History is so often made up of bits and pieces which are easily overlooked. For example if one walks or drives along Firgrove Way one will see what, at first, looks like a chunk of concrete on the Kreupelbosch side of the road pointing towards Starke Road on the opposite side. A closer look will […]
Month: August 2015
PATIENCE and PERSERVERENCE
What does a tutor do when someone at high school or college studying English literature makes up his or her mind that they do not like the subject and will do so by winging and whining how overworked they already are and why must they study all these old stories. What is required to overcome […]
MATRIC LEARNERS
Grade 12 (matric) school learners are coming close to the end of their school careers. They have a few months left to make sure that by studying studiously they pass this particular examination. This will/may be the beginning of their futures. For some it has been a period of hard work, for others unless they […]
ADOPTION OF WORDS
The English language is an interesting and a pleasurable subject to study. One can, with some patience, trace some of its past through the adopted words and phrases of people from different parts of the world. The British Empire spanned a large part of the world – look at a map of the world before […]
