RHS ESSENTIAL
Academic success at high school is based on your ability to read and to continually improve your reading skills. Over the next few days, we will investigate helpful tips for improving your reading skills.
Tip #10: Practice Makes Perfect
Reading is a process. The more you read, not only does your fluency improve, so does your vocabulary and inference. To make it easier, find out what interests you. You’ll be reading heaps of books every chance you get.
https://www.skillsacademy.co.za/tips-to-improve-your-reading-skills/
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
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2016: American musician Prince—who created groundbreaking music that fused funk, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and pop and was one of the biggest stars of the 1980s and '90s—died at age 57 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid.
1994: Security officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
1982: New Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
1966: The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I, believed to be the Second Coming of Christ by many Rastas, arrived in Jamaica for a visit—an event since celebrated annually in Rastafari as Grounation Day.
1830: James Starley, an inventor and the father of the bicycle industry, was born in Albourne, Sussex, England.
Billionaire Elon Musk reveals why he left South Africa when he was 17
Many South Africans have been singing Elon Musk’s praises after he revealed why he left the country all those years ago.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reacts to a question from the media at a press conference following the successful In-Flight Abort Test of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on January 19, 2020 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
The world’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk, recently discussed why he left South Africa when he was only a teen. According to Musk, who recently became the world’s wealthiest person, he left South Africa because he did not want to join the army. Musk who was born in Pretoria, has been living in the US ever since.
ELON MUSK SHARES THE REAL REASON BEHIND HIS SA DEPARTURE
The genius behind Space X and Tesla, Elon Musk has made a huge success of himself while living in the United States but many often question why he is so quiet about his South African roots.
This must be why a video clip of him explaining the real reason why he left the country when he was only 17, has managed to go viral on TikTok.
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In the clip that was shared by @incomeparent, Musk can be heard discussing how he left SA to avoid being forced into joining the army. According to Musk, he just was not interested in oppressing black people.
“Spending two years suppressing black people didn’t seem to be a great use [of the] force,” says Musk in the interview.