Monthly Archives: September 2010

Carbon Tax

They’re on the radio this morning talking about Julia Gillard and Carbon Tax.  There’s a good article from Terry McCrann in the HeraldSun on 27th. It is ludicrous. Our Prime Minister’s about-faces, the whole thing in the first place. A … Continue reading

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Education

Good little thing on ABC2 tv Wednesday night, 8.30, called ‘We are the people we’ve been waiting for’. It was about education, schools, education in schools. I didn’t see it all and I can’t find (yet) how to get another … Continue reading

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There Must Be Something Correct/Clear/Simple

There must be something, somewhere, that we know that is correct, clearly correct, simple to assess and know to be correct.  Surely? But there’s certainly not much. How about the War on Drugs?  Good thing?  No. War in Iraq?  No. … Continue reading

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Going Well, Aren’t We?

Going well, eh?  Just heard on the Colbert Report tonight that there are 42 million Americans living below the poverty line. Yes, Colbert is a satirical show, but this was no satire. Just a cold fact. And I heard years … Continue reading

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Sticklers For Rules and Regulations

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?  Look at this lot: Make you weep, wouldn’t it? Change the name to ‘Stalag South’. There’s prisons with fewer rules, I’m sure. Did you ever imagine anything like it?  Was there anything like that when … Continue reading

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The Facts

The facts of the matter are that school uniforms do not do what they are supposed to do. This is not the fault of school uniforms.  Bits of cloth. It is the fault of those who ‘suppose’ things they’ll do. … Continue reading

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Bending the Head

I’ve been thinking all day about students with their heads bent over their desks. Well, perhaps not thinking about it, but the picture has come again and again into my mind. Along with the thought: what’s what the child, the … Continue reading

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What Is Needed?

I’m a bit incoherent here, have been, still am.  I started doing this because of a charge of indignation I got about the way my child was being treated at school and the way the Department of Education responded to … Continue reading

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It's Pretty Blatant

This is a pretty blatant imposition upon people, isn’t it?  Did you see ‘newsletter 28’ ?  It had this in it, right on the front page: What does this mean?  It means not every child gets to school in a … Continue reading

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