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26 January 2016
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26 January 2016
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25 January 2016
Maybe you've suspected this, but research suggests social networks spread disease. Here's an amazing stat - a US study of 12,000 people over 32 years, found if a close friend of yours becomes obese, the likelihood of you becoming obese increases by 171%. And your risk of attempting suicide is four times higher if you have a friend who has tried to kill themselves.
Choose your friends wisely!
Unfortunately the positive impact of healthy friends is not so dramatic, but if you have a happy close friend, that rubs off on you, more than a happy spouse or child.
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11 January 2016
Ok. It's summer. You're in the fish and chip shop. What do you call a potato snack deep fried in batter??
Well it seems it depends which state you live in. There's interesting research showing the regional differences in the way Australian English is spoken - and it's often on state lines or a divide between north and south. Potato cake is strong in Victoria and Tassie, but turns dramatically into a Potato Scallop at the NSW border.
Do you wear togs, bathers or swimmers? In the "south" - WA, SA, VIC and TAS bathers predominate, but in NSW it's definitely swimmers while in QLD it's very clearly togs.
Check out these fascinating linguistic maps of our language in the Conversation
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4 January 2016
Enjoy browsing in your holidays. There are some exciting additions from us this year. Stay tuned...
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1 January 2016
From all of us here, to you.
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25 December 2015
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23 December 2015
Teachers on 11 month contracts, academics employed sessionally in 12 week blocks - this is the future ( which is here but not 100% yet) of the "innovation agenda". in fact, many middle class salary earners will lose any sense of financial security. How do you buy a house or car under those circumstances? It's being called "the uberfication of work" with everyone being shifted to piecework.
Is Malcom Turnbull's innovation agenda another way of undermining the middle class? What will that do to our society?
Read this very informative but disturbing artlcle in The Guardian
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22 December 2015
A timely report from the OECD shows the gap between children of immigrants and those of their peers, is closing. This is an important finding in the light of all the Syrian children about to enter OECD education systems. They also found that children of immigrants performed better if they were in schools without streaming.
I found it surprising that England, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands have streaming entrenched in their schooling systems. We had that debate in education here many years ago and decided unstreamed classes were best for all. (Ed)
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19 December 2015
That's it for schools until 2016. Have a great break everyone!!
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16 December 2015
Hang in there teachers in Vic, WA, ACT and Tas! Lots of planning happening. Bookings for 2016 are really moving. Book your event now to get the dates you want. Enjoy your last day NSW schools!
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15 December 2015
Good luck to all.
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14 December 2015
The rest of Australia will be joining SA, Qld and NT on Christmas holidays this week. Yippee.
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