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How dumb do they think we are?!

I'm currently sitting HR professional exams so I can become a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. This involves receiving boxes and boxes of "flexible learning materials" in the post, studying them and going to a few tutorials and then submitting assignments and sitting exams for the next two years (I've just about finished my first year).

I must say that I have been pretty disappointed with the quality of the materials - for a profession that faces a constant battle for corporate recognition and credibility, they don't do us any favours by including activities in the workbooks like the following:

Which of the following statements is correct? A stakeholder in the shared creation of MD strategy is:
(a) Someone who drives a stake into the heart of a vampire
(b) Someone who holds a bet in a game or contest, or who has a share or an interest in a project or enterprise
(c) A vampire which is clutching a stake that has just been driven into its heart
(d) Someone who owns the business to the exclusion of all others

It's times like this when I wonder why I bother putting the effort in.

I want a cat.

Lasagne!

Gardening



This is a picture we took of our new garden back in March. By the time we moved in in May it was even worse than this!



We've really enjoyed spending the last few weekends clearing it out. Stu, admittedly, has enjoyed the parts where he gets to rip out giant tree trunks and hack at things with a machete. I've enjoyed the little things, like cutting back big shrubs to find little chocked rose bushes.



This one we cut back to a bald stump, and in the last month it has grown right back and now has these huge gorgeous flowers!