Oxymoron In The Tropics

The dreaded deadline looms once again... and I haven't learnt my lesson! But I'm going to do it a bit better this year (fingers crossed). I'm gonna do it today. I hope.

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions: Why did God make mothers? 1. She's the only one who knows where the sticky tape is. 2. Mostly to clean the house. 3. To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? 1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us. 2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring. 3. God made my Mum just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts. What ingredients are mothers made of ? 1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean. 2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think. Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mum? 1. We're related. 2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's Mums like me. What kind of little girl was your Mum? 1. My Mum has always been my Mum and none of that other stuff 2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be...

It's almost the middle of April and I'm huffing and puffing and trying not to get my 'house' blown down... School tests just over and we're gearing up for first term exams. I find myself sitting at my table looking helplessly at exam analyses piled 6 cms thick and the discipline master's just sent me an sms telling me some interesting things about the creativity of kids in my school. Yeah, and also in the other millions of schools all over the world... It's also time for school debates, choral speaking contests, forum remaja etc etc ad-absolutely-nauseam. I'm also the absolutely insensitive administrator pushing painful stuff like debate competitions at my English teachers. Not only do I make them sit with kids and teach 'em how to debate ... I also hound them to take part in TEACHER debate competitions. Yup, I'm absolutely mean. But don't get me started about debates. I can go on and on about how good debates are at helping people build up...