A Scotsman amongst the Roundabouts

Friday, 6 March 2020

You tube vid: thoughts on Coronavirus and other stuff in Armenia

Hello Gentle viewers.

Here is our latest Youtube vid.
If you like it and want to see more dont forget to like, subscribe, comment and share.

#youtube #thomsonsworld #coronavirus #armenialife

Wednesday, 4 March 2020

Wednesday thought: Sir Ken Robinson

Hello gentle readers, as you know I am a teacher and after my family it is probably one of the most important things in my life.

Everyone has heroes. Some may be actors, singers, sports stars or political figures. My educational hero however is Sir Ken Robinson.

Born in 1950, he turns 70 today, he has been at the centre of educational reform in the UK and globally.

Here are some great inspieational quotes.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.

All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.

Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.

#wednesdaythought #kenrobinson

Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Lena's classic Chicken

Hello foodies and gentle readers. Welcome to another A Scotsman in... recipe.

I love to cook but Lena is just the best. Here is the recipe for a fantastic dish she made this evening. We are off school for an extra week due to our school following Armenian government orders to protect children from Coronavirus.

Ingredients
4 chicken fillets on the bone
4 mushrooms

1 small onion
1 carrot.
1 yellow bell pepper
4 cloves garlic
Salt and pepper
Drizzle of Olive oil

Serve with oven chips.

Its so easy and so tasty.

Wash the chicken and dry it. Put them in a oven roasting bag and add the salt and pepper. Chop the veg into small pieces and add it to the bag along with the olive oil.
Tie the bag and place on an oven proof dish and cook at about 220 celcius for 30 minutes.

#recipes

Today in History: 3rd March

Hello Gentle time travellers. Its time to put on the facemask of history and dispose carefully of the snotty tissue of time.

1847: Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone is born.

1865: The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) is founded.

1875: Bizet's opera Carmen has its premier in Paris.

1923: Time magazine is published for the first time.

1968: Physicist and keyboard player Brian Cox is born.

1991: The beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers is filmed.

#rodneyking #briancox #msrch3rd #alexandergrahambell #hsbc #carmen #time #todayinhistory

Monday, 2 March 2020

Coronavirus: Fun facts

Hey Gentle Readers As COVID2019 spreads its way around the world I thought I would share some interesting factoids.

And Remember....

Info taken from Forbes

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2020/02/26/seven-surprising-facts-about-coronavirus/amp/#ampf=

#funfacts #coronavirus #forbes

Saturday, 29 February 2020

Today in History: 29th February

Hello Gentle Readers

It can only happen once every 4 years so if I dont do it today it will be s long wait.

1940: At the Academy awards, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Oscar.