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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Misha McEnaney is a fifth class student. He outlines why he believes homework should be banned for all children.
In the first of a series of columns, track cyclist Mark Downey gives his thoughts on Tokyo 2020′s postponement.
Forwards coach Steve Borthwick was part of the Lions backroom staff with Farrell in 2017.
Scrum-half Will Genia has done his homework on the visiting Six Nations champions.
Munster looked to use a clever lineout play early on against Racing but the Tipp man stopped it.
Pep Guardiola has demanded that his foreign players learn English, says Nicolas Otamendi.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
We are all busier these days. Quality time is at a premium. Let’s get rid of the homework and build in more family activity time, writes Eric Nolan.
The Manchester City goalkeeper saved from the Colombian early in the second-half when a goal would’ve made it 3-1 to Monaco.
Schmidt is looking for the sort of ‘quality workrate’ Billy Holland provides from everyone in the pack.
“Never have five letters cut me so deep.”
Let’s investigate.
Poor Jake has no idea what to do.
“thou shalt not lotto”
It involves robot spiders. God save us all.
Sayin’ it straight.
Can you hear me Major Tom?
She’s going places.
Good work, kids. Gold star.
Applause emoji.
These kids = smarter than you.
The pics were taken by a passer-by.
The school is also introducing meditation classes and giving students further to walk between lessons.
Wise miniature people roam amongst us.
“From now on, call me Ms. Fancy!”
OH MY GOD DID WE HAVE ENGLISH??
Connect the dots.
“Big poop is in the toilit.”
It’s the little things you can slip up on.
Teach us your ways!
And he got suspended for it.
Two thirds of primary school children are assisted daily by their parents with homework, but 4 per cent of primary school children and 28 per cent of secondary school children never receive any.
AKA the Back-To-Work Fear. Here’s how to recognise it…
The worst thing about your childhood without a doubt.
An ESRI conference heard boys are more likely than girls to be absent from school and less likely to do homework.
The boys, aged 15 and 13, died in separate incidents – with the high school workload reportedly to blame.
And we’re not just talking about their educational well-being, either.
Officers said they found the homework in the back garden of a burgled house in Utah.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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