Monday, August 29, 2016

Nominative determinism

Today is the start of a new term, and the kids are getting to know new classmates. We got the list of names through last week, and one jumped off the page.

Alia Akbar.

Whoops. I reckon the teachers will keep a close eye on her as that's a name you don't want to have to shout out at a bus or train station on a school trip!

Saturday, August 13, 2016

The Daily Mail

Unbelievable as this may appear to be, it seems the Daily Mail is now a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/12/mail-online-teams-up-chinese-newspaper-peoples-daily