INFLUENCE OR EFFLUENCE

INFLUENCE OR EFFLUENCE

Jack Nicholson, as mentioned in a previous article, was the winner of three Oscars, the first of which (for Best Actor) came in the compelling 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, in which he played a prisoner who faked insanity in order to escape hard labour...
AS MAD AS IT GETS

AS MAD AS IT GETS

In the 1986 film Clockwise, John Cleese played the part of a fastidious Headmaster who is obsessed with punctualitybut on his way to address the Headmasters’ Conference, at which he has been given the great honour of being the first government school Headmaster to be...
THE POWER OF NO

THE POWER OF NO

Everyone loves a superhero — especially children! First (though we may not have known him so well) there was Hugo Hercules but then we had Superman, followed at various stages by such superheroes as Batman, Spiderman, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Wonder Woman,...
THE POWER OF WE

THE POWER OF WE

Thirty to forty years ago, when a child misbehaved seriously at school, the Head would be involved and would take appropriate action, after which the matter would be closed. The Head would not contact the parents; the matter might not even have been recorded or filed....
SILENCE IN EXAMINATIONS

SILENCE IN EXAMINATIONS

We have all seen it. We have all witnessed, either in person or on screen, coaches and managers scream and shout extremely animatedly at their players, the officials and even the opponents and their manager or coach. They charge out of the dugout, throw their arms...