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> wrote:<br>
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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
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<div>End of story, argument finished, done and dusted....</div>
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<div>As if...</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>
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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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 22 December 2011 12:39, Andrew Shortell <span dir="ltr">
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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>
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Every child at school in 2012 will only have ever attended school in the 21st century (prep in 2000 and so on)<br>
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Think about how we deal with that<br>
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