[suzie90]

Congrats

[ken2]

Weldone Baroness MSc Ice_Queen!
The world is your oyster!

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[IlexAquifolium]

Has somebody merged another thread in here or is my phone going mental?

[ktr]

(Original post by IlexAquifolium)
Has somebody merged another thread in here or is my phone going mental?

From the website it looks like a separate thread by Ice_Queen was merged into here, so nope not your phone.

[flying plum]

(Original post by IlexAquifolium)
Has somebody merged another thread in here or is my phone going mental?

I was confused too. Glad not the only one!


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[hobnob]

(Original post by IlexAquifolium)
Has somebody merged another thread in here or is my phone going mental?

I merged the threads.

[sj27]

Hmmm...I thought I had chosen automatic subscription renewal, but apparently not

Edit: or maybe I did, it all seems to be back now. Anyone else have odd things happening?

[ktr]

:-( I'm in the middle of putting together my summer school lesson plan and I was really excited because I'd arranged to take my students to see the 12th century part of a church in my college which I thought was a pretty cool trip. But it's fallen through now because it turns out they're too young to take down into the crypt. The Ashmolean is great, but not quite as cool...


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[hobnob]

(Original post by ktr)
:-( I'm in the middle of putting together my summer school lesson plan and I was really excited because I'd arranged to take my students to see the 12th century part of a church in my college which I thought was a pretty cool trip. But it's fallen through now because it turns out they're too young to take down into the crypt. The Ashmolean is great, but not quite as cool...


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There is a minimum age for crypts?

[ktr]

(Original post by hobnob)
There is a minimum age for crypts?

Apparently, over the age of 18? I guess as a safety precaution...

...and that you don't want visitors ending up needing a crypt.

[hobnob]

(Original post by ktr)
Apparently, over the age of 18? I guess as a safety precaution...

...and that you don't want visitors ending up needing a crypt.

That's ridiculous. What harm could your students do exactly? They're hardly going to start tearing town walls and digging for bones, after all.

[ktr]

(Original post by hobnob)
That's ridiculous. What harm could your students do exactly? They're hardly going to start tearing town walls and digging for bones, after all.

probably more their safety than the crypt, and concern because they'd be visitors.

not wanting to get on the college's bad side I didn't really push the issue, but one of the programme organisers did and convinced them to let us. phew!

[hobnob]

(Original post by ktr)
probably more their safety than the crypt, and concern because they'd be visitors.

That's also a silly argument, though, because either the crypt is unsafe or it's not. It can't just be unsafe for under-18s. I wonder what their real concerns were.
Either way, the most important thing is that you'll get to do your tour after all.

[ktr]

(Original post by hobnob)
I wonder what their real concerns were.

liability if children do silly things and something goes wrong? i'm supervising them (through the summer school), but we're being escorted by a member of the college staff.

[hobnob]

(Original post by ktr)
liability if children do silly things and something goes wrong? i'm supervising them (through the summer school), but we're being escorted by a member of the college staff.

But surely there aren't many silly things they can do down there other than shouting to see if there's an echo?

[Craghyrax]

Wow, just got to the end of the Earthsea books and I can't believe how much went over my head when I originally read it. Tehanu is absolutely brilliant, and so much more mature than the rest in the series. I loved the others, but this was something else entirely. I also think its one of those books that benefits from the reader having a reasonable amount of life experience and maturity.

[Aeschylus]

(Original post by Craghyrax)
Wow, just got to the end of the Earthsea books and I can't believe how much went over my head when I originally read it. Tehanu is absolutely brilliant, and so much more mature than the rest in the series. I loved the others, but this was something else entirely. I also think its one of those books that benefits from the reader having a reasonable amount of life experience and maturity.

Really? I could never ever get into Tehanu, and not for want of trying. I tried just after exams again and it just didn't work in my eyes.

[Craghyrax]

(Original post by Aeschylus)
Really? I could never ever get into Tehanu, and not for want of trying. I tried just after exams again and it just didn't work in my eyes.

You're not female

Seriously that kind of writing isn't usually my thing. Its too detailed on the interpersonal/life drama side of things. Usually I want action and escapism.
But this is so good that despite my dislike of the genre I really enjoyed it.

As I said, I do think that it requires quite a lot of maturity and life experience. That's not to say that you're not mature, but I think the more difficult relational experiences one has experienced, the more the issues dealt with will resonate. And I also think that it would be harder for a guy to appreciate a lot of the feminist issues described directly, since a lot of it was documenting a woman's lack of power and autonomy in a male dominated world and how that made her feel. That said, my fiance loves the book too. But he is a stronger feminist than I am.

[scarlet ibis]

(Original post by Craghyrax)
Wow, just got to the end of the Earthsea books and I can't believe how much went over my head when I originally read it. Tehanu is absolutely brilliant, and so much more mature than the rest in the series. I loved the others, but this was something else entirely. I also think its one of those books that benefits from the reader having a reasonable amount of life experience and maturity.

I've never been very outspoken about the fact that Tehanu is my favourite of the series, but I've always loved it, ever since I first read it as a teenager. I've not read it for several years now, and I've grown up a lot myself in those years - I really should re-read it!

[Aeschylus]

(Original post by Craghyrax)
You're not female

Seriously that kind of writing isn't usually my thing. Its too detailed on the interpersonal/life drama side of things. Usually I want action and escapism.
But this is so good that despite my dislike of the genre I really enjoyed it.

As I said, I do think that it requires quite a lot of maturity and life experience. That's not to say that you're not mature, but I think the more difficult relational experiences one has experienced, the more the issues dealt with will resonate. And I also think that it would be harder for a guy to appreciate a lot of the feminist issues described directly, since a lot of it was documenting a woman's lack of power and autonomy in a male dominated world and how that made her feel. That said, my fiance loves the book too. But he is a stronger feminist than I am.

I suppose. At first I felt empathy but by the end of the book I was quite alienated. It didn't feel 'harmonious' in the way the other earthsea books have, or integrated with the world like her sci-fi works (I'm reading the lathe of heaven at the moment)