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Should children be used as political activists?
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Posted by Armchair Critic, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 6:42:35 PM
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Armchair Critic,
None of these have worked in 2000 years as far as I can make out. I suppose the only one (with no chance of being heeded) that could work is the last one. Posted by Indyvidual, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 6:54:33 AM
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http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/palestine-solidarity-action-risks-breaching-code-of-conduct-teachers-warned/ar-AA1kDGg6?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=d6e60d06c8ef4aabb12f1f26913dc014&ei=16
Quote, "Teachers who engage in a campaign to show solidarity with Palestine face misconduct processes if they are found to be in breach of their professional code of conduct. Premier Jacinta Allan said on Tuesday the Education Department was working with schools in response to the teachers’ week of action, which encourages them to show support for Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war by wearing a traditional keffiyeh scarf or inviting advocates into classrooms. Allan would not say what specific action could be taken but Education Department deputy secretary David Howes warned in a letter to principals on Monday that teachers who took part in the campaign risked breaching their obligation to maintain impartiality and public trust. Howes said it was important teachers were reminded that school staff “should not use their professional position to make political statements or seek to influence the political views of students”. A government school teacher involved in the campaign said they had been warned they may be in breach of several clauses in the public sector’s code of conduct, including impartiality, using their platform for personal gain and bringing the department or school into disrepute. A teacher who says she was sent home for giving colleagues leaflets that supported Palestine said school staff have been told to shut down classroom conversations about the Israel-Hamas war. “We have been told to not allow any discussions in the classrooms in regards to what is happening in Palestine and in Israel,” she said. “You can see the grief in the students and I don’t think they know how to process at all. I think the silence that is coming from the schools is actually quite damaging.” “Schools are a place where students cannot just get a great education, they can get the support that they need through challenging times and these are challenging times for many in our community,” she said. “It is simply not appropriate for additional division, additional distress to be brought into classrooms by this sort of action that could potentially cause distress to some students.” Posted by Josephus, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 10:41:12 AM
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Continue, Quote" A teacher involved in the action, who wanted to be known only as Lucy, said staff and students had expressed relief the issue was being discussed in schools, which had up to this point conveyed “disturbing” expectations on teachers not to discuss the war.
“When UN officials are calling it a genocide, it’s really, really important for teachers to do what we have said for generations, which is not to be silent in the face of that,” Lucy said. “Schools must be a place – and they already are a place – for discussion about this.” Lucy said she was not concerned by what she dubbed an “absurd reading” of the code of conduct, which also said teachers must be leaders on human rights. In a letter to the Victorian branch of the teachers’ union on Tuesday, the presidents of Zionism Victoria and the Zionist Federation of Australia said they were deeply disturbed by the initiative. “The message to educators and, in turn, to students, lacks any balance or context...This one-sided and biased initiative will sow antisemitism into our schools and radicalise students against Israel and Jews,” Yossi Goldfarb and Jeremy Leibler wrote The government’s response to the school strike as confusing and the involvement of school children in protests as exploitative. Posted by Josephus, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 10:42:40 AM
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had expressed relief the issue was being discussed in schools,
Yeah right ! One-way indoctrination is no discussion in anyone’s but the Woke language. Demote the teachers involved & make those students repeat their past year or fail them ! Posted by Indyvidual, Thursday, 30 November 2023 8:56:04 AM
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The teachers involved in those protests were most likely the kind of Public Servants Paul1405 speaks so highly of.
Posted by Indyvidual, Saturday, 9 December 2023 7:59:03 PM
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You can always support a 'thing' instead.
Those things might be:
Supporting diplomacy, discussion, dialogue, negotiation, compromise and peace
- Over conflict.
Support the lives of innocent civilians and non-combatants,
- Over continued needless loss of life and other casualties
Support de-escalation over escalation.
Support love over hate
Support forgiveness over vengeance.