what is a victorian governess?

[krista]

history homework again!!!! can someone help me????

[starone]

Here is your first lesson in English krista - it's bored with the internet, not bored of the internet.

[NazNomad]

"... how is googling different from opening an encyclopaedia when we were young?"

We had to FIND information, read it, write down the appropriate parts and somehow remember it ... a valuable part of learning.

The ability to CTRL+C, CTRL+V and CTRL+P might appease the teacher, but it's not going to get you further than, "would you like fries with that?" in later life.

[tiggerblue10]

Krista, try not to use block caps as it makes you sound like you're shouting.

[starone]

Shouting is rude

[mardyfish]

But using the internet still requires finding the information, reading it, and then using it - but people also need to develop another skill of discerning what is correct and what is tosh.

Of course some people will just copy and paste, but then in the "old days" some people just sat and copied from enyclopaedias, one another, etc.

[NazNomad]

True, I bought fries from them only last week. ;-)

[pastafreak]

I doubt very much that krista would get away with cutting and pasting.....she does not-at her age-have the knowledge or experience to write in a manner equal to an entry in either an encyclopedia...or wiki. I would hope her teachers can recognise this also....;-)

[tiggerblue10]

Can you imagine if she and all her classmates copied and pasted off Wiki. Identical homework.

[mardyfish]

I bet there are teachers who don't have to imagine that but instead experience it regularly!

[pastafreak]

Lol....

[NazNomad]

They'd hate me as a teacher, I'd only accept hand written homework, lol :0)

[starone]

Lovely answer rithak, but too many long words for an 11-year-old. Still, come to think about it, she will have to look up the words to see what they mean.

[NazNomad]

Maybe we need an Answerbank Governess?


Where's the 'spanking' queue?

[DTCwordfan]

Isn't Naomi our Victorian Governess?

[mike11111]

Or Bobbi, or Boo, or Cazz, or Craft, or (must stop, can feel myself getting excited)

[krista]

I agree with JJ she seems to know the good side of me !!!! :)

[krista]

why are you doing this to me ???