Apartheid Flag Flies High
25.10.06
A school in the North-West Province is said to still be flying the old South African Flag on its masts. I found this story on the Citizens news page.
How sad is that? What is wrong with people (that's the second time today that i've asked that question)? Can these fools not see what they are doing to the children at that school?
The Christelike Volksonderwys (CVO) School is apparently still singing Die Stem at school assemblies instead of the new national anthem (I say new as if it was implemented a week ago... IT'S BEEN OVER 10 YEARS!!!!).
School management claims that the old anthem and flag are cultural expression. What the hell does cultural expression have to do with representing the new and 'non-racial' world of South Africa today? These people are morons and I don't feel bad saying that. Wake up and smell 2006 you idiots.
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Baby dead, Penis gone... what is going on?
This shocks me to the core. It warps me and taints me and makes me completely hate what the world has become. The police say they are still looking for the bottel that may have been a murder weapon.
Where were the parent? What baby is out of its own parents care for longer than a minute? Where is the responsibility? I am upset by this. I truly am.
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Schools pull out of rugby ranking system
19.10.06
I am not one of those old boys that wears his school brand 20 years after leaving school but I love my school and support it unashamedly. But one thing I do not agree with is the pressure that schools, players, parent and public put on 1st team players at school level.
A friend of mine, BigBev, alerted me to a story on rugby365.co.za that has surfaced. Certain Private school's have all banded together and decided to take their schools out of the rugby ranking systems available online. Not only are these schools pulling out of the rugby rankings, but are also pulling out of any ranking system at all.
The schools involved have noted that they feel that the ranking systems create unhealthy competition between school which they say has an indirect effect on "marketing, scholarships and post-matric issues, as well as relationships between schools, parents and old boys."
I think that this is a great move by these schools, however rugby365.co.za does have some interesting rebuttles:
How are schools going to stop people from ranking their rugby if the results of fixtures are made public? What is to stop me for example, from starting my own ranking site and keeping it up to date with the published results from the weekend?
They also noted that its a bit tought to blame the ranking sites and systems for bad blood between schools.
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