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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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that's short term-memory for you 
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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David Goldsmith, you sure it's an autobiography... the bloke was a bricklayer!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Haven't you ever played scrabble?
My late German-born grandmother used to call the letters in Scrabble "schtones". "Ach, I hef terrible schtones" was one of her classics!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Has anyone actually read it? Is it any good?
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kevin mcclean, Not yet.
Anyone seen or read Alain Baxter's?
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JohnHill, Just because he laid bricks does not mean he's a thick as one. Anyway this he was a ............. is mostly rubbish anyway (although not in Maier's case) as they're really just professional skiers from about 12 years old. Not all education systems are as bad as the Brit model -most people on the continent actually learn to read and write before they leave primary school.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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easiski, you are right, apparently Maier genuinely did nearly slip through the net of the Austrian system, until he foreran the WC at Flachau in Jan 96 and achieved a time that would have put him in the top 10. Allegedly, he was viewed as "difficult to coach" - I heard this from a friend of mine who was on the Austrian team and came up through the Salzburgerland system at the same time as Maier.
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easiski,
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Just because he laid bricks does not mean he's a thick as one
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No, but he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy that could string together 30,000 words in an order entertaining enough to want to read.
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Not all education systems are as bad as the Brit model -most people on the continent actually learn to read and write before they leave primary school.
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That's actually a very uneducated thing to say.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| No, but he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy that could string together 30,000 words in an order entertaining enough to want to read |
I'm reading his autobiography at the moment (although I don't think he wrote much of it himself). It's very entertaining.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| That's actually a very uneducated thing to say. |
No its not.IMO its a factual comment on the general state of education in this country(as provided by the State)Sure there are some glowing examples about,but we are talking education for the masses,and it is failing them...badly.
Am I qualified to comment?Well;I have 3 children,and I work at a Public School(though not a teacher)As such,I have an eye in both camps and,I assure you,the differences are glaring 
No,its not about money.How can it be?when the cost of a private education differs little from the 'true' cost of State provision per child.
No,its about values,commitment,vocation,pride,discipline,and a whole host of other assets that seem to be lost to the current generation of school kids?No wonder so many teachers have thrown their hands up in despair...and quit!
Anyway,I digress....sorry Not read it yet,but the fact? that its 'ghosted' merely puts it alongside most of the autobiography's ever written 
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snowskisnow, Not my experience. However, I'm never too impressed when someone who possibly lives permanently outside the UK and possibly pays tax outside the UK, thinks it's OK to slag off the system.
I'll go read 'erman's book innit.
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