For sale: Brand new Giant OCR road bike
Giant road bike in mint condition. No scratches or dents, has only been used once to go to the shops for a coffee. Owner has no use for the bike as he has recently taken up a fulltime position as a sloth.
No reasonable offer will be refused!
a recycled revolution
I am struck by the similarities between Rudd’s ‘education revolution’ and episode 29 of The West Wing. (Hello, my name is Campbell and I am a West Wing nerd).
Basically the White House staff come up with the idea of giving scholarships to teacher trainees who agree to work in inner city public schools. By the end of the episode this grand plan, which is to be the beginning of a ‘permanent revolution’* in education, gets watered down to a possible pilot program that might fund 100 scholarships.
Sorry Kev, giving away laptops to all secondary students is not an education revolution. Improving infrastructure at public shcools and conditions for teachers might be a better place to start.
*The phrase ‘permanent revolution’ is removed from the President’s speech as it apparently comes from Mao Zedong’s ‘Little Red Book’. Which made me think of this clip.
The Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne
A new batch of “fashions” for the big day - $500
Getting your hair styled just like all the other girls are wearing it this year - $200
Oily fried food and warm beer and wine for the day - $300
Having a bit of a shag on a greasy otto bin at the Melbourne Cup - Priceless
