Posted on Feb 24, 2010 under General |
They often say that older generations were made a lot tougher; and a story like this one makes you wonder if it’s true.
If I got attacked by a five-foot killer fish then I’m pretty sure I’d be paralysed with fear. But not this shark’s-ass-kicking grandma…
Paddy Trumball was out snorkelling off the coast of Queensland when it all happened (and just how many snorkelling grandmothers do you know?)… Apparently, she was approached by the shark and then badly Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on Feb 18, 2010 under General |
Good old David Hasselhoff. What a guy! Knight Rider, Baywatch, euro-pop videos which capture the imagination of the entire world–The man can do no wrong! (OK, so that depends on your opinion of euro-pop videos–)
I am ashamed to admit that I hadn’t thought about The Hoff for a long time until I saw this.
I’d just had no reason to think of him and what he might be up to with his life.
That was something I Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on Feb 09, 2010 under General |
In Australia, like in the UK, the Government has recently sanctioned the use of comparison tables in order to rank schools according to their performance on literacy and numeracy tests. There’s been a lot of discussion about this, with many fearing that the rankings will become a form of ‘league tables’, pitting schools against each other. One of the concerns is, clearly, that the schools, which are apparently grouped according to similarly in demographics—such as socio-economic status or geographic location—will Read the rest of this entry »
