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Archive for May, 2008

On hooliganism.

Posted in Football, Politics, Russia, tagged , , , on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

People can sneer all they like about Russia’s managed democracy, but when a country is faced with the imminent invasion of the supporters of not one but two English football clubs, you have got to admire the government’s ability to declare a blanket ban not only on the consumption of alcohol in public but also on all [...]

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On character assassination.

Posted in Education, Pregnancy on May 19, 2008 | 9 Comments »

One of the side effects of being a teacher is that you often find yourself musing on what makes your students tick.
Well, perhaps ’side effect’ is the wrong phrase. ‘Secret guilty pleasure’ bordering on ’the main reason why you do it’ is probably closer to the mark.
Generally this focuses on what they are like as learners so [...]

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On privilege.

Posted in Memes on May 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

OK so lots of people have been doing this privilege meme. It’s originally From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that [...]

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