Media Dragons often tend to ponder upon the fine line between success and failure or even life and death. How doing one small thing can have a big effect. This phenomenon, this micro-action, has been called *The Butterfly Effect*. The slightest movement of a butterfly's wings reverberates throughout the universe effecting us all. Almost everyone is doing an Amazon Bestseller Promotion nowadays - Smart Mama, Smart Promotion: Cold Rivers of The Butterfly Effect
Art of Living & Literature Across Frontiers: Memento Mori: How Much Joy of Study Can You Stand
Postmodern rubbish, mumbo-jumbo, English Lite. Just what is going on in the nation's classrooms?
CONTROVERSY erupted in Victoria last year when an "English Lite" curriculum was mooted, in which students could complete year 12 English by only studying two texts ("texts" meaning film and video as well as books). That proposal was overturned but there is still much debate about where the curriculum is heading.
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