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Pluto: The Last Place We've Never Been
At the very end of 1985 I was helping my parents make Christmas pudding. No-one makes pudding quite like our family. In the years between Voyager 2 and New Horizons, what started as a recipe from a very old copy of Maura Laverty's "Full and Plenty" has been tweaked and refined over into the Smyth ...
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'Inside Out': What's The Hype About?
Inside Out is the latest movie from Disney Pixar, and it’s not bad at all. It’s been getting some very mixed reviews (although it’s sitting at a very...
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Semicolon Tattoos And The Power Of Punctuation
"Where the sentence could have ended, but didn't." It's always hard to predict what the internet will make viral. A couple of months ago it was a...
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Why your kids should study over the school holidays
Schooling has changed dramatically over the last decade, with parents recognising the importance of education and grading to ensure their child has...
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Homework Help - The Australian Way
If you watched Foreign Correspondent's recent story about the pressure under which South Korean students suffer when studying for exams, it's hard not to be discouraged. The disenc…
University Students As Stars: How To Prevent Them Fading Before It's Too Late
Timing is everything to prevent students dropping out of their first year uni course, according to British university studies. So we're asking, when exactly is "just-in-time"?
Three Ways To Inspire Your Children's Writing
With WriteOn 2015 - the creative writing competition for primary school students in NSW - announced, now seems like the perfect time to talk about how best to inspire your young ch…
America's New Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera has been announced as America's new poet laureate, and he is a fantastic choice. His poems have resonance here in Australia, especially now as we struggle with …
How To Develop Good Writing Skills
Want to learn how to be a better writer? Jack Goodman of Studiosity argues there are no short-cuts, but with an essay writing service like Writing Feedback, we can help.
Is there a plague of cheating in NSW high schools?
Jack Goodman questions the hidden issues behind the media-reported cheating 'endemic' in NSW high schools.
Techniquely Correct: The Opposite Of Personification
This week we're talking about personification and, even more interestingly, the opposite of personification.
What's the deal with Adventure Time? A parents guide
Adventure Time is one of the most popular cartoons out there. But does it teach good lessons, or is it just the fast-food of the television world?
Dialogue and dinosaurs: A critical analysis of Jurassic Park
Fiach Smyth shares his critical analysis of one the scenes from Jurassic Park, and shows how you analyse dialogue in a film - something which a lot of students struggle with.