The Stuff of Life for the Classroom
Do you want to be famous? It sounds good. Legions of fans, maybe oodles of money, living the dream. But what happens when your every move is being watched? You can’t even live your normal life without someone viewing it? The person that once loved to party might want to keep their distance instead. But …
Are you living your best life – or bored by what you do? If you don’t want to keep doing the same thing day after day, then you have to shake up your routine. Do something different. Some of it may not work, but sometimes, some of it will and the results could alter your …
As any historian will tell you, things get more difficult to find, the farther back in time you go. The news from a few decade ago – that’s easy. Familial history going back centuries. Tricky, but achievable. A way of life conducted thousands or even millions of years ago – a much more difficult proposition. …
You have just come home from holiday and what a brilliant time you have had. But you were away for four weeks and had eaten all your provisions before you left. The washing is now in the machine and various bits of holiday paraphernalia are scattered all over the living room floor as you decide …
Your lawyer is on the phone. That lovely 100 acre estate that you visited last Thursday with a friend has just become yours. Beautiful parkland, ponds, woods, and a gorgeous home all at your feet. Then you wake up, remember you need to make dinner and scramble to the freezer for instant inspiration. You pull …
You are travelling through the countryside on your way to somewhere amazing. Maybe you have had this planned for a while. Maybe you decided to go on the spur of the moment. Either way you are looking forward to it. But suddenly the vehicle you are travelling in breaks down. It just stops. You can‘t …
What’s the difference between cigarettes and food? You can probably list plenty of differences. They are probably mostly biased in the favour of food which, when done right, keeps us alive. Cigarettes do not. They may keep us thin. They may give us something to do with our hands and our mouths, but they do …
“Coughs and sneezes spread diseases…” Who hasn’t heard that or something similar throughout their childhood? Often accompanied by the thrust of a tissue or handkerchief in the direction of that same cough or sneeze. Far from being the brain child of some paper product manufacturer to boost his business, this action has plenty of science …
Have you ever thought of the process involved In building the Pyramids of ancient Egypt? Or the construct that is Stonehenge, UK? Or even the grand city of Petra in Jordan? What about some of the great cathedrals, churches and museums around the world? They may range in size, shape and function, but they all …
Do you ever not do things in the dark that you wouldn’t think twice about during the day? Taking that short cut, cycling on the road, even adjusting what you wear to be brighter. The thing with darkness is, it’s just not as easy to see. If you can’t see so much, you might feel …