Tag: teaching
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Putting maths back on the curriculum
Maths and the core subjects are sadly in decline. So, what simple strategies can we adopt to make an excellent standard of education more available to all, inclusive of the essential areas children ought to be studying? You can find my thoughts on how we can improve the standard of maths in schools in the…
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Education, Education, Education
I recently shared my thoughts on the declining education standards in Australia and New Zealand in a piece in The Spectator Australia. It seems to me that we have become distracted and moved away from the core subjects, including English, Maths, Science, History, Geography and Languages. Simply changing the emphasis and redirecting it back towards…
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Hard work! What is it?
Warning – irony and a brush of humour may be present in this piece, as it is in many a piece of literature, ancient and modern 🙂 Whilst hard work is certainly not a literary genre, we can certainly still look to literature and to history for examples of what it entails. Perhaps in today’s…
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Spoof! What is it?
A ‘spoof’ is almost like an impression or an imitation of another character or a piece of literature, art or film. When performed well, a spoof can leave you in stitches, as its main aim is to provide comic value. Writing or delivering a spoof or parody of any sort requires delicacy and skill. The…
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Back to gold?
With an economic downturn most certainly on the cards for Australia and the rest of the west, what ought we to do with our savings in order to combat inflation, a recession, global uncertainty, and even, the disastrously disgusting concept of ‘wokeness’ and its maniacal approach to investing and to cryptocurrencies? Well, here is one…
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What is parody and how can I appreciate it?
Parody is another style of writing invented by the Ancient Greeks. It is similar to satire, in the sense that it often involves irony. Ancient authors began parodying their predecessors by producing writing that was very similar in nature to their famous counterparts – such as Homer, the alleged inventor of the epic genre –…
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Mandatory voting: a moral obligation
Did you know that only 5 First World nations have compulsory voting systems? Australia is one of these 5. Do have a read of this article, which I wrote recently for The Spectator Australia on the topic of mandatory voting and what it means in the context of being an Australian citizen. Published 30th April…
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Pedallers’ Training Tips
Please visit the page titled, Endurance Sport Training Tips, which contains an amalgamation of Training Tips given to the Queenstown Pedallers. The Pedallers were a fantastic group of riders of all abilities and ages – and frankly an inspirational bunch to ride with! I had the pleasure of assisting each of their athletes with weekly…
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