On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:22:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>> I remember it when I was a child. That has gone now in the UK. :-)
>>> When I was in Nigeria. I got e-mails telling me that I was going to
>>> Hell. Because I was not a believer. I was glad to not be part of her
>>> community.
>>
>> Yeah, there are places on the planet that I won't be visiting.
>>
> I was desperate for work. But I would sell my granny* not to go back.
> :-)
> I keep getting opportunities in the Middle East. Needless to say that is
> a no go situation.

I've got a couple friends who spent some time doing business in that part 
of the world - it can be pretty hairy.  I know one who has multiple 
passports just so various governments don't see the stamps from places 
they don't want to see on a passport.

Another friend spent time working for UNHCR - going into war zones to set 
up networks for the organization; when I first met her, she talked about 
having coworkers who were killed doing that job.  Nasty business - she's 
no longer in it.

>>> - but of course, you have to have
>>>> the *right* religious beliefs, too.
>>>>
>>> Yes. There was a little bit of that. Where I grew up.
>>
>> I wish I could say I was surprised by that, but I'm not.
>>
>>
> The difference is, atheists and other religions were non combatants.

That makes a difference, yes.

>>>> But he's a very fast kinesthetic learner. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I've not heard that phrase. It could be describing me. :-)
>>
>> It's a fancy word that means "hands-on" - it's how I also learn the
>> best.  Give me a book, I might learn it.  Let me work in the lab,
>> though,
>> and I'll have it very quickly.
>>
>> Some people are visual learners (Ken is that as well - obviously with
>> his near photographic memory), some are auditory learners, some are
>> kinesthetic - but most people benefit from a combination of approaches.
>> Designing training materials is easier when you understand how the
>> audience learns, or how to adapt your delivery to the needs of the
>> student.
>>
>>
> I read the Wiki article again and auditory learner describes me to a
> Tee.

:)

>> One of the myriad of things outside any area of study I had in school
>> that I've picked up over the years. :)
>>
> Mostly school boards are well minded. But there are more things in
> Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in their philosophies.

Yep. The thing for me is that they tend not to make decisions out of 
malice - and that helps.  It doesn't excuse wrong-headed decisions, but 
it does help one understand them, and that can provide some common ground 
for a discussion.

> *
> I have just had a sudden thought. I've worked at the three points of the
> slave triangle; Glasgow, West Africa and Jamaica. I am not too sure that
> I am comfortable about that. :-(

Hrm....

Jim



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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