Does your accent help or hinder you?
Jun 26, 2015
Interesting article in The Conversation about how accent in Australia is not as important as in Britain in getting into better jobs. No surprise there. Article includes clips of RG Menzies in 1966 and Gough Whitlam in 1972 - the difference in their accents says so much about how they saw themselves and Australia. Fun to watch. Go here.
Primary? NSW? Looking for a creative workshop with sustainability themes?
Here's the answer! Let's Build Treehouses, is the latest workshop from Workshops & Shows. Incursion, Yrs 1-4. Available in NSW & ACT.
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Rich Schools, Poor Schools
Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.
This situation can be attributed, in large part, to our school funding arrangements. Recent research
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Emus or Cassowaries - who'd win a fight?
Imagine a bout between a Cassowary and an Emu - two left overs from the dinosaur era. They are two of the three largest prehistoric birds left on the planet.
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