Non-Sunbeam teaches kids to shine...

Gordon Brown and Ed Balls have blown critics of taste and decency out of the water by announcing that this week (June 30th to July 4th) is to go down in the history books as Shine Week.

According to the Prime Ministerial website, the event doesn't involve the literal 'Shining' that one would expect from, say, a torch, or a person who cleans shoes outside train stations, but, instead, that special talent that romantics or regret filled middle-agers like to imagine resides buried within each of us like the last shimmering embers of hope hidden away in some distant mountain cave.

If the blurb is to be believed, the scheme is to be "the the first national schools festival that aims to showcase and celebrate talent in every young person." Speaking of the event, the Balls said:

"Every parent will agree with me that all children have a talent and I hope Shine will allow schools to bring every child together in a festival week and join the national campaign. I know from first hand experience that there are many exciting activities in schools designed to unlock young people's potential."

2,500 UK schools are participating in the event which seems to focus on skills such as fashion production, magazine creation, film making, and rock n' roll skills. Groovy.

But what happens to all the little shits that expect to be movie directors and end up on the checkouts at Tesco?

Visit http://www.shineweek.co.uk/ to join the party.

Photo: Flickr

Written by Oli Anderson on 2 Jul 2008 11:37 AM. Permalink