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Author Archives: dchawcroft
Wonderful Words From A Teacher
Here’s what one teacher has to say – a Principal, no less, said it to me (or showed me the text) : ” I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. My personal … Continue reading
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It Should Die Out
The whole human race should die out. It is a joke, a sick joke. It is Hell. This is where Hell is. This is where Heaven is. This is where it all is. This is it. And it is, on … Continue reading
New Way To Live
Some time ago I surmised we need a new way to live. I don’t have one. I don’t know. What I do know is that part of it would be the idea of taking individual responsibility far, far more than … Continue reading
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Still Befuddled
I am still here. Haven’t died or gone away or anything. Still here. But struck dumb. Can’t think of anything to say. Everything is just so bad and there’s so many people saying it (that’s how come I know it) … Continue reading
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Nothing New…
Long time since I wrote anything. Nothing new to say. For a long time now I’ve been learning almost on a daily basis of faults, nastinesses, bad things, terrible things in our world, our civilization…. It has been a rude … Continue reading
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Google and British Library
How about this bit of news from Radio National’s pm page on the web ( radio national PM ) : 18:44:00 21/06/2011 Thousands of British Library texts to be digitised The British Library has announced an historic deal with internet … Continue reading
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Send Some Killers
Australia has this big problem with their livestock exports to Indonesia. Apparently they are often killed in an unacceptable manner. So will someone explain to me why we don’t send, with each shipment, a team of Australian Killers? Complete … Continue reading
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Army Of Muslim Clerics
We are sending soldiers to Afghanistan to do what a soldier cannot do. There’s about 30 million Afghanis and 99% of them are Muslim. See this Wikipedia page: Afghanistan That is: 30 million people are captured by a religion. … Continue reading
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What Do We Look Like?
We all know what sort of nation we think we are: hard workers, lovers of freedom, brave, strong, healthy, committed to honesty, courage and a ‘fair go’. Right? Something like that, right? But what do you think we look like … Continue reading
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Happiness And Children
Here’s a go: There is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University who is investigating Happiness. He has a website called “Track Your Happiness” where you can get involved yourself if you wish. There is an article about him and … Continue reading
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