We are at the point where a young teacher's first question about teaching poetry is, But how will I assess it?
"These things happen, and when I assess it, we might need that little bit of cover.
"Of course, if there is a diabetic with an infection I assess it a little differently than if it is a healthy person with the infection".
Then I can say, "okay, well, then there is a fundamental problem with your thinking, but actually I respect that because you are saying I have assessed it and it doesn't bother me.
He has had no match practice so I will assess it when I get back and see how he is.
Some have said they broke little ground, but I would assess it differently.
"It's impossible to quantify but I would assess it to be quite low," said Jonathan B. Tucker, an expert in bioterrorism and the author of "Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox," (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001).
On one occasion a man approached my husband and me when we stopped at the top of a flight of stairs so I could assess it, locate a handrail etc.
Is it then one person's word against the other, just as Amole had assessed it three decades ago?
