[Year 12 SofDev] 2008 exam My Answers Part c

Sun Nov 16 18:10:57 EST 2008

Hi Kevin,

My understanding is that a 54/11 retiree can retire and can then apply for 
any jobs in DE???

So do "retire" and then if you want to you can apply for your previous job. 
But of course your school has to advertise that job, and go through all the 
bureaucratic procedures.

So if you and your school want to stay together, it can be done. You can 
have your 54/11 cake and eat it!

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Feely" <feely.kevin.k at edumail.vic.gov.au>
To: "Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List" 
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Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] 2008 exam My Answers Part c

> Hi kevork
> hahahahaha
> i think that perhaps some things get embellished over time, but yes, I 
> think it wasn't until i was in my 30's that i actually started to concede 
> that it might be possible for me to be wrong on the odd occassion.
> I like to think Iam much more circumspect these days *sigh*
>
> Resign? oh yes. iam one of those 54/11 people that makes it economically 
> beneficial to quit b4 55!
> But I still need some money, so I had to find something else to do
> At this moment I have been offered a full time SSO IT technician job (do 
> you know how much they pay these guys? not much), but have applied for a 
> Junior maths/science as well.
> The problem is which one, the??????
> regards
> Kev
>
> Kevork Krozian wrote:
> snip .....
>> Hey, wait a minute Kevin. What do you mean you have tendered your 
>> resignation ?
>> You mean you've left teaching or left Year 12 SD ???
> teaching, certainly senior IT classes have seen the end of me//
>> There are some things that we have taken to be permanent and you have 
>> been one of those in the form of the SD teacher from way , way , way back 
>> when they were talking imperative vs non imperative languages. I even 
>> remember most of your questions at VITTA conferences in sessions we both 
>> sat in. Eg. " Don't forget country schools ... ".
>> In fact I remember your question at the VITTA conference circa 1994 -5 
>> when you said you would argue to ( was it to the death ? ) about the 
>> VCAA's interpretation of the two language types and Anwar Slade the then 
>> State reviewer said, " well then there might be blood on the floor if we 
>> take that line ...." or similar . You stood your ground.
>>
> Although my memory isn't that good, it makes me very happy to see that I 
> have left an impression on those for whom I have a great deal of respect 
> and admiration (dont expect anything more smaltzy than that but)
> My sharpest memory from all those VITTA conferences was meeting up with 
> you and Maggie Iaquinto in her session on using null modems to get 2 
> computers to communicate - geee you could type on one and it would appear 
> on the other screen or even maybe send a file! Remember before www when we 
> had 2400 baud modems and needed communcations software with protocols like 
> x, y and z modem? Ot telemate and all those AT commands? Well we were all 
> making 25 pin x-over cables with the kids and Maggie was getting some 
> intermittent errors and we were discussing the hows and whys on that, I 
> think we were only a part of a small group trying all these hardware and 
> communications experiments (yep u 2 durkin) when everone else was working 
> on wordstar, or some spreadsheet - and in my old self - boring, boring, 
> boring. However i remember at the finish Maggie going to her old beaten up 
> datsun and turning on an old radio, but perhaps not, because she then 
> started speaking fluent russian to the orbiting cosmonaughts above! how 
> good was that! amazing.
>
>
>
>> Kevin, you are an institution in the SD fraternity and seeing these words 
>> not only gives me a feeling of shock but also one of genuine grief as if 
>> we've lost a family member.
> no iam not dead you idiot!
>> Won't you reconsider ?
>>
> No - I cannot afford to say no,  but either way i will be around in some 
> form - just will lose my dept email name but i will get another.
>> Sincerely
>> Kevork
>>
>>
>>
> thanks and regards
> kev
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Feely" 
>> <feely.kevin.k at edumail.vic.gov.au>
>> To: "Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List" 
>> <sofdev at edulists.com.au>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:11 PM
>> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] 2008 exam My Answers Part c
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> Here is my suggested solutions to the exam.
>>> Part c NOW
>>>
>>> Overall I think they were good questions and my students should have
>>> been able to answer the questions, though the archiving v backup not
>>> directly addressed in my class theory, I would think most would know
>>> what archiving was and suggest a difference.
>>> Those that did the study should do well
>>>
>>> However Q9 PDA's features could have allowed a more graduated choice and
>>> Q10 could have been clearer
>>>
>>> IMHO
>>>
>>> oh BTW I have now tendered my resignation and will no longer be a part
>>> of SD. "SOB"
>>> It has been nice to knowing you, but I will keep in touch.
>>>
>>> But as luck would have it I still need some income for a while so I have
>>> to decide weather I want to be a school SSO IT technician or a Junior
>>> maths/science teacher
>>>
>>> However I will keep in touch, good luck and best wishes to all
>>>
>>> regards
>>> kev feely
>>>
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