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It’s surprising to know what kids are learning nowadays in school or in this case, in pre-school even. I was looking at a friend’s kid’s books the other day to check out what children in kindergarten was being taught about and I couldn’t comprehend what I discovered. Ok, so perhaps it’s ok to teach kinder kids one-plus-one and one-plus-two and so on but when I saw the pages teaching about the 5 senses, types of plants (herbs, trees, shrubs) the parts of a tree, the parts of a gumamela and so on, I went speechless. My god, kids in kindergarten are learning about the pollen grains, stigma, the ovules and photosynthesis already?

I approached the kid’s mother and told her what I saw on the books and she said she was surprised as well but just assumed the schools know what they’re doing. She added that perhaps when children reach grade six they’ll be building hydrogen bombs already.

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Casino Royale

I liked the latest Bond flick, Casino Royale. Something was amiss though but I had nothing to fuss about Daniel Craig. In my opinion, he was another perfect James Bond. He reminded me of Sean Connery while Pierce Brosnan was the Timothy Dalton incarnate. I’m not a Bond fanatic though. Watching them was just a fun and a more interesting way to spend time.

I think what people will miss is the fancy action. Casino Royale is not the most hi-tech Bond film released, it’s a bit traditional actually. The producers didn’t even bother forcing in a scene just to exhibit 007’s car features. So there - no souped up cars and impossible gadgetry, the movie was pure story.

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