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A very warm welcome to my page!  

I'm Julia  from Manchester,  UK, mum to 3 grown children and 3 naughty Burmese cats. I teach basic literacy and computing in Further & Adult Education, tutor English privately to children for Grammar school entrance examinations and  also do some web design and photo restoration during college holidays.  I began my teacher training in Primary Education but switched direction  ... a good move as the self-motivation of adult students makes the job all the more rewarding.  Besides my  teaching qualification  (PGCE) I am also qualified to diagnose and support adult students who have dyslexia (PgCert  Adult Dyslexia Diagnosis and Support). 

What am I doing online and why the web presence you may ask?  I first connected to the internet in 1998 as a requirement for my PGCE.  By chance I became administrator of a special needs discussion forum that caters for children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.  As mentioned on my Special Ed. page, my interest in SEN was triggered after the birth of my daughter who has Down’s syndrome.  The special needs  forum  was my domain, so to speak, and the friendly community spirit of the people I met through it  made the internet all the more appealing.  However, I left the forums for several years to focus  on my  teaching  though returned in November 2005 to open my own general discussion forum called 'Ditto'.   Ditto has since developed into .....    

A warm, fun and friendly community of like-minded people we call family.

With members from all corners of the world: UK,  USA, Canada,
 Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.
 

Besides our General Discussion,  Debates and Games forums, we have:

The Writers' Lounge  -  post your poetry and exchange literary ideas
Dittography Snaps -  members photos & Dittography Fun - Photoshop wizardry of Ditto members
Philosophy and the Unexplained - discuss life, human nature, ethics and anything philosophical, as well as strange phenomena.
Computing & Internet – seek advice and share tips.  
Music & Entertainment 
Health & Fitness health issues, slimming, quitting smoking and beauty tips.
Hobbies - family history, art, craft, antiques, whatever!
Oh, and so much more! 
Why not drop in and see for yourself?     I'm sure you'll find lots of topics that interest you. 
 

Click the image to enter Ditto

To give you an idea of the type of  fun we have at Ditto, here is a  PHOTO ALBUM  of  Ditto members which our talented graphic artists created and sprung upon us for a giggle. Photoshop manipulation of course!  Below is a slideshow of some of those photos. Please be patient for it to load. 

 Where was I?    Oh yes, one thing leading to another, my IT interests progressed to web design and here we are ... and here.  I hope that this site will be particularly welcomed by our long distance family and friends, especially those living overseas as an  means of keeping up to date with us.  I would hope that our online photo album and photos below are a good means of doing  this. 
 

Update

Sadly,  my dear mother passed away on 22nd December 06, aged 81.
 

Click HERE for her Memorial Page