An occasional blog concerned with the world of English Language and Literature. Featuring insights from examiners and past students as well as encouraging and inspiring everyone to pick up a book and get lost in a new world.
Six - The hype machine tells us something is unmissable, revolutionary, the Next Big Thing. Sometimes it is. Often it isn’t. Sometimes it’s just… fine. And sometimes, whisper it, you might actually dislike the Very Important Cultural Moment everyone else is queueing for.
While much of Hong Kong enjoys the serenity of Buddha’s Birthday, lotus lanterns, temple visits, maybe even a rare moment of peace, parents of exam-taking students are more likely lighting incense in the vague hope it will cleanse the air of teenage angst and essay-induced doom.
Sophie Welsh
Apr 303 min read
Theresa, Abu Dhabi
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