Source: The Times. 29. 11. 2010.
Michael Gove, the Minister for Education has praised phonetics as a way of teaching children to read rather than the 'look and say' way favoured by the Labour Government. This has been compared by some to a return to the method described by Plato.
Plato also believed that children should be taught poetry, and history as a way of inculcating moral responsibility.
Plato's prescription
(poetry, phonetics) praised,
given out by Gove.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Bees decimated but honey yield increases. 29.11.2010.
Source: The Times.
The British Beekeepers Association has produced 3.5 million jars of honey this year, due to the increasing popularity of beekeeping as an interest. Sadly, we have lost some 2 billion bees in the last few years.
Latest buzz meant that
busy bees brought Britain out
in hives and honey.
The British Beekeepers Association has produced 3.5 million jars of honey this year, due to the increasing popularity of beekeeping as an interest. Sadly, we have lost some 2 billion bees in the last few years.
Latest buzz meant that
busy bees brought Britain out
in hives and honey.
Hospital deaths increase 29 11.2010.
Source: The Times
Patients are dying in higher numbers than expected at 19 NHS hospital trusts, according to the Dr. Foster Hospital Guide.
Medical thinking
may be that killing off is
cheaper than curing.
Patients are dying in higher numbers than expected at 19 NHS hospital trusts, according to the Dr. Foster Hospital Guide.
Medical thinking
may be that killing off is
cheaper than curing.
On trying to write Haiku 05.11.2010.
Wrestling with words is
so hard; maybe I should just
take up Ju Jitso
so hard; maybe I should just
take up Ju Jitso
Friday, November 26, 2010
Manchester Poem.03.11.2010.
The sun and I are glancing off
your High-walls to heaven:
your dear glazed bricks, your
fast iron, cast-iron studs,
your gushing locks.
Monumentally
you soared in 1895
with a mind for Arts and Crafts,
Ars Laboris. Kept on soaring.
Rose from the Irwell
who still murmers black below.
We see her over the plated,
rivetted bridges,
a creature disturbed and disturbing,
glimpse the private lady
at her toilet.
Speaking of toilets
Manchester's oldest Pissotiere,
where gentlemen
publicly emptied their bladders
into Lady Irwell
is next to Joshua Brookes
and just before
The Lass O'Blairgowrie.
But it's glass and chrome,
reclaimed brick,
factories
of the mental kind
that are soaring these days.
It's monumental MMU
with its hard-faced,
glass-faced
commerce.
your High-walls to heaven:
your dear glazed bricks, your
fast iron, cast-iron studs,
your gushing locks.
Monumentally
you soared in 1895
with a mind for Arts and Crafts,
Ars Laboris. Kept on soaring.
Rose from the Irwell
who still murmers black below.
We see her over the plated,
rivetted bridges,
a creature disturbed and disturbing,
glimpse the private lady
at her toilet.
Speaking of toilets
Manchester's oldest Pissotiere,
where gentlemen
publicly emptied their bladders
into Lady Irwell
is next to Joshua Brookes
and just before
The Lass O'Blairgowrie.
But it's glass and chrome,
reclaimed brick,
factories
of the mental kind
that are soaring these days.
It's monumental MMU
with its hard-faced,
glass-faced
commerce.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Latest Barbie doll haiku 01.11.2010
The latest Barbie Doll (£59.99)contains a small video camera, concealed in her necklace. She also has a viewfinder in her back.
Other christmas 'stocking fillers' include the 'Fur Real My Go Go Walking Pup'(£59.99) , 'Zhu Zhu Hamsters with grooming salon', JLS dolls etc.
If Ken's been playing
away, Barbie's surveillance
camera will know.
Other christmas 'stocking fillers' include the 'Fur Real My Go Go Walking Pup'(£59.99) , 'Zhu Zhu Hamsters with grooming salon', JLS dolls etc.
If Ken's been playing
away, Barbie's surveillance
camera will know.
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