Recent events have prompted the creation of this blog. Before I begin, I will state that I am a disinterested party. I don't play Scrabble, I don't like Scrabble and I am not a parent of a child involved. The reason why this blog is set up is because I want to know this: Why are children being banned from the Inter-School Scrabble competitions? It appears that in a recent …

According to this report, it seems that a deaf or hearing-impaired teacher, a finalist for the 2009 teacher of the year award, Susan Elliot, was denied an invitation to a 'major education conference in September'. "How did the Singapore officials respond? Susan was wished a successful future but remains persona non grata at the conference." After this report publicised it, a …