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On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:58:26 +0000, David Hill wrote:
You say about about the replacement lens being matched to the eye, I'm not sure what you mean by this, Eyes are different sizes thus have differnt focal lengths. Mine a wrong full stop as I'm shortsighted. But if they swapped the lenses in my eyes they could fit ones matched to the focal length of my eyes and I may not need to war glasses all the time. ... if you are referring to eye colour then there is no matching to do as the lens is clear, all the colour of the eye is in the Iris. well deeeerrr... You might find this of interest http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Catarac...roduction.aspx Good grief dumbed down to the level of a 6 year old. But only says what I said, it was the third world cateract operation I decribed not a whizzo first world one. But the basics are the same and I was right about rigid fixed focus (monofocal) or flexable (accomodating) lenses. I can't get me head around how the multifocal lenses work. I wear varifocal and look through the bottom of them for close work, but I'm still looking through the center of my eyes lens. How can you look through a different part of your own eyes lens? Or do you still look ahead but make your brain concentrate on the lower in focus part of the whole image you see? -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 16/02/2013 10:59, Janet wrote:
In article , lid says... English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Janet Somewhere near the 7 bridge? |
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nurseries.co.uk says... On 16/02/2013 10:59, Janet wrote: In article , lid says... English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Janet Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. Janet. |
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:
English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city. Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. B-( -- Cheers Dave. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote: English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city. Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. B-( -- Cheers Dave. That would be the readers of the Daily Mail wouldn't it? Mike -- .................................... I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight. .................................... |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote: English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city. Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. What? Not for my family. |
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On 17/02/2013 00:56, Christina Websell wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote: English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city. Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. What? Not for my family. Perhaps you are having difficulty with reading and understanding mathematical concepts. UK average implies a national average. Some will be higher some lower. By being higher you cannot drag the lowest or the average up to your level. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jan/24/books.politics "Up to 16 million adults - nearly half the workforce - are holding down jobs despite having the reading and writing skills expected of children leaving primary school, a new report reveals today. MPs on the Commons Public Accounts Committee claim that a major government scheme costing billions of pounds has done little to improve the quality of adult literacy and numeracy teaching. The Department for Education is on course to have spent almost £6bn on its Skills for Life scheme by 2010, but its first few years have produced little evidence of improvement in provision in colleges or on-the-job training by employers." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3641634.stm (from 2004) "A scientist at Bath University looked at pages about diabetes on 15 internet health sites run mainly by charities and official bodies. He found people would need a reading ability of an educated 11 to 17-year-old to understand the sites. However, he said the average reading age of people in the UK was equivalent to an educated nine-year-old." -- Phil Cook |
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lid says... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:04:08 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote: English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city. Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. B-( Which makes an average reading age of 7 plausible. Only if you think every internet repetition of false information makes it true. http://www.pitsnpots.co.uk/2010/05/w...oblem-locally/ "Councillors had a meeting yesterday with Alan Turley from the LSP giving an update on progress in a number of areas. He revealed that 50,000 adults in Stoke-on-Trent are functionally illiterate (literacy or numeracy). [20% of the population] Which means that 80 % ARE functionally literate therefore have a reading age above "reading age 8/9" Janet |
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Janet wrote: In article , says... Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. B-( Which makes an average reading age of 7 plausible. Only if you think every internet repetition of false information makes it true. Or you choose suitable interpretations of the word 'average'. He revealed that 50,000 adults in Stoke-on-Trent are functionally illiterate (literacy or numeracy). [20% of the population] Which means that 80 % ARE functionally literate therefore have a reading age above "reading age 8/9" God help us all :-( Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Martin" wrote in message news On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:04:08 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote: English city where the average reading age is 7. Where would that be? With a reference please Somewhere near the 7 bridge? Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having their reading ages tested/recorded. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city. Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average reading age is around 8 or 9. B-( Which makes an average reading age of 7 plausible. http://www.pitsnpots.co.uk/2010/05/w...oblem-locally/ "Councillors had a meeting yesterday with Alan Turley from the LSP giving an update on progress in a number of areas. He revealed that 50,000 adults in Stoke-on-Trent are functionally illiterate (literacy or numeracy). [20% of the population] I would argue that this has a dramatic impact on the level of literacy of children and young adults leaving education, as this indicates that many parents or carers do not have the basic skills to support children outside of the school environment. ..." -- As the oldest child (by far) I taught my two brothers to read and write before they went to school at 5 years old. They are both doing well and have good jobs. I started with flash cards when they were 3 and would attach them to (say) a chair, which said "chair" etc, you get my drift. They were way ahead of their peers and they've done it for their own children, who are also way ahead. My oldest nephew is 18 and is studying physics at Bath University. You cannot start too early exercising their intellect. You can of course watch Jeremy Kyle all day and not bother with your kids. |
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