tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post894713011387396366..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Not just a pretty faceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90425430288612053192016-08-08T11:23:03.160-07:002016-08-08T11:23:03.160-07:00Well done on both your parts. Well done on both your parts. The Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482237436135513483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64910808627633938042016-08-08T06:09:14.122-07:002016-08-08T06:09:14.122-07:00only lead me to admire...
Sorry for that typo.only lead me to admire...<br /><br />Sorry for that typo.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70646810568057106302016-08-07T15:41:00.965-07:002016-08-07T15:41:00.965-07:00Please pass along my very enthusiastic congratulat...Please pass along my very enthusiastic congratulations to Green Eyes. I want to praise her artistic talent, her educational accomplishments and perhaps most of all, her decision to enter into nursing. <br /><br />I would type more praise, but admit that my eyes are getting a bit teary. My Grandmother was nurse and this post has not only admire Green Eyes, but also think of dear Granny.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5331035047640435012016-08-07T10:05:00.368-07:002016-08-07T10:05:00.368-07:00Trouble is that the software tells you not to both...Trouble is that the software tells you not to bother submitting it if you are over 10% what it considers plagiaristic material. This means that you are constantly searching for a slightly worse way of saying the same thing in order not to be blocked before a human being gets involved.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55522396600337536582016-08-07T07:42:07.749-07:002016-08-07T07:42:07.749-07:00Yes, dyslexics have to work twice as hard. It'...Yes, dyslexics have to work twice as hard. It's a great shame on our societies that we haven;t worked through that one yet.<br />Turnitin is not such a bad program but I think it is a more a panopticon than anything. Most markers can spot plagiarism a mile off without software.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40100385187717736632016-08-07T07:02:32.976-07:002016-08-07T07:02:32.976-07:00Thank you, Joanne. Yes, there will be extreme high...Thank you, Joanne. Yes, there will be extreme highs and extreme lows.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22320181462168615852016-08-07T06:47:25.355-07:002016-08-07T06:47:25.355-07:00I hope every button you have has burst with pride....I hope every button you have has burst with pride. What a hard, hard job she has trained to. I wish her a wonderful career.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56038422509572950432016-08-07T06:41:22.283-07:002016-08-07T06:41:22.283-07:00Yes, I did have to go through a few nervous breakd...Yes, I did have to go through a few nervous breakdowns/meltdowns with G.E., and had to wait for her to remember that she did, after all, ask me to critique and correct it. All the way through, she thought that her submissions were crap, only to receive the highest marks after they were marked. It took a lot of hard work from her, and some of the naturally talented ones did less well because they didn't think they needed to work as hard.<br /><br />Let's try and forget your little squabbles with other bloggers - I try to take people as I find them.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56508969900104675502016-08-07T06:35:57.542-07:002016-08-07T06:35:57.542-07:00It is even more impressive because she is dyslexic...It is even more impressive because she is dyslexic. She is given more time to submit papers, but this does not work in her favour, because the software which scans for plagiarism also compares work from fellow students who have already submitted papers - it looks out for repeated words!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88128605353426098822016-08-07T06:23:40.696-07:002016-08-07T06:23:40.696-07:00Green eyes' sculpture is amazing; not least fo...Green eyes' sculpture is amazing; not least for someone so young. Thing is - just because someone has talent doesn't mean they wish/have any desire to use it in the long run. Reminds me of my son who came home from school, can't remember his exact age (young, very, under ten), flung an A3 onto the table and declared it "a piece of shit". Naturally, one does hope for such self awareness in bloggers of advanced years (no names mentioned - I have had my fair share of "fuck offs" from her) but that was something else. I thought his painting quite good. And now, Tom (and you will appreciate this), the ultimate put down for this art critic: "You would say that, Mama, wouldn't you. After all you are my mother." Pause for thought.<br /><br />Fast forward a week or so. This time it was a piece of writing I didn't find as good as he did. And said so. Oh the tears. The artistic temperament. Thus he realized and learned that, mother or not, I don't bullshit anyone - particularly not the Angel.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53962680653735338132016-08-07T05:34:34.445-07:002016-08-07T05:34:34.445-07:00Well done her! I've been seeing students throu...Well done her! I've been seeing students through a similar course for years now and I know it takes a bit of the steel to get through.<br />Lovely sculpture too :~)sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-66684211078970607102016-08-07T04:48:01.784-07:002016-08-07T04:48:01.784-07:00No. not really. She did make a couple of handbags ...No. not really. She did make a couple of handbags for H.I. the last one woven in the Philipines.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25067768811881574032016-08-07T04:25:44.024-07:002016-08-07T04:25:44.024-07:00Well done to Green Eyes .... by the look of that p...Well done to Green Eyes .... by the look of that photograph, she has found her vocation. Does she still do any art ?Jacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.com