投稿者: tensaimon

１９９７年から沖縄に住んでいるイギリス人。 England person living in Okinawa since 1997.
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How to import tide info into Google Calendar

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Sorry, this doesn’t work any more – the site it needs is no longer online. I spent a few hours trying to figure out a new way to get the tide info and convert it to an .ics file, but I couldn’t find a site to download it from – if anyone can help please message me!!!

Surfers (and other sea-faring types): ever needed to make an appointment and wanted to check the tide times for that day before making a commitment? Looking at a tide chart every time is kind of a pain (and a bit embarrassing, depending on the situation…), luckily it’s very easy to import the tide data into Google Calendar (note that you can’t do this on a mobile, you’ll need to do it on a desktop): “How to import tide info into Google Calendar” の続きを読む

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潮見表をグーグルカレンダーにインポートする方法

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ごめんなさい、これはもう効果がなくなってしまっています。必要なサイトはもう（永久的に？）ダウンしています。数時間かけて別の方法を探しましたが、潮汐データをダウンロードする場所を見つけられませんでした。何かわかる方がいれば、連絡していただければと思います！

予定を入れる時に満潮の時間に合わせたい！ワザワザ潮見表を確認するのは面倒（^^;）そこで潮情報をグーグルカレンダーにインポートすれば他の予定を確認すると同時に満潮の時間が確認できちゃいます！ “潮見表をグーグルカレンダーにインポートする方法” の続きを読む

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Do the Left need to listen to the Right?

Earlier this week Jonathon Pie shared this video, which I agree with, so I shared on Facebook:

It’s a bit of a rant, but I think he makes some very valid points, notwithstanding his style.

I do need to point out that when he says “if you feel my mansplaining is triggering you can fuck off” he is falling into the very trap – insulting people – that he urges the Left to avoid. I wonder if that is why some people are rejecting his message -this morning my Facebook feed told me that one of my friends had liked this post:

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I think this tweet/share is a mis-comprehension of what Pie is saying. He’s not saying respect other people’s opinions, he’s saying: respect their right to hold those opinions. Because at the moment those opinions, those voices, are being SILENCED: removed from the forum of public debate.  This is particularly true in the media: Pie is spot-on that the Left-leaning media has demonized the expression of Right-leaning sentiment, to the extent that people have stopped saying it…. but then vote the way they really feel. “Do the Left need to listen to the Right?” の続きを読む

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子どもの独立

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Summerhill Schoolはイギリスにある６〜１８歳の子どもに対応している民主制度の寄宿学校。１９２１年にA.S.Neillが創立して、「世界で最も歴史が長い子どもの民政コミュニティ」とも呼ばれている。２００５年に私は１週間滞在して本当に感動的な学校だと思った。子どもは自由いっぱいの環境の中に生き生きとしていた（一日中木を登ったり自転車で走って回ったりする子もいた。）民主制度のスクールミーティングでは、スタッフと子どもの平等的な関係を見て驚きさらに感動した。 “子どもの独立” の続きを読む

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Children’s independence

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Summerhill School is a democratically-run boarding school in England for children aged six to eighteen. Founded by A.S. Neill in 1921 it is sometimes called “the oldest children’s democracy in the world,” and when I visited for a week in 2005 I loved it – I said to my mother “That’s the first school I’ve visited that I actually like!” The kids had so much freedom – some of them went to lessons but many of them simply spent the day climbing trees and messing around on bicycles. I also got to witness the school meeting, which was wonderfully egalitarian, with teachers and students on a completely equal footing, able to speak their minds honestly and without “Children’s independence” の続きを読む

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APDEC 2016 – initial thoughts

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I just got back last night from APDEC 2016 in Taiwan. I’m pretty tired but I want to get some initial thoughts down – hopefully I’ll write more about these topics in the coming weeks (once I recover).

About childhood:

  • Play is really, really, really important for children’s development. It’s important for cognitive learning, and also equally important for emotional health (Peter Gray).
  • Children spending time away from their parents is really important, and they cope with it very well – they’re not nearly as dependent on us as we (like to?) think they are (Henry Readhead).
  • Children need other children to play with – there’s nothing wrong with also playing with adults, but playing with other children is vital.
  • Play is also vital for adults – ideally you’ll experience your work as play .
  • Parents need help to be the best parents they can be – without training they’ll tend to copy their own parents.
  • Educators, parents, and children (and indeed, probably everybody in the world) would all do well to learn Non-Violent Communication. This is something I feel I might be able to help people learn, though I also need to learn a lot more about it too.

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APDEC 2016 – 最初の感想

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2016-07-19 09.30.40
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昨日の夜遅くAPDEC2016から帰ってきた。結構疲れているが最初の感想を書き込みたくなってきた。

子ども、教育について：

  • 自由な遊びは子どもの発達に”とってもとっても大切”。認知的な発達はもちろん必要で感情的な発達にも必要（グレー・ピター）
  • 子どもは保護者から離れることも大事。私たち大人が思っている以上に独立性があり保護者がいなくても（スタッフさえいれば）うまくやっていける。（レッドヘッド・ヘンリー）
  • 大人と遊んでもいいが、子どもは他の子ども達と一緒に遊ぶのは一番大事。
  • 大人も遊びが必要。望ましいのは、自分の仕事を遊びとして経験する。
  • 保護者が上手に子どもと接するためには保護者自身の教育が必要。それがなければ自分の親の子育てスタイルや癖を（無意識で？）真似する。
  • 教育者や、保護者、子ども（世界中のみんな）は非暴力コミュニケーションを学べばいい。私はこれを教える興味があるが、もっと学ぶ必要もある。

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the one thing both sides can agree on

In the UK (if it’s still appropriate to call it that…..) there’s an incredible amount of bad feeling, division, distrust, resentment and anger going on right now, and when people are this angry at each other they tend to focus on their differences (which they use as insults to yell at each other).  I’d like to suggest that, understandable though this anger and shouting is, it would be more useful to try to find something that both Leavers and Remainers can agree on.
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