(OT) School work and books (Stephen Fry)

[Simon]

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John wrote: "I always got over 100% because they gave us bonus questions. I
AM the male Hermione. Goodbye."

LOL at the end.

Saying about getting over 100% reminded me about two lots of coursework I
did for GCSE.
In geography I got over 100% - the marks for the work came to 100% and then
on top of this was added the SPAG (spelling punctuation and grammar marks)
which came to 5% (?). Meaning that you could get 105% (guess you all really
needed me to do the complicated mathematics for you!).
In history we did two possible sets of coursework and then submitted the
best (well you didn't have to but that seemed the sensible option). For most
people this was an easy decision to make, but, having to be different, I
scored exactly the same on both.

So John is the Male Hermione. Goodbye.


Heidi wrote: "If anyone wants to read a wonderful book that discusses the
problems with changing history, I highly recommend a novel by Stephen Fry
(yes, THAT Stephen Fry) called MAKING HISTORY <snip>"

I just put in an order in for it.

I read The Stars' Tennis Balls (also S. Fry) a couple of weeks ago and
really enjoyed it.

For those in the UK - BOL (http://www.uk.bol.com/) are selling the hardback
version of it at the greatly reduced price of 2 (under page three of the
Acclaimed Hardbacks at 4 section). Interesting that they cannot tell the
difference between 2 and 4 - but I am not going to complain. Postage is
2.95 - for up to 10 books (UK delivery).


Simon