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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>How about we leave it for anyone who happens to be
around in 2999 to start the argument again?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Happy Christmas to all. Have a good holiday break
and gird your loins for 2012.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Hind (Semi-retired) OOF, GOM, COF<BR>Ashwood
and Traralgon<BR><A
href="mailto:robert@yinnar.com">robert@yinnar.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">Mark KELLY</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 23, 2011 12:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Every
child</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Ah, the joys of a little yuletide trolling :-)<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 23 December 2011 09:30, Mark Scott <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:msc@luther.vic.edu.au">msc@luther.vic.edu.au</A>></SPAN>
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<DIV>GRRRRRRR</DIV>
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<DIV>There was no year 0 so we started the new millennium at year 1 </DIV>
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<DIV>For a millennium to have past it must end at the end of the 1000th year
ie at the end of 1000AD and at the end of 2000AD </DIV>
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<DIV>End of story, argument finished, done and dusted....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As if...</DIV>
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<DIV>:-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Scott</DIV>
<DIV>Luther College</DIV>
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<DIV>PS How's that for rising to the bait?</DIV>
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<FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au"
target=_blank>itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</A> [<A
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au"
target=_blank>itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</A>] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
[<A href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au"
target=_blank>kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</A>]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday,
December 23, 2011 7:45 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers'
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Every
child<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Do we want to start the "The New Millennium Started In 2001, Not 2000"
debate now, or wait until after Chrissy?<BR><BR>:-)<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 22 December 2011 12:39, Andrew Shortell <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:shortell@get2me.net"
target=_blank>shortell@get2me.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Happy holidays<BR>All generalisations, even this
one, have exceptions<BR><BR>Every child at school in 2012 will only have
ever attended school in the 21st century (prep in 2000 and so
on)<BR><BR>Think about how we deal with that<BR><BR>Andrew<SPAN><FONT
color=#888888><BR><BR>-- <BR>--
<BR></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT color=#888888><FONT
size=4><FONT face="Apple Casual"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Andrew
Shortell<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR><A href="mailto:shortell@get2me.net"
target=_blank>mailto:shortell@get2me.net</A> <BR>Leaving the
<BR>Heidelberg Teaching Unit at the end of 2011 </SPAN><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><B>(today)<BR></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ph 9470 3403<BR>Fax 9470
3215<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><A
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Kelly<BR>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<BR>McKinnon Secondary
College<BR>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<BR>Direct line /
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