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19th May 2008

Geographical prodigy

SO can you accurately locate Bolivia, Ivory Coast, and Turkmenistan on a world map?

If not then you have some catching up to do. Take a look at this video of a 2 year old geographical prodigy. I would bet that the vast majority of our high school students wouldn’t come close…

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19th May 2008

Pedestrianism 101

I know, it sounds like something they might be teaching at a Calvinist college, but actually it’s my suggestion for a compulsory course at our local government high school - how to cross a road. I am tired of having to slow down or stop for these kids who blithely wander into the middle of a stream of traffic rather than crossing at the lights or crossing areas. It’s frustrating enough that traffic slows to a crawl through these 40km “school zones” but to be continually stopping to avoid running over teenagers is too much. I’m surprised no one has been seriously hurt already.



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