What Did You learn Today?

[quote="yashmaki"]well lilsis at least they acknowledged the gift. I gave a gift to a mate recently via someone else coz i couldn't attend, she never even had the decency to say i duno... thank you.?It's left me skint, now i'm thinking ditch the friend, ingratitude stinks.[/quote]

How do you know the gift got to her?

my sis gave it to her personally, coz i didn't want it to go missing.

[quote="yashmaki"]my sis gave it to her personally, coz i didn't want it to go missing.[/quote]

Wow, that's pretty much locked tight then... she definitely got it and didn't acknowledge.

I think you should choke her.

The ingrate.

[quote="yashmaki"]well lilsis at least they acknowledged the gift. I gave a gift to a mate recently via someone else coz i couldn't attend, she never even had the decency to say i duno... thank you.?It's left me skint, now i'm thinking ditch the friend, ingratitude stinks.[/quote]

surely you gave the gift to her out of kindness and for the sake of Allah (swt)? if anything, wouldnt any thanks or appreciation that you recieved from her actually take away from the kindness of giving her a gift in the 1st place?

[quote="Ya'qub"]
surely you gave the gift to her out of kindness and for the sake of Allah (swt)? if anything, wouldnt any thanks or appreciation that you recieved from her actually take away from the kindness of giving her a gift in the 1st place?[/quote]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale no, she wants some appreciation!

I still say choking is the most responsible thing to do.

-After listening to an indepth lecture on Child Protection today, I realised that the world we live in is an incredibly depressing place.

-I've learnt that you can make friends wherever you go - all you need is a common ground, which is easily found based on whatever establishment you're in...I've also found that you can lose interest in your most 'bestest friends' once you've lost the common ground of an establishment (work/Uni)

-I've learnt that even the most strongest umbrella's cant hack strong gale force winds...and can be very dangerous.

I was caught in heavy rain today. I pulled out my umbrella and struggled for a minute trying to turn it the right way round as the strong wind had turned it inside out (No, it wasn’t a cheap umbrella).
Once I got it straightened out, the top of the umbrella suddenly snapped off, went flying onto the main road, drivers swerved to miss it, honked at me, yelled at me and laughed me, standing there holding the rod thingy of my broken umbrella. It was so embarrassing. :oops:

-I've also learnt that way too many people try to screw you over...financially. And depressingly enough, its usually the Muslims.

[quote="MuslimSister"]
was caught in heavy rain today. I pulled out my umbrella and struggled for a minute trying to turn it the right way round as the strong wind had turned it inside out (No, it wasn’t a cheap umbrella).
Once I got it straightened out, the top of the umbrella suddenly snapped off, went flying onto the main road, drivers swerved to miss it, honked at me, yelled at me and laughed me, standing there holding the rod thingy of my broken umbrella. It was so embarrassing. :oops:[/quote]

Omg, that is SO embrassing! I would have died if that was me!

I was mortified, but also concerned cos it caused a dangerous traffic jam. But cars did stop so that I could pick it up.

Thankfully, most of the drivers who were laughing at me, acknowldeged that it wasnt my fault.

I got proper wet today.

[quote="MuslimSister"]I got proper wet today.[/quote]

"Rain fell on us while we were with the Prophet and the Prophet took off some of his garment so that the rain could fall on him. We asked, "Why did you do that?' He said, 'Because it has newly come from its Lord." Bukhari

[quote="Noor"][quote="MuslimSister"]I got proper wet today.[/quote]

"Rain fell on us while we were with the Prophet and the Prophet took off some of his garment so that the rain could fall on him. We asked, "Why did you do that?' He said, 'Because it has newly come from its Lord." Bukhari[/quote]

mashAllah, that a very nice hadith. being Scottish, i love it when it rains!

how are we supposed to read that hadith in light of our knowledge of the water cycle? presumably we don't take it to mean [i]literally[/i] come from its Lord (swt)

[quote="Ya'qub"][quote="Noor"][quote="MuslimSister"]I got proper wet today.[/quote]

"Rain fell on us while we were with the Prophet and the Prophet took off some of his garment so that the rain could fall on him. We asked, "Why did you do that?' He said, 'Because it has newly come from its Lord." Bukhari[/quote]

mashAllah, that a very nice hadith. being Scottish, i love it when it rains!

how are we supposed to read that hadith in light of our knowledge of the water cycle? presumably we don't take it to mean [i]literally[/i] come from its Lord (swt)[/quote]

well everything initially comes from allah (swt) anway and the water cycle is in the power of allah (swt). Allah (swt) decides when to bring out the sun etc.

