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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:04:13 PM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Is your teacher scared of nature?:
Jean said, "In my classroom I spoke to a teaching assistant who screamed when she saw a spider. I asked her not to do that, as it would encourage children to react in the same way. Another teacher asked his class to write a poem entitled, 'What I hate about..." more
Sunday, March 14, 2010 1:32:45 PM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Message from a Gribble:
Jean said, "You may not have heard of me but I am a Gribble. You could call me a small white crustacean that lives in the sea. I'm 4 millimetres long which is quite big from our point of view. I eat wood and seaweed. Wooden ships taste good, as do wooden..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Would you like to be frozen?:
Jean said, "Would you like to be frozen when you die and wait for medical science to cure whatever illness you died of? Would you take the gamble that the future world is going to be a good place to wake up in? Simon Cowell, X factor judge, intends to have just..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Children who are copies of their dad.:
Jean said, "Somewhere in Eastern Europe there are three children. They are aged 9 and they are copies of their dad. That's because they are clones, grown from a skin cell from their own fathers in a laboratory. This is the claim of Severino Antinori, an Italian..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Kepler the Space Telescope:
Jean said, "Kepler was a great German astronomer from the 17th century. Now a powerful space telescope has been named after him. It is called the Planet-Hunter. It was launched into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida USA on Saturday March 7th 2009.Its..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Choose the right parents?:
Jean said, "An American professor called Bill Ayers says that children today need to choose the right parents!What he really means is that if your parents are well off and know important people, then you have more choices and better chances than if your parents..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Being other than our parents?:
Jean said, "This is a reply to Rebecca's blog.Well Rebecca it is interesting that you should mention Buddhism. The Buddha left his wealthy, powerful family behind in order to reflect on the suffering he saw in the world and how to overcome it. Not many people..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled Bees and all that!:
Jean said, "Last week I agreed with Rebecca about us all being unique individuals.This is true.Now we can think of how all these individuals are connected.What one individual does affects countless other individuals. Think of some examples.Should we put the..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:11:16 AM
Jean Bews wrote a blog post titled A computer with a human brain?:
Jean said, "Have you heard of the Blue Brain Project? Neither had I. Now I have. Its leader, Professor Markram, plans to build an electronic human brain within ten years.In some ways computers work like our brains - processing data, storing information etc. ..." more
Monday, January 10, 2011 8:54:49 AM
Jean Bews made friends with Sharron Thornton