Another Day at the Office

Ok not really the office but school…but anyway just another usual day.

 

This year’s young enterprise group are thinking of selling pot-plants first to teachers and then a wider market as their product. The plan is to buy plants from The Warehouse or Mitre 10 and then sell them at a higher price to other people. I think plants from those two retailers cost from $1.99-$3.99. I’m not so sure of the idea, as I don’t know how much we could earn, as well as whether the plants will be too expensive or not. The other idea for our business is to make exam revision flashcards for various school subjects and sell them to students from our school or even students from other schools. I’m keener on that idea, but the other members of the business don’t think we will make as much profit.

 

The Inter-School Debating Competition Draw has been released. I’m in the ‘Rutherford Commanders’ debating team this year, along with Hyun, Joon and Kaylee who’ll help out with the research. Our first debate will be up against the ‘Dio Diamonds’ from Diocesan School for Girls (yes a rich private school). We will be on the negative side of the moot:

 

“That we support human cloning.”

 

It will once again be the Battle of the Sexes, a rematch of last year’s debate. Last year we came away with the debate, but we were up against a team consisting of first-time Asian girls (not being racist because that is factually correct). Our school’s advanced team will be called the ‘Rutherford Harassers’, hopefully for the right reasons though!

 

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After listening to a debate on NCEA between the principals of Papakura College and Rangitoto College on National Radio this morning, it came to my attention (or gave my memory a reminder) that the principal of Rangitoto College Allan Peachey is in fact a National Party member. I’ve always believed that schools should remain apolitical, and National have made a big fuss about keeping the national secondary school qualifications (NCEA) apolitical as well, by stirring up the pot with regards to the poorly drawn caricature of leader Don Brash in the history exam, and the ‘National Party Member unsympathetic to Maori’ claims. According to National it will brainwash the students into thinking that National is a Maori-bashing party. Let’s hope Mr Peachey isn’t doing some bashing of his own at school assemblies, trying to run his employers down, and promoting National policy to his students. Come to think of it, how ironic, that this National Party member is employed by a Labour government…

 

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Who doesn’t think that Avondale College, Rangitoto College and Auckland Grammar are getting enough publicity as it is? When the media wants comment on educational matters, who best to turn to than two of the largest schools in New Zealand. Doing this repeatedly gives these schools free publicity. There’s no surprise why these schools are so popular.