Etiket: NRC
Opinion | Winter fair – NRC
On a quiet Thursday we visit the Open Air Museum in Arnhem. We get extra tickets for the winter fair at the museum. She has never been on a whirligig…
Opinion | Reading skills – NRC
At the table we discuss the sad results of the international PISA study into the performance of students: the reading skills of Dutch 15-year-olds have again deteriorated. My son is…
Column | Question Fire – NRC
The most beautiful photo of the week is that of a crouching Dilan Yesilgöz near Geert. Or does she kneel? The photo was taken in the Dutch mock parliament and…
Opinion | Cows – NRC
We are having Christmas dinner. This also includes meat, to the horror of my vegetarian daughter, who explains once again how bad livestock farming is for the environment. My son…
Opinion | Text explanation – NRC
I’m working on text explanation in HAVO 5. A hand goes up: “What does that mean minor?” I didn’t know that word either. But just walked over to the student…
NRC named the best designed newspaper in Europe
NRC was named European Newspaper of the Year on Thursday. The jury of this European prize for newspaper design believes that the Dutch newspaper looks “young, dynamic and progressive”, and…
Opinion | Christmas pieces – NRC
When I call my 80-year-old mother, she tells me that she is extremely busy at the moment. She mentions all kinds of things and concludes with “…and I also have…
Opinion | Deathly ill – NRC
A woman is having an emotional discussion at the pharmacy counter. I overhear: “5 milliliters is way too much, that syringe will never work, kill you or something?” Even with…
Opinion | Women’s suffering – NRC
I walk across the Rapenburg on a narrow sloping sidewalk. A van comes towards me, and as the van passes me, a cyclist comes right between me and the van.…
Opinion | Hunger – NRC
The students from my HAVO 5 are still full from the previous lesson when they enter the classroom for an hour of Dutch. They dissected a pig heart in biology…