"Time for Unrest": ME article by Nathalie Wright

There doesn't appear to be a plural of ethos. Plurals would never have an apostrophe in them as far as I know!

 

How about saying we all have a slightly different ethos?

 

It was the suggestion that the autocorrect spellcheck thingie gave me, I knew I shouldn't have trusted it! It seems to think ethos is a name.

 

Re the gender ratio, some of us are carers. I am, but also represent a daughter.

 

Wasn't he one of the three Muskeeters? Ethos, Pathos and Mythos? Or they are all Greek beers

 

this place is great feels like the intellect of PR without the drama and I recognise a few faces also

 

No, I checked your profile and you don't have any gender.

 

Interesting the forum stats! Might I make a suggestion? Certainly when I was at secondary school back in the 60s not many girls went in for science. Things have gradually been improving, maybe from the 80s(?) but now seem to be un-improving again. So my guess would be that some women might be put off by the Science in the forum name. Many from my generation for sure. Please don't shout at me!

 

I wondered that. Maybe the header strip should be pink?

 

Perhaps the women who might be put off by the name would be better off with other forums anyway? After all, we can't be all things to all people. And given how long it took to finally decide on the name, it's unlikely we will be revisiting it anytime soon.

 

And nor should we try

 

I doubt it ... not sure what the stats were on the other forum, but the most prolific posters were pretty evenly split between men and women. It might just be a difference in how people use the internet, or willingness of women to display their gender on the internet.

You first:

 

Looks like a pink-browed rosefinch.


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Himalayan white-browed rosefinch

 

Thats what I said - looks like a pink browed rose finch, but not quite like!

 

It's more likely to be a picture of a bird on a twig, than any actual bird, it can't be a specific type of bird because it's not actually a bird

 

Ceci n'est pas un oiseau de type particulière?

 

No.

TBH it may not even be a picture of a bird, but that rapidly gets more complicated than my brain can handle.

 

Hmm, I think maybe where you were made a difference. I started my secondary education at a brand new grammar school in Stanmore (now part of Greater London I think) with fantastic labs and enthusiastic science teachers. After 2 years there I was really keen on science. Then my parents moved to The Wirral (across the River from Liverpool), to West Kirby, a small seaside town on the banks of the River Dee. I went to the grammar school there.

The labs were at least 40 years out of date (as were the science staff). But my enthusiasm continued and after O-Levels I went into the Science VI Form to study Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Out of the whole of my year I think only 6 out of around 30 of us did Science, 2 went on to be doctors, one I think was part of the first intake of nursing degrees, one did business studies, not sure what the last person ended up studying. I failed Physics, so didn't go to Uni, but trained as a Med Lab Tech and eventually gained HNC in Clinical Chemistry (most of which I've forgotten now!) before heading off to art school shortly after getting married.

And I doubt there was much science at all in the local secondary modern school.

So very area or school dependent for girls back then, or I just hit a black spot!

My Mum was born in 1917 too. I don't believe she stayed at school long enough to get her General Certificate even. She worked in the family baker and tea shop business as a waitress until she married my Dad. And then stayed at home and did housework and cooked and baked - a woman's place is in the home!

So similar then - despite supposed 4 to 1 women to men with the DD the posters are probably fairly evenly distributed so far as we can tell?