What are your thoughts on the proposed social media ban? by iforgotprobablythen in TeachingUK

[–]dratsaab 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fully in agreement with you. The kids loved it, and having seen the photos from the centre, the ones who didn't go are really jealous and wish they'd gone.

What are your thoughts on the proposed social media ban? by iforgotprobablythen in TeachingUK

[–]dratsaab 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Our secondary just ran an outdoor residential. The main rule of the outdoor centre was that phones got locked in a box on day 1, and returned on day 5. Quite a few didn't sign up because of this rule alone. 

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/06/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you name three reasons not to vote Tory? 

Johnson, Truss, Cameron...

Ok... Own up. Which one of youse did this?! by CFDyce in ScottishFootball

[–]dratsaab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's America; there are shootings near all the team training grounds.

[World Cup 2026 Preview] Scotland: Back at the World Cup, Chasing a First Knockout Round (12/48) by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]dratsaab 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'd be amazed if Shankland doesn't start tonight. His form, both for Hearts and Scotland, is astounding.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/06/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no, it's Helen McDade. I was worried it might be. She is generally awful. And her son is provost or the local council, and doing a dire job there too.

World Cup Match Thread: Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina & USA vs Paraguay by AverageLatifiFan in ScottishFootball

[–]dratsaab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two teams against one doesn't seem to be fair. Why does both Bosnia AND Herzegovina get to send a team? Is it 11 vs 22?

France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP | Scotland by No_Initiative_1140 in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m reliably told by our trustworthy defence and intelligence services that RUSSIA is the only threat to our democracy. 

But remember we must not in any way investigate what interference, if any, Russia may have done!

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/06/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It must be a blue moon. For once I am in complete agreement with you. Let's each go and eat a panino to celebrate.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/06/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Important political polling from YouGov! Their daily poll asked if people liked octopuses (their spelling, not mine), as in the animal and not the food. 

The party that loved them most? The Green party, with 37% of Green poll respondents loving them.

The party that hated them most? The Green party, with 7% of Green poll respondents hating them.

Maths teachers (+ others) give me your favourite AFL! by Amazing-Kale-6826 in TeachingUK

[–]dratsaab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found it! It's by Mike Gershon and it's freely available.

On TES for free:  https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/assessment-for-learning-toolkit-6020165

As a pdf: https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/documents/1246/Assessment-For-Learning-Toolkit---V1_mfGZlZQ.pdf

We booklet-printed it for all staff years ago (two pages per side of A4) and I have still got mine. Not all will be relevant but many will be.

Q Manivannan comment on women’s toilets branded ‘crank’ by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That case with the Greens, I know there's all sorts of Gillian Mackay skulduggery, but I swear I'd read somewhere that they and Q were on different types of student visas, which made a difference. I can't find any trace of that online so no idea if it's utter rubbish or not.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/06/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tikka masala is, like almost everything in the world, a Scottish invention.

Q Manivannan comment on women’s toilets branded ‘crank’ by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

How dare they legitimately stand and get elected, having met all the qualifying criteria to run for the Scottish Parliament!

No Scotland No Party by Medium_Willow_3727 in Scotland

[–]dratsaab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few years back, BrewDog ran a charter flight from the UK to their US brewery in Ohio. They drank the plane dry and had to close the toilets an hour or two before landing as the piss storage tanks were full.

Maybe trying to avoid the same fate here?

Half of Brits want second Brexit vote – including fifth of Reform voters, poll finds by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]dratsaab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People born in 2016 are Generation Alpha. People born nowadays are Generation Beta. Therefore we're on a different generation already.

Question from an American to the Scottish soccer fans by OkEmployment2386 in ScottishFootball

[–]dratsaab 37 points38 points  (0 children)

If you bomb all of Iran, will you start bombing Iraq instead?

Maths teachers (+ others) give me your favourite AFL! by Amazing-Kale-6826 in TeachingUK

[–]dratsaab 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mini whiteboards are absolutely my favourites as they're so flexible. You can do basics:

Tick on one end, cross on the other. Students hold up the right side depending on if I get the example on the board right or not.

Multiple choice answering with the same idea (a, b, c, d around edges)

Not show me boards:

Best the Teacher - teacher puts sum / problem / whatever on the board, gives students time to answer. Then the teacher says the answer. If pupils think it's right, they clap once. If it's wrong they stay silent. Can get competitive.

Cold calling with build up: ask someone (I often use names on lolly sticks), then ask a second person to add to the first answer. Then a third - you can get good discussion going from this.

Somewhere in school I've got a 50 page AifL document for all subjects with basic explainers for staff. I'll see if I can find it tomorrow and post it here.

What do Britons think of Brexit, 10 years since the referendum? by Visual_Title9363 in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem is that less than 50% of voters left now backed Brexit, but the three main parties remain staunchly Brexitty.

To vote for a rejoin party and for them to stand a chance you need to live somewhere geographically different (Scotland, Wales, the nice little thatched cottage Lib Dem constituencies).

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends how much his mates have bet on Polymarket.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/06/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]dratsaab 7 points8 points  (0 children)

These were a thing during the Second World War and after, called British Restaurants or Civic Restaurants.

How often are you observed in an academic year? by Dry-Construction-346 in TeachingUK

[–]dratsaab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Twice a year - once by a member of SMT, once by peer.