It's that time of year again in Australian schools. The time when a large swathe of students sit our National Assessment Program... and the time just after that, when the writing component is marked by a slightly smaller swathe of teachers. Myself being one of them. This could explain the reason while I'm unusually feeling …
Following straight on from last week’s post: Despite the awful experience in his school years from those who believed they were teaching gospel truths, Orwell was still able to see some of the liberties within Christianity. In his essay, Politics versus Literature Orwell explores Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and if you haven’t read that novel, then …
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Having recently read some of Orwell’s essays, I’m again in this post reflecting on some points that he covers that are worthy of consideration, aligned with the aims of this blog. One lengthy essay Orwell wrote entitled Such, such were the joys explores the anything but joyous experience he had at St Cyprian’s in the …
Continue reading #160 What I learnt from Orwell’s essays (2)
10 days to go... December feels like it is powering along well and truly after Monday night when I went on an excursion with the International Students at school. Having grown up with Christmas all around (as the parody song says...) it's hard to consider growing up where Christmas isn't a big deal. However, when …
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