Week 14 - 14/01/14 - Horrors revisited

It was in the school hall of Ordsall Hall Comprehensive school, 25 years ago, that I was last asked to use 2πr... That was until this evening. Rusty doesn't start to describe the grinding cog like mental processes that were going on in my head.

This week was set aside as a workshop week, allowing students to spend some time discussing their portfolio's and recent feedback.

For me, it was time to grasp the nettle, the bull by the horns... to man up and do my Maths and English skills tests.

I was pleasantly surprised by the results. Maths was not as good as my English, nothing new there then. But overall, good for a first foray, for quite some time, into the world of core subjects.

Areas for improvement :

1. Punctuation. I have always enjoyed the creative side of writing, yet not always the technical side. To this day I have never found a clear explanation of the rules behind punctuation. So while I understand some elements, others are more of an educated guess, based upon how it sounds and reads. I'll now have to search the net or pester an educated friend for clarity.
2. The lower readings on the Maths paper are a little confusing. I was finding that much of the test was "data handling" based. So due to my perceived bias in the test towards this area, I was expecting it to be listed as a weaker aspect needing attention, apparently I was wrong. So it would seem that the confidence I had in the other facets of the exercise was misplaced. I'm sure that  familiarising myself with some of the Mathematical methods of my schooling past will improve the results.