"Nine sheep die in fall through ice" was worthy of inclusion in Expatica's "Belgian news in brief" today. Doesn't that belong in the "Oddly Enough" section? And what does "put down" mean?
Incidentally, educators need to spend less time worrying about clothes and more about improving learning. With enough effort, they could even make it fun.
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Quoting the Van Dale English-Dutch dictionary: "Put down: II (ov.ww.) 0.5. een spuitje geven [ziek dier] => uit zijn lijden helpen" (committing euthanasia on an animal). So apparently the dog suffered? Perhaps after they put it down onto the thin ice as well? :-)
Talking about the importance of clothes in education: did Dina tell you one of the major criticisms she got from the jury at her singing exam was the fact that she wore black when she wasn't supposed to, and that her scarf didn't suit her?
Thanks for the interpretation, even if it was bad news as I feared. About Dina's jury... that's absolutely outrageous! Sounds suspiciously sexist too--did any male singers get the same type of criticism?
Well, as she was the first to sing that day, criticisms got remarkably milder over time when the subsequent sopranos tended to be dressed in a more revealing way (i.e. without a scarf or shoulder straps). But then again, the last girl got more criticism as her dress dared to unveil her belly. Hey, the Lemmens institute is a catholic school after all...
So they're not entertained when it's all covered, and they're embarrassed when they get to see too much? Bit hypocritical. I remember my Catholic school days. When the towering short-haired Dean of Students made us kneel on the floor and gave us detention if our skirts were over 2 inches above the floor, or if we were wearing "gang color" shoelaces or socks (which meant basically any color). She also awarded detentions for bandanas and once mistook a glowstick for e.
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