Worried parents ask principals to take their kids

Posted to Facebook on 16/4/2020 10:29 PM
Posted to The Age (16/4/2020) on 16/4/2020
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https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/we-can-t-do-this-worried-parents-ask-principals-to-take-their-kids-20200416-p54kk1.html

If parents can’t help their children in home schooling and home work, does it mean that many parents have low level of literacy and numeracy? It’s time some of these parents should re-enrol in a primary school.

Far too often, parents point fingers at teachers for not doing their job educating the children. It is time that the society must realise schools are the best and cheapest childcare centres around.

Respect the teachers, support the teachers.

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Worried parents ask principals to take their kids

No more Zoom for home-based learning after hackers show obscene photos to Singapore students

Posted to Facebook on 10/4/2020 11:16 PM
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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hackers-hijack-home-based-lessons-on-zoom-to-allegedly-show-obscene-photos-to-children

Zoom video conferencing users beware.

Lack of security enables hackers to join the chat room. Read the attached news article from Singapore, banning use of Zoom school online home-based lessons. Zoom attracts Zoom bombing, like what the school children have experienced.

Zoom's security flaws have led to a number of organizations, companies, and schools banning or restricting its use.

Government and government agencies banning such use include NASA, Taiwan, Australian Defence Force, German Foreign Ministry, US Senate.

Google also ban its employees using Zoom on company-owned desktop and laptop computers, and administrators will disable it this week.

Many people with no knowledge or do not care about cyber security jump into the band wagon because it is the in-thing during this coronavirus pandemic, will be get more than they bargained for, and likely have their video conferencing posted to other media without their consent.

Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stay Away from Zoom.

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No more Zoom for home-based learning after hackers show obscene photos to Singapore students

Appetite for this style of education is growing': Victoria's newest schools

Posted to Facebook on 2/2/2020 at 5:28 PM
Posted to The Age (2/2/2020) on 2/2/2020 (not published by the newspaper)
Commenting on "Appetite for this style of education is growing': Victoria's newest schools" https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/appetite-for-this-style-of-education-is-growing-victoria-s-newest-schools-20191203-p53gf6.html

A school is just a building. With technology, virtual school does not rely or mega million dollars up market swish building.

The ultimate goal of a school is to "produce" the right sort of the students or graduates who can serve the community, and that requires the right sort of teachers.

I sincerely hope the school funding is used for raising the quality of teaching rather than cosmetically beautifying the facet of the brick-and-mortar.

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Appetite for this style of education is growing': Victoria's newest schools