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Is this the Golden Age of the Dobber?

July 29, 2021 by Flynn & Tonic

Aussies are a funny bunch.

We love the great outdoors, tomato sauce (on everything), and nicknames that have little-to-no bearing on the person’s actual name. We are notoriously laid-back (except where sport is concerned, which inspires a sort of preternatural passion in even the most unassuming of individuals), and abide by the principle of a “fair go”, which is basically just a less fancy way of saying “do unto others”.

But whether you find our traits charming or cringeworthy, there is one thing Australians are most definitely NOT: dobbers.

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The Real Reason Parents are Scared AF of Homeschooling

July 7, 2021 by Flynn & Tonic

If you woke to an audible crack in Sydney this morning, allow me to explain: that was the sound of millions of parental hearts breaking.

Not because they were facing their 700th jigsaw puzzle and four millionth load of laundry for the day (that’s more of a 3pm meltdown thing).

Not because the ABC Kids app had imploded from over-use.

And not because they’d finally had enough of finding sultanas in increasingly bizarre places around the house.

No, the catalyst for their collective nervous breakdown came down to an announcement containing just a few short words: Home. Based. Learning.

With most of us still actively recovering from PTSD from 2020, the thought of homeschool reopening for business is enough to push even the most hashtag-blessed of us into a terminal decline. Despite Gladys’s attempts to sugar coat it as “just four days”, we all know the truth – if you thought the past fortnight was hard, just wait till you get to those 96 hours of living hell.…

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