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HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED IN EXAMS? A school has apologised after pictures emerged of pupils wearing cardboard boxes on their heads to prevent cheating in an exam.  Photos showed them with boxes on their heads with square holes cut out to allow them to see their exam papers. The controversial photographs led to widespread criticism on social media.  The state education minister, said the school’s practice was “ unacceptable ”.  India has seen a string of cheating scandals across recent years. 1. Can you check whether the news is true? 2. Can you find a picture to illustrate it? 3. Where did it happen? This picture was taken in the same country. It was another scandal about the same issue. Have a look at it. What can you see?  These pictures of people perched at various levels at a school, in Mahnar, have gone viral and caused serious embarrassment to the local government. What are these people doing at the risk of their lives?...

   It was the great food philosopher, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin who said, “The future of nations will depend on how they feed themselves,” and we see today how very true these words are.     To eat today is a political statement, but even with the public’s growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms. You hear so much about oil and gas as the most important fuel for the planet, but it’s not. Food is, because it’s what moves everybody, and without food we are nothing. And not so far in the future, presidents and politicians, the leaders of our world, will have to have food on their campaign platforms, on their agendas. And we as people have to start asking our local and national governments, “How are you going to be planning to feed your country? What are your sustainable solutions?”    As food professionals, we don’t just feed the few that visit our restaurants; w...

I'm going to tell you something new about myself and about my family. LET'S START WITH GRANDPARENTS. What have you learnt from them? Read the text and decide if the following are valid for you- Family history and the search for identity   ABOUT IDENTITY.