School strikers are going places but the dole queue isn't one of them

Posted to Facebook on 15/12/2018 at 5:20 PM
Posted to The Age (2/12/2018) on 2/12/2018
Commenting on “School strikers are going places but the dole queue isn't one of them”
https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/school-strikers-are-going-places-but-the-dole-queue-isn-t-one-of-them-20181202-p50jog.html

Many did not strike in the 60s and 70s, and they also became leaders too. There can’t be that many top jobs or leadership jobs, which means many more are left with other other positions or even dole queue.

It's always easier to be an armchair General, and these striking students are just taking the back seats and telling the drivers how to drive and where to go.

So, what do these striking students want the government do exactly? I mean whether they come out with suggestions that are doable and implementable without jeopardising the livelihood of Australians.

Words and strikes are cheap, and if their suggestions lead to job losses, then it is not unlikely that they might join the dole queue.

Thank you for reading.

School strikers are going places but the dole queue isn't one of them

We can do without much of the school curriculum - but not this

Posted to The Age (5/12/2019) on 8/12/2019 (Not published by the newspaper
Commenting on “'No difference' between public and private schools after accounting for socio-economics”
https://www.theage.com.au/education/we-can-do-without-much-of-the-school-curriculum-but-not-this-20181214-p50mam.html

I think what I have been criticising about school and education is not ill founded after all. My mission as a volunteer at a primary school is to find out the root cause of our literacy and numeracy problems.

Many of the topics the primary students learn and discuss are far beyond their age. While it is good for them to know about life skills, they lack the life experience and therefore it is unlikely they have the opportunity to practise and apply such skills.

We can do without much of the school curriculum - but not this

'Too much being taught': Tehan says national curriculum is overcrowded

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At long last, someone speaks my language. Better still, that someone is the Education Minister Dan Tehan. He has said, the national curriculum is overcrowded, sacrificing quality for quantity.

The latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results showed Australian students had failed for the first time to exceed the OECD average in maths, and also tumbled down global rankings in reading and science.

The differences between sectors, Catholic, government and indepenent, is not as great as people might think it is. There is a need to streamline core subjects like maths and English.

Thank you for reading.

Too much being taught': Tehan says national curriculum is overcrowded