Best teachers in films
In life, there are good teachers and bad ones. The same goes for the movies. After all, there’s no comparison between Robert Donat’s exquisite Mr Chips and Paul Gleason’s boorish Mr Vernon, the principal, and Saturday detention setter, in the Breakfast Club.
But who is the most inspirational teacher you've seen on the big screen, and which teachers from the movies would you actually like your children to be taught by? Here’s the School Gate top 15.
1) Charles (Mr Chips) Chipping in Goodbye Mr Chips
The original, and the best. Robert Donat’s Oscar-winning performance (he beat Clark Gable for Gone With The Wind) portrays a teacher who learns so much through teaching generations of boys. As the years pass, they become his family.
2) Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) in Mr Holland’s Opus.
Somehow even thirty years of band practice doesn’t detract from the truly special teacher Mr Holland turns out to be. We still get a tear in our eye during this one.
Watch his first band practice.
3) Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) in To Sir with Love
This teacher makes a different not just in the classroom but to his pupils’ personal lives too. A brilliant performance by Sidney Poitier.
Watch this emotional clip, as Sir is serenaded (by Lulu, no less).
4) Remus Lupin (David Thewlis) in Harry Potter
Yes, he does turn out to be a werewolf, which is not always the biggest plus point when it comes to the classroom, but this defence of the dark arts teacher is brave and brilliant.
Watch this Lupin tribute.
5) Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) in The Miracle Worker
Sometimes tough love works.
Watch the final scene when Helen speaks and understands. It's remarkable.
6) Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) in Dangerous Minds
This English teacher takes on a tough inner-city school and proves a huge success.
Watch a clip.
7) Dewey Finn (Jack Black) in School of Rock
He may not actually be a proper teacher, but the kids wouldn't complain. And lessons would be so much fun.
Watch a clip.
8) John Keating (Robin Williams) in Dead Poet’s Society
Yes, Robin Williams can be incredibly annoying, but in this Oscar-nominated performance as an out of the ordinary English teacher, he’s also incredibly inspiring – except to the school’s staff, who sack him!
Watch a clip.
9) Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) in Stand and Deliver
Now this is teaching. Jaime Escalante aims high and gets his apparently hopeless bunch of students to understand maths for the first time.
Watch the "What's calculus?" clip.
10) Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) in the Blackboard Jungle
The magnificent Glenn Ford plays yet another English teacher. This one finds his ideals challenged when he joins a rough school. Eventually he earns the respect of the juvenile delinquents he's supposed to be teaching. A great film with excellent performances (including a young Sidney Poitier).
Watch a clip of Ford meeting Poitier
11) Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams) in Rushmore
Williams is a delightful first-grade teacher, and an insightful friend too. It's easy to see why anyone would have a crush on her...
Watch an uncomfortable dinner date.
12) Yoda (Frank Oz) in the Star Wars films.
The greatest teacher of all time? Possibly. Decide you if is he.
Watch a clip of some Yoda fight scenes.
13) John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenneger) in Kindergarten Kop
You're right, this shouldn't work, but somehow Arnie's performance as an undercover cop working in a pre-school does. Perhaps it's the kids and the way Arnie interacts with them, while showing his softer, comedic side.
Watch a clip from the film.
14) Professor Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) in Good Will Hunting
Lambeau goes beyond the call of duty to help Will (Matt Damon) discover his fantastic mathematic ability.
Watch a clip.
15) Paul Verrall (William Holden) in Born Yesterday
The magnificent Holden is the journalist brought into tutor dumb blonde Judy Holliday. They get on so well, that Holliday turns out not to be quite so dumb after all.
Watch a clip.
Using Google for Business
Google Analytics. Google Analytics is an exceptionally powerful Web metrics package that offers a great range and depth of information about who’s visiting your site and what they’re doing after they arrive. It offers more information, I think, than many small businesses need. It’s also free, which is music to anyone’s ears.
When Google launched Analytics, there were immediate concerns about allowing Google to see your site “naked,” warts and all. People asked, Do you really want to expose your site like that to the search engine that has such great impact on your online success? The suggestion was that Google might use the data to influence your natural search rankings, manipulate the cost of AdWords spending, or worse.
My opinion: I don’t believe those concerns are legitimate for the vast majority of small businesses. You’re kidding yourself if you think Google cares about the 103 unique visitors you had yesterday and which pages they visited. On the PPC side, if you’re spending $8/day on AdWords, Google doesn’t care which keywords bring the most traffic to your site. It’s nothing personal; they just have more important things to worry about.
