think about whether you want to remain here.
Numbul davies,
You may prefer to stick your head in the sand & pretend to be an ostrich, I don't & from what I see around me is that things are not as blissful as some prefer to believe. I'm of the opinion that telling a fact up front is far more productive & proactive than playing ostrich. Just because some Johnny come-latelies want to change everything for worse for the sake of change just doesn't cut it. Make changes to improve things & I'm in.

Individual. I will voice my opinion whether you or others like it or not. I come from a long line of fighters, stretching back to 1770 and beyond in this country. So telling me to consider where i want to be just doesn't mean a thing to me. If you don't like Australia then leave, but i've been here for the past +40k yrs and i am not going anywhere else.

So telling me to consider where i want to be
Numbul Davies,
Where exactly did I suggest that in my post ? If you don't understand something then at least try to read again istead of flying off the handle like this. It's not intelligent.
I'll say it again in the hope you might get it this time round. Just because some people choose not to see obvious problems does not mean there are no problems. I see huge social corruption everyday & I for one feel an obligation to make others aware of this as there are many who will also try to rectify things because the huge number of hangers-on won't take the chance of shaking the system.
Ignoring problems doesn't solve them & the longer you leave it the sooner the problems of others become our problems also. Have you visited Sydney lately ? If you did you should know what I'm on about.

I think it would be better maybe that we rounded up your kind Numbul and shipped you back to where you and yours came from. Hahaha

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As for *Hockey* well, he often did couch his position with a need to to get the full picture once assuming guvment.

Additionally, I did hear what I considered a rather compelling series of arguments advocating the need to retain a structured deficit in the short to medium term by what appeared to me to be a very switched on female with skill in economics, amongst other things.

And of course today, to see his face with the BANG BANG BANG of the demo going off outside now that they have hiked the fess up substantially for education was absolutely priceless. It goes to restore my faith in the value of some Australians. ;-)

I do not expect the politicians to be perfect, but rather I expect them to Pony Up , take the rap and take corrective measures when they have messed up, providing it is not something of the heinous variety.

Re: education, the single biggest failure of the system is the refusal of some of educators to provide homework on an ongoing and regular daily basis.

It is not enough to listen in class, but rather one must do some time at home in review and consolidation. My daughter for example is at a public primary school, she has her main stream teacher, a good share of 1 on 1 with the mainstream EA, she has a Special Needs EA and once a week with an external specialised teacher for the hearing impaired, but regular homework, and she indeed does need additional iterations prior to new information being well formed in memory, is just too much for some reason.

Hopeless .. Further, sport is patchy and it oughtn't be and the cognitive beneficial effects of music training are simply too great to be ignored and it must be incorporated into the mainstream. None of that need cost a dime as you can use par filled bottles and sticks and still get the benefits.

Further, I like NAPLAN but it needs to be for all years, there needs to be lots more practice exams put up on the web, and in the numeracy area, if the questions are embedded in advanced language and the kids are failing to understand the question, then it it is not really a numeracy test at all.

Regarding the Asian Century, educational delivery techniques need to be moderated to place less emphasis on information uptake via the auditory memory and more emphasis placed on visual delivery techniques.

Yo, Dream on...thanks for your input.

I detest NAPLAN which is mainly a tool for pitting school against school and whacking teachers over the head and less about addressing student outcomes.

As for homework, I believe that institutionalised "schooling" usurps enough developmental time from children. There's a good case for giving them back their afternoons (especially in primary school) and impinging less on their private unstructured time. It's interesting how we don't like to give each other much time for reflection and recreation these days.