The Best of times.....

Just finished reading Tale of Two Cities. We all agreed it was a sad ending. Great writing. It has a fantastic start and end. Pity many of the abridged books ignore it.

First Line:  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way–in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Last Line:  “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

The start really sets the scene for the epic story to come and the end is really grim but also inspiring.

Christmas display

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Wonka Vite bottle and Willy Wonka

Panorama view of the front of the school

The new state Government has been sworn in and James Merlino ( Deputy Premier) is the new Education Minister. our Network plans to get the new minister up to Bacchus Marsh next term to grill him on the implementation of the new government's challenging agenda.