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Old School Textbooks

By Murk | Published: October 22, 2006
In the states they have elections for people to run the school boards. In Oklahoma the Republican candidate has suggested a use for old school text books. Rather than ship them to disadvantaged areas in Africa, South America or Asia, if elected, he said he would put thick used textbooks under every desk for students [...]
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Won’t let us cheat? We won’t take the exam!

By Murk | Published: March 4, 2006
In Orissa, at least 56 students walked out of their English Exam as they were not allowed to cheat. They claim that their teacher rarely showed up, and so they did not know enough English to be able to read the questions in the paper – they wanted to be able to copy from their [...]
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Pass the Maths exam… get married!

By Murk | Published: February 21, 2006
In Behror, Rajasthan, 130km from Jaipur, Shiv Charan is taking his maths exams. Shiv promised himself that he would only get married once he passed. That was 36 years ago and he’s now 72. He has kept his promise. Best wishes to the man!
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School Strafed by Jet

By Murk | Published: November 6, 2004
One thing to say. Eek!
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Russian Crisis – Beslan

By Murk | Published: September 3, 2004
News is coming through that the siege of the Russian School is coming to an end and near naked children fled as the assault progressed. According to Bloomberg, the storming occured as hostages began to break out. I would be surprised if the SAS had not been offered to the Russians, but like the Kursk [...]
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