Not a good career move by Jamie Oliver here I think!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23860811
Bit of a generalisation saying that young people in Britain are lazy. Plus these young people may end up being his core audience on TV in a few years, so as well as disagreeing with his sentiments I also think it is a rather silly thing for basically a TV performer to be saying.
Tata are now having to rebrand and reposition the Tata Nano – the world’s cheapest car:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23792196
Another great article about an inventor with a simple but revolutionary idea that changed the world. Yet he is still poor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914
Pertinent to read this article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23667965
especially after today we watched an excellent presentation by John Franklin, our PT Support for Learning who illustrated the difference in mindset between fixed and growth. Added to a pupil receiving poor exam results it could certainly crush a young person or knock the stuffing out of them for a while.
I like to think of the sporting analogy. Yes Tiger Woods may be an excellent talent with superb eye hand coordination but he still practiced well over the 10,000 hours which is now accepted as the norm in order to become an Elite Performer.
The old adage is true: practise does make perfect.
So if any pupil or student has not done as well as they hoped this year, please don’t give up. You may just need to keep trying and I am sure it will happen for you.
In life there are very, very few overnight successes. So keep your spirits up.
Often mentioned in Business class, here is Inflation explained from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12196322
