Australia's Brush Fires

Been reading through some of the answers you guys posted on your blogs. First of all, a big kudos to those who had to quickly think of the answer to the question posed within the same night! *applause*

Now the job for everyone else is to look at their answer and give a grade. Justify every mark that you give. You'll find that in doing so, you'll start to understand what I mean by focusing on the kind/type of points you make rather than how many. If you haven't downloaded the Intellectual Standards, do so already and read it before grading those answers! I can talk and write here for eternity and you still won't learn anything until you actually do it.

If you haven't seen, read or listened to the news lately, Australia is right now having brush fires in several spots around the country, especially at the Southeastern part. That's where Sydney and Melbourne are. Already, a 173 deaths have been reported at the time of me writing this post.

Does climate change have a part to play in this? Check out mywonderfulworld.org for more details. In the post, you'll see a picture of a dead horse that was burnt by the fire. I think it's important that we think about the lives that were lost. There are probably some people who've been burnt like the horse as well. It's not a pleasant thing to imagine but I guess it helps us in some way to appreciate the human cost at a personal level. Those 173 lives were family and friends to others.

Think again.