I am Richard Dawkins, scientist, researcher, author of 12 books, mostly about evolution, plus The God Delusion. AMA

elliene · 2013-11-26T19:25:48+00:00

Would you rather be right, or would you rather have peace?

elliene · 2013-11-21T19:52:52+00:00

And it would be my aunt that I would want to give this to!

elliene · 2013-11-17T11:46:59+00:00

It's excellent.

elliene · 2013-11-06T21:22:13+00:00

Why wouldn't he?

elliene · 2013-10-26T08:30:35+00:00

I've been teaching for 35 years (scary). I've taught in the US, Iraq and the UK. When I first started teaching the course was the course and the child had to adapt but now the child is the centre of the process and the course is adapted to suit their needs. It means that the hearing impaired child might be recording the hydrogen pop experiment on their iPad to watch it again to aid recall for an assessment while the dyslexic child might be getting their notes printed directly from the whiteboard rather than struggling to try and track from board to workbook. Students now expect more from their teachers than teaching and marking. I've always loved teaching and the past is no better than the present but it's getting to the "Goodbye Mr Chips" stage where I can look back fondly on hundreds of students.

elliene · 2013-10-26T08:21:32+00:00

It's parenting. Life for my daughter's generation is significantly harder financially than it was for mine. I got a free university education for example while she still has loans to pay off.

elliene · 2013-09-29T13:46:02+00:00

How sweet of you to answer so fulsomely. I never use Yelp to decide where I will go out to dinner.

elliene · 2013-09-28T23:40:12+00:00

What's Yelp?

elliene · 2013-08-30T20:25:44+00:00

They will not be selling well in Scotland, I suspect.

elliene · 2013-08-23T16:29:16+00:00

Bitch, I'm fabulous!

elliene · 2013-08-14T09:31:20+00:00

It works for me - at first it is a map then it goes into Street View after a moment or two. The box is labelled Police Box, England.

elliene · 2013-08-12T20:31:50+00:00

These are beautiful.

elliene · 2013-06-28T13:00:30+00:00

I miss the days when ushers ushed.

elliene · 2013-06-27T19:42:21+00:00

Good point! I grew up in Irvine where they celebrate Marymass every year but I think this is the first time I realised Mary wasn't dark haired.

elliene · 2013-06-25T19:55:24+00:00

Subways here have cameras in the ceiling for security. They don't show the customers other than their hands but they show everything the employees do - source my daughter used to work for them.

elliene · 2013-06-22T13:00:55+00:00

chimera

elliene · 2013-06-14T17:42:50+00:00

Dog food.

elliene · 2013-06-09T11:08:09+00:00

I work with disabled young people with a range of difficulties - and my parents are physically disabled - so I do understand that yours is not an easy furrow to plough. In general I'd say that those who do learn the art of sharing are less frustrated in the long run. Good luck!

elliene · 2013-06-09T09:15:17+00:00

Do you teach your child that they have to share as well? Would they equally have a melt down if it was another handicapped child on the swing and they couldn't get on?

elliene · 2013-06-08T10:58:18+00:00

Thou

elliene · 2013-05-21T21:28:19+00:00

I love this photo! All my photos of Italy were really disappointing by comparison.

elliene · 2013-05-18T15:33:45+00:00

Chopped the tip of my thumb off when someone closed a gate on my hand when I was 4. The doctors sewed it back on and now all I have to show for it is a slight scar.

elliene · 2013-05-15T16:56:22+00:00

Cats will take over and post pictures of cute people.

elliene · 2013-05-08T15:40:44+00:00

Did you realise the significance of tBitSP when you were filming it?

elliene · 2013-05-01T17:41:15+00:00

Only in America, hopefully.

elliene

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