The wolf and the lamb

Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. 'There's my supper,' thought he, 'if only I can find some excuse to seize it.' Then he called out to the Lamb, 'How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?'

'Nay, master, nay,' said Lambikin; 'if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me.'

'Well, then,' said the Wolf, 'why did you call me bad names this time last year?'

'That cannot be,' said the Lamb; 'I am only six months old.'

'I don't care,' snarled the Wolf; 'if it was not you it was your father;' and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and 'WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA' ate her all up. But before she died she gasped out

'Any excuse will serve a tyrant.'


Borrowed from Australian story telling. Hope you don't mind guys, it just is very apt at the moment. I will probably take it off later.

Chronicals from the cat

This cunning plan that these supposed Icons of morality and educational standards had devized was a way of downloading money from the Treasurey in return for training the nations workforce and bringing them up to standards that rival those of the European Community, so to give the disunited kingdom a foothold in the global market place for years to come. But behind the scenes something sinister lurked. A covert operation give the name "Milking the cash Cow". This covert operation involved making claims to government from the number of ISQ's (Intermediate standards qualifications) delivered by this educational establishment.
Now for those of you that do not know how and ISQ works here is a brief explanation. An ISQ is assessed in the workplace by an assessor who travels from place to place visiting learners and assessing their ability to do their job within National Occupational Standards laid down by a governing body. The assessor will observe the learner doing their work, will asked them questions relating to their work, and will often ask questions of significant others such as Supervisors and Managers to ensure that the work and attitude of the learner is satisfactory. The learner is also asked to produce pieces of work that demonstrate their abilities. As with all matters pertaining to government and money. The assessing of these qualfications should be closely monitored. Registers of meetings, times and dates have to be compiled. Declarations have to be read and signed and there is a myriad of different tracking devices in place that are designed to prove that the assessor has spent a certain amount of time with the candidate, and has performed certain tasks with them. One of which is supposed to be training. Government, and particularly the government in the disunited kingdom have targets to reach. Such as the targets is ensuring every person working has a level 2 ISQ by the year 2010. These targets can be very demanding, so to grease the wheels and make things slicker the government devizes projects which are oveseen by the COLAS (Council of Learning and Skills). These projects are given special names such as. L4L (Learn for Life) or G8S (Great Skills). They even have advertising campaigns for them on TV, one popular advertisment offers employers the opportunity to train their staff at no charge. This is called Train without Pain. But what may you ask does this have to do with the covert operation "Milking the cash Cow".