The World Of Jadeey

I have decided that the first thing I am going to buy myself when I finish my course and get a job is an Xbox 360. I'm not sure I can live the rest of my life never playing Fable 2... And it is only coming out on the 360.

I'm beginning to get really excited about the end of my course. I'm really enjoying it, but MAN will it be good to have money again. I'm very tired of not buying anything non-essential. I'll probably splurge for the first few weeks before I start saving again. It's going to be AWESOME! Of course, this all relies on me finding a job relatively quickly. But I'm staying positive that I will.

Have you all been to Edulection and voted in the poll? If you aren't planning to vote Labour don't bother - I don't want you to vote. As long as you are voting Labour then have at it! :D

Labels: Edulection, school, video games, work

Today my first post on Edulection appeared. Until now Kat's done all the work. But today is mine. It's a post on early childhood education policy. Everyone should go read it!

And now i'm going to go and feed my facebook horse. :)

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We now have a domain name and a redesigned site.

Visit www.edulection.co.nz

Also, if you would like to contribute then let me know. We're looking for people who want to write about various policies. We're also looking for people who are staunch supporters of each party and want to write about why they vote for that party.

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It's late so this blog is boring.

Everyone should visit the Edulection website because so far more people have visted from Kat's blog than they have from here. I'm very competitive people! I have to win! (Even though it's not actually a competition)

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I'm off to a movie quiz night tonight. Most of my friends know that, although I love movies, I am useless at movie trivia. I can never remember any actors' names, lines of dialogue, directors - none of that stuff. Luckily I'm in a team with people who are VERY good at that stuff, so they'll make up for my crappiness.

As I said yesterday - visit Edulection. If you want to help me and Kat out by researching and writing up information about any policies then let me know.

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National announced their election pledges today. They made me REALLY angry. Bloody National!

There are of course the tax cuts. National have said that they don't need to borrow for the tax cuts. They've also said that they will need to borrow for some of the other things they want to do.... In other words - the tax cuts do mean that the country will be in debt.

Funnily enough they have pledged to take a more disciplined approach to Government spending... Hmmmm how do the tax cuts fit in with that Johnny boy? They also want to open up some government services to the public sector - it's this pledge that makes me the most angry I think. I don't want that to happen. I really, really don't.

There is actually one pledge I do like - they are going to set literacy and numeracy standards in primary schools. I think this is brilliant. I think the standards now are shocking and need to be improved. I'm glad people are finally starting to recognise this.

Anyway. Kat and I are setting up a blog to let people know what each party is pledging and what their policies are. So, if you want to educate yourself then visit the Edulection website from October 1st and you'll find all the information you need.

Labels: Edulection, politics