Posts by Cecelia
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It was a lot more generous than the scheme over the past twenty years.
If I win lotto my first action will be to pay back my three sons' student loans:)
And if I may go back to the discussion on the baby boomers and the effect of the war on their parents ...
The graphic novel Maus spoke to me very strongly about how the traumas of one generation are visited on the next.
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Great ending to a fine article.
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Does this hit the spot, or what? Wisdom of a boomer.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10684625
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what a joy going to university had been -- no pressure, few costs, you could walk onto a building site and get a job when you wanted one, etc.
I don't think Tim did much actual university work!
And it was harder for girls I think. I went on a studentship after one poverty stricken year and was then forced to go teaching which was a bad move for a shy person like me! I like teaching NOW but back then it was agony.
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Great, Hilary and yes, Islander, I was born in 1946 and saw the sky light up once from a French nuclear test in the Pacific. I was/am far more politically aware than my own sons and was certainly not spoilt. We had a hard childhood with a war damaged father ...
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Love it. And Nick's clever response.
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Line from a vaguely remembered song - while The Standard still raises the red flag, Public Address:
The people's flag is coloured pink
It's so much nicer don't you think -
Islander. We will just have to live with Hobbitfilmmania.
Congrats on 25 years. Article on Scoop and my homesick, London-dwelling son is reading it and loving it. Must reread. -
Rudman is likely to inflame passions but haven't we already had too much over-heating on this issue?
Geoff, in a few years time when you write your next paper on NZ film, where will The Hobbit issue stand? A purely industrial and financial issue? A national identity issue? Auteurship????
And interesting how there have been very few references to the nature of The Hobbit as a novel and the likely quality of Jackson's film version. To do my homework on Jackson, I watched the whole of The Lovely Bones this morning. I "taught" the book to a year 13 a few years ago so am familiar with it. I liked it more than I thought I would but it wasn't outstanding. Heavenly Creatures had a lot more edge.