While I recommend Google Analytics for most small businesses, the bigger you are, the more you spend on PPC, and so forth, the less likely I’d recommend it. You can probably afford a different metrics program that doesn’t share all your data with Google.
Google Maps/Local Business Center. If you’re interested in acquiring local search traffic, this is the biggest no-brainer on the list. Google wants to know who you are, where you are, and what you do… so sign up and tell them! Beyond your basic business data, you can also upload coupons and photos, which may help catch a searcher’s eye.
Bill Slawski, who writes often about local search at SEO by the Sea, suggests two reasons a small business should use Google Maps/Local Business Center: “The information used in Google’s local search comes from a lot of different sources, and can be inaccurate. Verification means having control over that information and making sure it’s correct. The second reason is more proactive: There are a lot of interesting local search patent applications pending from Google, involving things like driving directions and transit information guides and offline shopping services. Getting involved now may provide the chance to participate in some very interesting and innovative programs with Google in the future.”
Google Base This is Google’s hosted database platform, where you can upload just about any type of data imaginable and put it into Google’s system. Many local real estate agents and brokerages are using this heavily, and giving themselves a better shot at visibility when searchers make real estate queries on Google.com. If you have products or other structured data, this may be a good way to let Google know about it and potentially drive traffic to your site.
Google Website Optimizer. Optimizer is a tool that lets you test various combinations of content on your Web pages. It’s a free tool that lives inside the AdWords system, so you’ll need an account there to use it. What it does is bring the previously high-end mechanics of A/B testing and multivariate testing to small businesses. For example, if you’re not sure which “Add to Cart” button placement will spur more sales, Optimizer lets you run live tests on your Web site and reports the results when the test is over.
Pat Schaber, who blogs about small business marketing at LonelyMarketer.com, recommends Website Optimizer because it “gives companies the opportunity to find out what piece of content, image, or call to action convinces their audience to take that next step with them. If enough conversion data can be compiled, a small business can learn from the Optimizer results and use that highly converting text or image across other marketing mediums.”
One of the most useful services released by Google in recent years is its powerful Google Alerts (http://Google.com/alerts). This free tool allows you to receive e-mail notifications when keywords and phrases that you specify appear on websites, blogs, online news channels and more.
Here are 10 ways to leverage Google Alerts for your business:
1. Business Name -- Keep track of websites that mention your company. This is an opportunity to send a note of thanks or address an issue if something derogatory is posted like a complaint about customer service. Big companies track mentions of their businesses online and you should too.
2. Personal Name -- Find out where you're mentioned online. This is especially important for prominent figures such as authors, speakers, celebrities, and individual service providers.
3. Website -- Track where your website is mentioned by creating an alert for your domain. Leave off the leading "www" and instead just specify your domain and extension such as "authoritypublishing.com."
4. Blog -- If you host a blog, follow the website guidelines above to create an alert for your blog domain. This should also produce results if your blog link is posted somewhere with a specific pointer to one of your pages.
5. Titles -- If you distribute articles for online marketing purposes, create an alert for each article title so that you can track where your articles are appearing. Authors can use this same strategy for tracking book titles.
6. Industry Research -- To stay on top of industry news, create alerts for keywords and key phrases for your industry. For example, I have alerts for "publishing industry" and "business book." This makes it easy to stay on top of news, competition and much more. If you are using social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, this can help you locate useful content for micro-blogging or to give you topic ideas to cover in your blog.
7. Competitive Research -- If you want to find out who is talking about your competition or where they are being mentioned, create alerts for each competitor's business name and/or website URL.
8. Lead Generation -- If breaking news can produce leads for your company, use Google Alerts for related phrases. For example, if you own a human resources firm and want to find out what companies are hiring in Sacramento, you could create several alerts: "now hiring Sacramento," "job posting Sacramento," and "job listing Sacramento."
9. Lead Research -- If there is a company or client that you want to land, create alerts to stay on top of their most recent online activity. This can provide valuable insight into what they company is up to and who is talking about them.
10. Top Client Research -- Track activity for your top ten or twenty existing clients. This can give you valuable insight into what they're up to, and also provide you with reasons to contact them. For example, if one of your clients receives major media coverage, you will learn about it right away and can send them a note of congratulations.
