The case of the Moonstone was most unusual. I knew that the answer was in the smear of paint on Rachel Verinder's sitting room door, but I couldn't find the garment which made the mark. At the time Rachel was behaving very strangely, especially when...
The novel The Moonstone is set in England in 1848, but the story really began 50 years earlier. The Moonstone is a huge yellow diamond that was once part of a statue of the moon god in India. An Englishman murdered three holy men, stole the diamond f...
Distance learning is being adopted in several countries to help children in remote rural schools, and it is also becoming increasingly popular with individuals as a means of obtaining higher or further education. While distance learning is a very dif...
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Students in your class are different from one another in many ways. You all have different personalities, abilities and physical appearance. In other aspects you have a lot in common. Certainly you are the same age and same nationality, and you proba...
A In 1986, the Chinese government introduced a law stating that by the year 2000 every Chinese child would have nine years of compulsory education. Although there were several problems in reaching this target, the outcome was highly successful. It is...
Teasing and bullying are major concerns in schools. Some people would say that it is an essential part of growing up. They may say that teasing and bullying are a way of learning how to deal with the reality of society. The truth, however, is that te...
In his youth, Han Xin was a cheerful young man. He always carded his sword, no matter where he went. One day, he went fishing. By the end of the afternoon, he returned home to sell the fish he had caught in the fish market. Now, this town was also th...
In the final year at high school, Li Yonghong knew that a career at university was not for her. Her parents had not wanted to pay for any other type of education, but had offered her some money to set up a small business to sell cigarettes. However,...
We are often asked to work in small groups, but why? Is it necessary to work with others? What if you feel comfortable doing a task by yourself? Especially at school, it sometimes feels as if we are being asked to work in teams for the sake of just t...