As I said, performance is more important than happiness. Maybe they mean conformance.

We need a generation of good little consumers and working families.

I'm from the governmnet, I'm here to help.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Houlley
You are quite capable of explaining KPIs as anyone. Don't drag me into your manipulative agenda. (I mean that in the nicest possible way)
:)

Jewely,

"What bloody performance?"

Good question - which I suppose is answered in edu-speak about attaining certain skills and behaviours in line with a standard of measuring such things.

You might know that we homeschool which in itself has been an exercise in taking back some freedom.....strangely, my son probably learns much more from his free-range activities than he does from our more formal lessons.The biggest hurdle was getting my head around the fact that he could seek his own answers in a self-motivated fashion.

I don't usually mark his work with ticks and crosses because I don't have the need. If he has a problem gasping something, it is dealt with there and then. There is much spontaneous discussion and he asks questions all day long without having to put his hand up : )

This is something that was still available to infants - and now even those first years of spontaneous self-motivated discovery are being taken away.

its been an interesting few days
of special intrest..was on sbs tonight
about emotions

it was revealing..in that certain points were made...
by supreme barsardry..where a little child was scared witless
where he was taught to fear the most harmless things..simply by aversive conditioning him..with loud noises whenever he didnt fear a harmless creature

it went on to other things re emotions
and conditioning...much i feel now has worked its way
into wanting to get kids conditioned earlier and earlier..

anyhow i just wanted to get this out of my system
its worth watching it on sbs ''in the mind'..emotions

next came that wheel chair guy with dead eyes
tonight mainly talking about doom..so cut that one out

last night there was a doco after lateline
about our old people...[or rather keeping them alive
by doing the most vile tortures on them...]..the key point ended up being we can keep them alive....but we cant make them 'healthy again'

and that was the big point
it is worthy of its own topic
it was called 'in the end'...its well worth watching..and considering the currant furore re animal cruelty...this program was FAR WORSE*

dying is easy
but dying with a machine breathing for you
through a tube cut into your neck...5 other tubes feeding emptying you..

[well you wouldnt SHOULDNT do it to a beast]
i hate MANdaTORY anything...especially not with child CARE
if its anything like emergency care...its the pits

also intresting will be this weeks big ideas
[the previeuw today..reveals much good thinking going on]
so look forward to seeing them tommorrow..

but you all [with bandwidth a plenty] can catch it online
anyhow seems this topic is done...and i got out what was bugging me

cheers eh

http://www.news.com.au/national/pay-up-parents-childcare-hoppers-rort-rebate/story-e6frfkvr-1226069469619

Our kids world wide are behind in education so going to learn and mix 3 to 4 days a week i approve.
Also gives Mums the chance to get a job to support their children
Win win.