[Year 12 IPM] OT- damn those kids and the internet!!

Tue Nov 7 09:18:49 EST 2006

Hi Ros

Without drowning the world in year 12 parent whinges (I also have one in year 12 and a life sentence in prison has definite appeal at times!!) I was sent this attachment today and just couldn't resist passing it on to you and Mark S.

All I keep thinking is two down, one to go (and look out 2009 - will I celebrate then).

"Meadows, Roslyn M" <Meadows.Roslyn.M at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:15:12 +1100 wrote:
> lol - thanks for the link Brett!! I wouldn't say that Mark S or I are 'bad' parents (certainly not to the point of  that nanny show or 'teen angels' on TV) In fact I actually feel rather blessed and proud of my kids. We're just having a gripe/comment on kids today, and I can also relate it to the kids in the classes I teach (many of the girls openly admit they are 'addicted' to myspace!)
> 
> This is the first generation of computer/internet kids, just as we were the first generation of TV kids, and parents of the 60's - 90's despaired about the amount of TV their kids watched. It's probably harder for us as now there is TV AND the Internet AND games.
> 
> To Mark Scott - lol - your description conveys a perfect .jpg!!
> To Mark Scott and Mark Kelly- said son finally showed me his course selection - most need enter scores above 90 - all involve IT/Business/Commerce. At least he is aiming high. I guess we will re-evaluate on Dec 11 if needed.
> 
> Cheers (and loving the four day break!)
> 
> Ros Meadows
> Lauriston Girls School
> meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au <mailto:meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au>
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
> 
> Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
> Doug Larson
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Brett Davies
> Sent: Thu 11/2/2006 12:52 PM
> To: ipm at edulists.com.au
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM Exam
> 
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> 
> http://www.parentingideas.com.au/
> 
> Brett Davies
> Woodleigh School
> Golf Links Road
> Baxter Vic 3911
> 
> Phone: (03) 5971 1108
> Fax: (03) 5911 1010
> Mobile: 0411 66 22 55
> davib at woodleigh.vic.edu.au
> 
> 
> >>> msc at staff.luther.vic.edu.au 2/11/2006 11:58:36 am >>>
> This year is even worse.
> 
> 
> 
> I can't/don't/won't accept that he can study for yr 12 exams effectively
> while playing a DVD through his PC which is less than two feet from his
> nose and directly behind his books/notes he is "studying" from. (and on
> a 19inch LCD with a 5.2 sound system in his bedroom)
> 
> 
> 
> and most frustrating is that he is likely to do well enough to be able
> to tell me that he was right.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Scott
> 
> Luther College
> 
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> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Murray O.
> Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 10:06 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'MailingList
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM Exam
> 
> 
> 
> A teenager not talking to his parents ...bizarre
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Oliver Murray
> 
> Web Developer
> 
> Westbourne Grammar School
> 
> www.westbournegrammar.com
> 
> ________________________________
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Mark Scott
> Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 9:46 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'MailingList
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM Exam
> 
> 
> 
> IPM last year, he got 38 which he was happy with. (not sure I was)
> 
> 
> 
> I had the same problem as you, he refused to talk to me about it all
> year.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Scott
> 
> Luther College
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Meadows, Roslyn M
> Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 9:24 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'MailingList
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM Exam
> 
> 
> 
> Good luck to your son Mark, did he do IPM or IS?
> 
> 
> 
> Ros Meadows
> 
> Lauriston Girls School
> 
> meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au <mailto:meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au>
> 
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
> 
> 
> 
> Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions,
> including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
> Doug Larson
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Scott
> Sent: Thu 11/2/2006 6:07 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'MailingList
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM Exam
> 
> Ros
> 
> 
> 
> I have a son doing Yr 12 as well this year (at a different school) and
> the conversation below sounds exactly like the one I have been having
> with him all year.
> 
> 
> 
> A couple of weeks and it will be all over.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Scott
> 
> Luther College
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Meadows, Roslyn M
> Sent: Thu 2/11/2006 12:25 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM Exam
> 
> Mark - if the son does well it will all be to your credit - the only
> discussions I have had with him all year re: computers and IT have gone
> along the lines of ...
> 
> Me: Stop playing that damn game and do some homework
> 
> Him: I'm quite capable of playing the game, chatting and doing my
> homework at the same time - it's called multitasking  ... duh!
> 
> He refused to discuss any of his answers to the IPM exam - just looking
> towards the next one.
> 
> Also to your credit is that he wants to do a degree in IT (but I don't
> know which one cos that's something else we don't discuss!)
> 
> Ros Meadows
> 
> Lauriston Girls School
> 
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
> 
> 
> 
> Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and
> weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum
> tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
> 
> Popular Mechanics, March 1949
> You'd have to tow your laptop to school everyday!!!
> 
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