A group of Chinese youngsters thought that it would be cute to jump over a park’s fence in order to tease some carnivorous animals that are housed there. The trespassers received a first-hand lesson about the food-chain instead: BEIJING, China (AP) — A crocodile shot to death in south China during a search for a missing 9-year-old student was found to contain the child’s remains, the official (more…)
The news coming out of the Kurdish blogs this week is as varied as the landscape of Kurdistan itself. From predictions on Syrian Kurd alliances with Israel, to censorship in Turkey; from explorations of Northern Iraq, to essays on intolerance, the Kurdish bloggers cover it all. But for this week, I think we will begin with why, to Kurds, April is considered as the “Bride of the Year”. (more…)
Banyue from DANWEI blogged some outrageous Chinese slogans, such as: Popularize the first child, control the second child, exterminate the third child, Whoever does not follow family planning will have his household ruined and his family perish, and many others.
Welcome to the midway of the 116th Carnival of Education!
Here’s this week’s roundup of entries from around the EduSphere. Unless clearly labeled otherwise, all entries this week were submitted by the writers themselves.
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