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RULE No.1: LEARN TO SPELL!
Just kidding around. Tell us
all about your schooling...
Do you go to school or are you
a correspondence kid, doing your schooling at home, whether that's on shore or
aboard a boat? Do you learn online, by radio or mail?
Getting an education is an important thing. We all know
that. For some of us it's easy and for others
it is not so easy.
Tell us all about your way of getting an education. Which are your favourite
subjects, and why?
What do you wish you didn't have to study, and why
not?
What do you wish you could learn about that isn't on your study list?
If you're at school, tell us all about your school. Do you like it there? If
so, why? If not, why not?
If you are studying at home, tell us all about the course you're
on.
What do you like about it? What don't you like about it?
Bridie, 11, aboard the 52' ketch 'Stella By Starlight',
cruising the Caribbean, wrote:
"I do most of my studying aboard 'Stella By Starlight', although
sometimes I get to go to a proper school for a while. I use a lap-top computer
to do quite a bit of my learning.
I have two CD ROMs, The Children's Encyclopedia and The Ultimate Human Body, both
from Dorling Kindersley. They are not just good for studying seriously but lots
of fun as well. I'll tell you about them.
The Children's Encyclopedia.
The Children's Encyclopedia is a fun CD that helps you learn about all sorts of things. At the top of the page there are six icons:
CULTURE, NATURE, HISTORY, SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY and ATLAS. Let's say you are going to
visit or write about Tobago and you don't know much about it.
You click on the icon that says ATLAS. It asks what you want to learn about and you type in TOBAGO. It will give you
info about where it is and what it's like. Each icon produces loads of really
interesting and useful stuff. You can learn a lot!
The Ultimate Human Body.
The Ultimate Human Body is very educational but also fun, as there is a quiz which really gets you thinking. On the screen you have three big boxes with
x-rays, veins and bones written on them. You click on one of them and you can go and look to see how your body
works. The music and computerised voices are so cool!
For me these CD's make learning so much more fun!"
Our thanks to Bridie for that.
We also have two Dorling Kindersley CD ROMs
- 'The Encyclopaedia of Science' and 'How Things Work', both of which we
love! Lots of interactive displays and good explanations. If there is a
more fun way to learn we'd love to know what it is! Each topic gives you
just the right amount of information to help you decide whether you want
to find out more about the subject and enough keywords to help you look in
other places for the knowledge you want to gain.
If you have time, we'd love you to tell us about some of
the learning aids you use and enjoy. We'd also like to know what
there is on the Internet that appeals to you. If you have found useful sources
of learning and amusement, we'd like to hear about it. Write in and tell us
all!
Whether you'd like to test your knowledge;
learn about the past or just read some interesting stories, you might
enjoy our In-Quiz-ition No.1
on the InQuizitive page, ten questions with links to the answers, in Quizzicles.
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