[quote="Noor"][quote="Ya'qub"][quote="Noor"][quote="MuslimSister"]I got proper wet today.[/quote]

"Rain fell on us while we were with the Prophet and the Prophet took off some of his garment so that the rain could fall on him. We asked, "Why did you do that?' He said, 'Because it has newly come from its Lord." Bukhari[/quote]

mashAllah, that a very nice hadith. being Scottish, i love it when it rains!

how are we supposed to read that hadith in light of our knowledge of the water cycle? presumably we don't take it to mean [i]literally[/i] come from its Lord (swt)[/quote]

well everything initially comes from allah (swt) anway and the water cycle is in the power of allah (swt). Allah (swt) decides when to bring out the sun etc.[/quote]

i'm not denying that at all, but the fact that it says it has 'newly' come from Allah (swt). this, to my mind, implies that when rain falls it has JUST been newly created.

oh, i dnt no. ask a scholar.

[color=cyan]If you are thankful I will increase you. If you are ungrateful, my punishment is severe (14:7) [/color]

Strike me down, and i shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine... (Obi-Wan-Kenobi, Star Wars Episode I: A New Hope)

[quote="Seraphim"]Strike me down, and i shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine... (Obi-Wan-Kenobi, Star Wars Episode I: A New Hope)[/quote]

🙂
i thought that was in episode IV ?

what kind of jedi master are you?!

[quote="Ya'qub"][quote="Seraphim"]Strike me down, and i shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine... (Obi-Wan-Kenobi, Star Wars Episode I: A New Hope)[/quote]

🙂
i thought that was in episode IV ?

what kind of jedi master are you?![/quote]

I go by the originals...
Episode I: New Hope
Episode II: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode III: The Return of the Jedi

Then its the Prequals.

then u'l know that when the origianl came out, it was simply called 'star wars'.
both the 'episode IV' and 'a New Bloke' titles were added in 1997 when they remastered it and announced the prequels.

bla

[quote="Ya'qub"]then u'l know that when the origianl came out, it was simply called 'star wars'.
both the 'episode IV' and 'a New Bloke' titles were added in 1997 when they remastered it and announced the prequels.

bla[/quote]

since i only watched the remasters version, im alright then.

I had never watched them until they re-did them. 😛

-Over half of the teachers in England today are over 50, this means that by the year 2010-2015 most of them will have retired.

In other words our children may need to go to schools where there are over 90 children in a class, a LOT more ICT (Internet/plasma TV based learning) and a class room teacher managing up to 5 teacher assistants who will be helping teach the class.

Either that ^^ or overseas teachers may need to be called in again.

[quote="MuslimSister"]-Over half of the teachers in England today are over 50, this means that by the year 2010-2015 most of them will have retired.

In other words our children may need to go to schools where there are over 90 children in a class, a LOT more ICT (Internet/plasma TV based learning) and a class room teacher managing up to 5 teacher assistants who will be helping teach the class.

Either that ^^ or overseas teachers may need to be called in again.[/quote]

Interesting. I suppose there'll be a gov inititiative to get more people into teaching. That shouldn't be too much of a problem given that almost everyone and his dog has a degree these days.

I want to go into teaching in about 10 years time. Would it be too late by then?

[quote="ßeast"][quote="MuslimSister"]-Over half of the teachers in England today are over 50, this means that by the year 2010-2015 most of them will have retired.

In other words our children may need to go to schools where there are over 90 children in a class, a LOT more ICT (Internet/plasma TV based learning) and a class room teacher managing up to 5 teacher assistants who will be helping teach the class.

Either that ^^ or overseas teachers may need to be called in again.[/quote]

Interesting. I suppose there'll be a gov inititiative to get more people into teaching. That shouldn't be too much of a problem given that almost everyone and his dog has a degree these days.

I want to go into teaching in about 10 years time. Would it be too late by then?[/quote]

It'd be a good time to go into teaching. Even currently, so many gov initiatives are in place to attract new teachers..such as £6000 tax free bursary, paid induction (which only lasts about 1-2 weeks), induction usually takes place in a posh hotel, with decent lunch every day and lots of freebies!.....you also get paid summer holidays.... in your first year of teaching you only have to teach 4 days a week, after that teachers are only required to teach 90% (which basically means you get a afternoon or a morning off a week), these are statuory requirements.

Also, we are not supposed to do any clerical tasks (there's about 21 clerical tasks that have been identified), most teachers have one full time assistant working with them...they will be increasing too, I sometimes get upto 4 support staff working in my classroom.

Starting from Sep 2007, like most other professions, teachers will have their performance management assessed every year - and it isnt that difficult so its very easy to go up the pay scale.

And these are only some of the CURRENT incentives in place for recuitment and retention.

The PGCE programme changes every year too...this is to address the change in time - for instance, this year unlike last years PGCE students, I was assessed really strictly on how well I manage support staff, partly cos in a few years time, they'll be taking on a lot of the teachers role, cos of the teacher shortage.

10 years is a long time - the teacher shortage issue will begin in about 5 years time, which is why already so much money is being invested in recruitment and retention....so keep your ears and eyes open. I'm sure the incentives can only get better.

