distance learning

I see so many students looking longingly at the notice board to check whether they have been accepted to do Adult Matriculation courses. Some of the ones who fail to be admitted on account of their grades come back with their parents to find out why their child can't do the AMC (Adult Matriculation Course). From the University's perspective it creates a dilemma in finding spaces because students entering directly from school have proved their academic credentials and when there are enough of these students and the AMC students also want a place, then there is a demand and supply problem. The Univ is trying to develop distance learning in accordance with Govt policy but it is going to need extra funds for the extra teachers to teach the distance mode students. The courses have yet to be written and once students begin doing distance learning, teachers are need to mark assignments, comment on them and be available for telephone assistance. I hate to see keen students miss out on furthering their education.
I must try to get a bush knife this weekend - it's a machete about 50cm long for the purpose of eating coconut. With a bush knife, I'll be the one to say to Crocodile Dundee, That's not a knife. This here's a knife! The steel is made by a Brazillian company and the irony is that these knives are on open display in most shops in their hundreds - they cost about 15 kina but pocket khives, razor blades and tin openers are behind the counters. The bush knife here is an extension of the body. You just walk around with one. I think I even saw them being carried on the plane if my memory is correct.