Heckler on Schools
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Emotions are at the forefront in schools
Heckler I'M WONDERING if I'll wear make-up to work on Tuesday. I realise it seems a little odd to be thinking about this already, but my colleagues , know exactly what I'm talking about.
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Knowing the times tables obviously so yesterday
Heckler I GO to a gym for my daily constitutional. I love it – lots of mature women like me, trying to compensate for years of now-abandoned bad habits taken up when young and seemingly invincible.
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Limiting my contact with Australian bugbears
Heckler AFTER moving to the US six weeks ago, the list of things I miss about Australia would fill this entire newspaper. Far easier then, to talk about the things I don't miss.
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A matter of mind over fatter
Heckler I REALLY like the idea of schools being conscripted into the war on obesity by having to weigh and measure kids - but why stop at that? Teachers must be front line soldiers in this war and fix the...
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No reaching a retching email reader
Heckler MY JOB involves working with international counterparts in business as well as consumers, and during the past six months, I've noticed a palpable increase in the use of the phrase ''reaching out''.
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Mum's night out such an inquisition
Heckler I am having a midweek night out with the girls. We are trying a new cafe in Manly and have finally locked in a Thursday night.
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Coming to terms with a new year
The Heckler THIS is a special bulletin to all bad mothers to fill them in on the details of the annual back to school meeting which took place this week.
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Why has winning become a dirty word?
Heckler I AM a relatively new school mother and thus new to the sports world that has opened up for my seven and five-year-olds.
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Onward chocolate soldiers
Heckler WE WAVED them off at the doorstep. It was a Dickensian moment as the weather suddenly turned to autumn.
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Doing the right thing
Heckler I can't understand the thinking behind the ''personal view'' of the NSW Liberal leader, Barry O'Farrell, opposing ethics classes as a complement to special religious education classes.
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Spare me from charity
Heckler I was at home the other day when my phone rang. It was a charitable organisation to which, until recently, I had donated for several years. Now they wanted me back.
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Mosman is way out in front
Heckler Yes, we who live in Mosman know the rest of you in Sydney don't like us. We know you think we are silver-tailed, toffee-nosed, chardonnay-sipping folk who iron creases into our jeans and T-shirts.
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Put everyone to the test
Heckler JULIA GILLARD'S intention to use NAPLAN tests to make teachers, principals and schools accountable might be the beginning of something really special.
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Less ink, less stink
Heckler FORGET the government's NAPLAN basic skills tests, enforce pen licences.
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Me and my big head
Heckler YOUNG people today probably think they will never start a sentence with ''young people today''. Let alone ''when we were kids''.
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Scams spell trouble
Heckler WHEN it comes to producing con men, Nigeria has to be a centre of higher learning. They must have schools and tertiary institutions dedicated to the dark arts of online deceit.
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Forget piety, think party!
Heckler THE other day my son's day care sent home a note detailing their Christmas activities.