1. Hackney, east London
2. Tower Hamlets, east London
3. Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
4. Newham, east London
5. Islington, north London
6. Middlesbrough, North East
7. City of Nottingham, East Midlands
8. Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
9. Blaenau Gwent, south Wales
10. Manchester, North West

ten worst places to live in britain-according to 2006 poll

i am surprised to see that small heath in brum and oldham arent in the top ten

and gald to see that my lovely area never made it either 8)

When I was about 6 years old, mum packed some kebabs for me in my pack lunch. This guy from year 6 totally humiliated me in the lunch room and made some comment about my ‘stinky lunch’ and went to sit elsewhere (it was so embarrassing - I cant still remember what happened). Ever since then, throughout primary school, I made mum pack jam sandwiches for me in my lunch (even though, I hate jam).

The other day, I walked into our stuffy staff room, and loudly made some comment about the stink in the room and opened couple of windows. I was quietly told by my friend - not be so rude as "John has brought in a homemade Chicken Jalfrezi"

I’ve learnt that, it’s only when you’re not eating yourself, you realise that Asian food can really stink a whole room up.

-Also, a 'English' chicken can never taste like a 'Indian' chicken curry.

And once again, I learned some major differences between primary and secondary aged children.

-If you accidently drop a board marker in class when teaching teenagers, they won’t stop laughing at you until threaten them all with detention.
-If you accidently fall comically on your backside, scatter paper all over the room and manage to drop everything in your purse, primary aged children will fall over themselves and actually fight with each other to help their teacher up.

-The kid who plays up in class in secondary school is regarded the class hero.

-The kid who plays up in class, annoys the teacher in primary school, is usually the kid who plays by himself at break time.

[quote="MuslimSister"]When I was about 6 years old, mum packed some kebabs for me in my pack lunch. This guy from year 6 totally humiliated me in the lunch room and made some comment about my ‘stinky lunch’ and went to sit elsewhere (it was so embarrassing - I cant still remember what happened). Ever since then, throughout primary school, I made mum pack jam sandwiches for me in my lunch (even though, I hate jam).

The other day, I walked into our stuffy staff room, and loudly made some comment about the stink in the room and opened couple of windows. I was quietly told by my friend - not be so rude as "John has brought in a homemade Chicken Jalfrezi"

I’ve learnt that, it’s only when you’re not eating yourself, you realise that Asian food can really stink a whole room up.

-Also, a 'English' chicken can never taste like a 'Indian' chicken curry.

And once again, I learned some major differences between primary and secondary aged children.

-If you accidently drop a board marker in class when teaching teenagers, they won’t stop laughing at you until threaten them all with detention.
-If you accidently fall comically on your backside, scatter paper all over the room and manage to drop everything in your purse, primary aged children will fall over themselves and actually fight with each other to help their teacher up.

-The kid who plays up in class in secondary school is regarded the class hero.

-The kid who plays up in class, annoys the teacher in primary school, is usually the kid who plays by himself at break time.[/quote]

i think secondary school teachers are amongst the bravest, or reckless, workers in the country.

there were certain teachers who managed to command respect of a secondary class, its like they had a magical aurar around them!

there wasn't a particular 'attribute' that all the best teachers had. some shouted at kids, while others spoke calmly and quietly. Whereas there were some teachers who shouted the whole time and their class still ran around like idiots.

younger kids thrive on authority, whereas older ones fight against authority as much as they can

I'm a qualified primary school teacher - and teach primary school kids in a state school.

But I also teach in Islamic Summer/Weekend schools during holidays - usually teenagers.

With teenagers, the only way I survive is by getting down to 'their level' - thats the only way I can get their respect and attention. If I come on too strong, they dont want to know.

Every teacher brings their own personality into teaching - some work better than others.

i think also the subject plays a bigger part with teenagers. presumably with 'islam' they have (atleast a little) respect for the subject.

imagine teaching them about 17th british history, or the different types of hills in geography, or the inner workings of plants..... :?

[quote="Ya'qub"]i think also the subject plays a bigger part with teenagers. presumably with 'islam' they have (atleast a little) respect for the subject.
[/quote]

Not East London kids....

[quote="MuslimSister"]

Not East London kids....[/quote]

really?? i've met plenty of kids who A) don't know anything about Islam and B) don't live a 'halal' way of life at all. but they all (almost all) would at least 'claim' to respect islam. like if a qur'an recitation is played, they would be quiet or wtv....maybe i'm seeing the world through green-tinted spectacles

[quote="MuslimSister"]Not East London kids....[/quote]

True, go to my school and you will see how the muslim kids respect Islam there.

Do haram, speak haram, watch haram, try to attract girls and pay no attention to Islamic values at school and still recite Naats and Tilawat in qatams :roll:

One of the things that drives me crazy!!

I loath hypocrites.