PRESSURE POINTS

PRESSURE POINTS

by | Jan 4, 2025 | Education Articles

It is interesting to compare the classic film Dead Poets Society to the film we considered in a previous article, Grease. Both were set in schools in America, following teenagers as they searched for their identity; one was set in 1958 and the other in 1959. Both...
FROM GREASE TO GRACE

FROM GREASE TO GRACE

by | Jan 4, 2025 | Standard People

The hugely-popular film Grease (astonishingly only a PG rating), starring John Travolta and Olivia-Newton-John, was made in 1978 but was set in Chicago in 1959, and set out to portray teenagers struggling to come to terms with their identity amid the pressures of...
BE NOT AFRAID OF GREATNESS

BE NOT AFRAID OF GREATNESS

by | Jan 4, 2025 | Sports Articles

“Many a true word is said in jest”, as the saying goes. During a fun game of ‘Trivial Pursuits’ with various pupils seated on the ground around the board, plus the housemaster’s dog sleeping at the housemaster’s head (as he reclined on the floor), the teacher jokingly...