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Failure to take responsibility
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I’ve just finished watching a story segment on Australian current affairs program 60 Minutes. It was about a 15-year-old NSW girl Tegan Lloyd who lost her legs and will spend her life in a wheelchair after a horrific crash that also left the 17-year-old, alcohol-affected female driver dead. There were also two other passengers – [...]
May 30, 2010
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Party Season
We just had a party for our 4-year-old. Oh, the pressure of putting on an entertainment-fest for a bunch of cute little kids. I was actually very restless the night before and was anxioulsy awaiting RSVPs so that I knew how many party bags to put together.
Is it just me or do other parents find [...]
May 22, 2010
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Poem ban insulting to teachers and students
UK examination board Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) has issued new copies of its school poetry anthology (used by teachers and students to prepare for GCSE English exams) after it removed a poem called Education for Leisure by current Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
The poem is simple and provocative and because a handful of people [...]
December 12, 2009
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Whatever happened to Strawberry Shortcake?
Strawberry Shortcake is unrecognisable to me. It seems that she’s had more revamps than Madonna.
I caught a look at the updated doll of my childhood in the shop the other day and she looks, well, too grown up. Too sassy. Too knowing.
My husband (who, if allowed, would have our daughters sent to a nunnery in [...]
December 1, 2009
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Tupperware – my most lasting relationship
This Tupperware jug ( the pic is not great…sorry) is probably one of the most lasting things I have in my life. Longer than any romantic relationship or gym membership or club I have belonged to.
It is about 25 years old, (so my mum thinks) and it was our cordial jug. The vessel from which [...]
November 29, 2009
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