[Informatics] 1. Intro 2. Thanks 3. South Park

[Mark]

Welcome back to the circus, Jim. I hope you have a portable oxygen tank to
carry around with you in Wenzhou!

I'm glad my site has been helpful to your students.

Dang. Now I'll have to find some puns in Mandarin... hang on a sec...

88

P.S. '88' looks very similar to "báibái" which is pronounced similarly to
"bàibài" or the Chinese loan word for "bye-bye."

On 10 December 2015 at 14:18, GIBNEY James <
james.gibney at thomascarr.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> I hope you are well.
>
>
> Firstly, after a hiatus of almost seven years I am back teaching IT. I am
> teaching the VCE in Wenzhou in China and this year they have decided that
> we will study Informatics. We started three weeks ago and so I have a bit
> of a headstart on you guys, though without a text book - not even last
> year's Applications text yet - an incomprehensible school computer network
> (all in Chinese) and a computer room from the mid 1980's . Despite all
> these challenges I am raring to go. Unfortunately, I am wallowing a bit,
> particularly regarding getting started on the SAT. Any advice or direction
> is appreciated.
>
>
> Secondly, thank you Mark for your wonderful resources. I hope it warms
> your heart to know that your PPTs are avidly consumed over here with little
> modification except for laboured explanations of your puns and the
> occasional keyword translated into Chinese. Your name is spoken in hushed
> terms in our school with all the respect the Chinese can muster.
>
>
> Lastly, an interesting take on the targetting of on line ads
> is examined in the last two South Park episodes. It might be a bit
> too irreverent for the classroom but maybe some of the kids have seen it
> and it might be a good way to discuss or introduce the issues.
>
>
> It is good to be back.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Jim  Gibney
>
> Wenzhou No 21 School
>
> Zhejiang
>
> China
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>
>
>
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Mark Kelly

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