Aug. 7th, 2013

philmophlegm: (The Chick's in the Mail)
Can anyone suggest some examples of women who are probably quite introverted (or at least quiet), who have good presentation skills?

(Ideally, supply links to YouTube clips!)


Context: I gave a presentation skills course yesterday, and used some examples of different styles of presentation, and - and this hadn't occurred to me before a female participant pointed it out - all my examples were male. This particular participant self-desctribed herself as an introvert, so I'd like to find some good presentation models for her. The best we could come up with on the day were Hilary Clinton, Fiona Bruce and Teresa May.
philmophlegm: (You're Hired! Final 2010)
I've been puzzled about this before, but I don't remember if I ever asked anyone else about it, and if I did, I don't remember what the answer was.

When we do You're Hired!, the year group involved is the year that sits A/S levels, that is the year before they do their final A-level exams (A/2?) or as we called it in my day, "the Lower Sixth". Nowadays that year is referred to as "Year 12". The subsequent year is "Year 13".

When I went to school, I had three years of infant school, four years of junior school, five years of comprehensive school and two years of sixth form. That adds up to fourteen years.

Do children today have a year less of school than they did in my day? (I started in 1976 and did my A-levels in 1990.) Or was I somehow unusual? Or do they not count the first year of infants as "Year 1"?

Can anyone explain the discrepancy? How many years did you spend at school?

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