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Education Articles

PERFETC ENDINGS

In one Charlie Brown cartoon, Peppermint Patty wonders aloud “Do all fairy tales begin with ‘Once upon a time’?” to which Charlie Brown responds: “No, many of them begin ‘When

Sports Articles

GO AND TELL YPOUR FATHER

The story is told of a coach who called one of his Colts players aside during a match and asked him, “Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team

Sports Articles

PRETENTIOUS DRIVEL OR PROSAIC DOGMA

When we choose a sports team, we select players primarily on their ability in their specific position; that is fair enough. The problem comes, however, when we come to consider

Education Articles

BLOCK HEAD

Charles Schulz first introduced the world to Charlie Brown in 1950 in his Peanuts cartoons. While in later years Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s dog, received more attention and popularity, Charlie Brown

Sports Articles

DO THE MATH

Remember the topic of ‘inequalities’ in Maths? We know what the sign for, as well as the meaning of, ‘equals’ is; the one side is balanced fairly, accurately and equally

Education Articles

SMART THINKING

When we go for an interview, we will no doubt appear in jacket and tie (for the men) or skirt and blouse (for the women) — the impression that we

Sports Articles

DELETE THE ELITE

Wayne Goldsmith was the Australian physiologist who in 1992 was tasked to identify talented athletes and pull them into high performance programmes to prepare them for the Sydney Olympics in

Education Articles

A CROSS TO BEAR

It is uncanny how anagrams can have such close correlations to each other and mean almost the same thing! We may be familiar with (and be amazed by) the fact

Education Articles

WHEN GOOD IS BAD

A long time ago, a teacher was trying desperately hard to enthuse his Form One English class (slower set) about the exciting thriller book they were reading together yet there

Sports Articles

A SACK RACE OR SACRIFICE

Have we ever wondered why junior schools have a sack race at their Sports Days? It is not exactly the most attractive of sights, seeing people lurch, hop, bounce, fall,