka:

Morning bombayloaf.

Either don't use my name or get it right.

weebecka:

I do understand that this forum has been a vital place for the career progression of many meatsapphire,

What is the point in that?  Someone has asked for their username to be used accurately, so in your response you deliberately don't do that?  This is incredibly reminiscent of the Yr 7 girls who used to tease other members of the class and would then declare very loudly she was being bullied as they responded to her.

Final thing for this post: I like Tom Lehrer.  I don't particularly see the relevance of "I got it from Agnes" to this forum, though.  This is a genuine question: why are you so keen for everyone to see/hear that?

For anyone looking for the blog, the key elements are temporarily down.

Anyway in the meantime here's something from my walk this morning.

There is so much here that you do not see

A red squirrel darted along the bank of the stream

he stopped with an inquisitive air and caught my daughter's eye

her smile spanned generations about the earth and below.

He peered out from behind a wide oak

confident in his freedom

before he disappeared in to the damp morning mist

which rose from the mossy grass of the graveyard.

A stranger would enjoy this scene

might decide to stop a while and plant some flowers in the grass 

They would not know of the carpet of snowdrops soon to come

the blanket of crocuses which will follow

the daffodils and the bluebells.

Here's something older

DM:

I laid the cables so that they could have broadband in Jordan

DM:

Nothing beats breastfeeding

DM:

I sometimes struggle to comprehend my own brilliance

DM:

I don't like Ofsted inspectors very much (particularly when they are grading my lessons)

DM:

I crochet along to Flatland the Movie

DM:

I

DM:

inspirational while suffering outrageous bullying at the TES

DM:

Here's a youtube clip that was randomly selected by a monkey

DM:

I wrote the facilitation rulebook

DM:

Mymaths is good for that

DM:

Did I tell you that I am adored internationally?

DM:

I might need a new husband soon