Useful Google Search Tricks
Exact Keyword Search: You can specify exact keywords by putting a plus sign (+) in front of the word. For example, if you search for the word "publish," Google search results would include "publishing" and "publisher." Adding a plus sign to the beginning of the word (+publish) will ensure that you only receive exact matches.
Exact Key Phrase Search: When you search for a phrase, Google results will returns anything that includes all of the words in the phrase, not that exact phrase. But if you enclose your search in quotes ("how to publish a book"), the results will only include that exact phrase.
Alternate Keyword: To return a search with alternate results, use "OR" between the words (the letters OR must be capitalized). For example, "author OR writer" will return results with either keyword. For a more complex search, you can put part of the phrase in parenthesis: (author OR writer) "business books".
Synonyms: If you want your search results to return related terms, use a tilde (~) in front of the word. For example, if you use this feature to search for the word "~author," Google returns results that include "book," "writer," and "literature."
Search a Single Website: If you want to track new entries on a specific site, you can use the "site:" operator. For example, if you want to track mentions of business books on the New York Times website, your search would look like this: "business book" site:nytimes.com.
Perception
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
Respect
Therefore, respect yourself and God and the world will respect you.
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Economics: Top Ten Tips OCR
The short answer questions should be KEPT short. Yeah, they're easy but spend your extra time on the longer questions. Remember positive marking so make sure you develop and evaluate your answers.
To get an A grade (as many of you did in January) , you need to score 80% or 48/60.
Right, now to the tips (adapted from tutor2u):
1. Read the case study carefully noting any graphs or numerical data. Your answers should be written in context and use information in the case study. Fail to refer to the case study could mean you are not answering the question. And if you don't answer the question....Look for “prompts” which will help you to answer some of the questions.
2. Learn definitions: there will be two or three 2 mark questions which require a definition of a basic term. Go through the glossary in your textbook (s). Also make sure every single term in the syllabus (the one you keep in your BLUE file) can be defined. Try writing out the defintions and keep them somewhere you see every day - a table tennis bat?
3. Look at the numerical data carefully: do not confuse percentages or index numbers with units of currency or any other value. Merely describing the data will get few marks; you are likely to be asked to compare values. Make one or two points and use figures to illustrate what you are writing.
4. Diagrams: When you are asked to draw a diagram, use pencil and ruler, label both axes fully and any lines/curves you draw. Label any points clearly; you need to be able to show how and why the equilibrium changes. (Well-drawn diagrams enable you to get a lot of marks quickly.)
In the question we did in Group E today most people achieved full marks but on the second question, marks were low. Some marks are just there for the taking - especially from graphs.
5. Do not confuse micro and macro diagrams. In F581 (Markets in action) you are likely to use demand and supply diagrams. In F582 (The National and International Economy) you will almost certainly need to draw a AD/AS diagram. Practise drawing diagrams - especially the 24 we practised in April!
6. In F582, do not confuse investment and saving. An increase in output does not automatically mean that the current account of the balance of payments improves. Do not confuse a budget deficit or surplus with a current account deficit or surplus.
7. Three questions on each paper require evaluation. To get an A grade, you must do well in these questions. Look for directions like comment and discuss. Write your explanation and then add a comment about how significant a change is or how much it will affect something or what could limit the effects. (Spend about 10 minutes on 6 mark questions which require evaluation.)
8. Answer the question! Make sure that you answer the question set, not the one you wish had been set. This is very important when we look at model answers etc - don't 'learn' these simply to repeat them in the exam - it may not be the same question!
9. Structuring the longer essay: For the last, 18 mark, question you should think carefully about what is required and spend two or three minutes planning an answer. Write a short essay with an introduction, two or three paragraphs of argument and a conclusion which includes evaluation and answers the question. You should allow 38 minutes for this question.
10. Legibility rules ok!: Papers are scanned before marking. Write neatly in black ink (not PINK) in the spaces provided. If you need to use extra sheets of paper, make this clear.
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Edexcel Economics Multiple Choice
An absolute must if preparing for this exam. Test yourself with these past questions and a variety of others that will leave you ready to tackle the supported choice paper.
Ten questions
2. Does God exist?
3. Are you your brain?
4. How should we treat animals?
5. What is knowledge?
6. How do you know aliens haven't stolen your brain?
7. Could you survive a brain transplant?
8. What, ultimately, is real?
9. Where does morality come from?
10. Is everything relative?
Interesting (Economics)...
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