by Jim Ball | Jul 28, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Education, Random Notes, Social Media |
This is sobering stuff and a brilliant piece of writing by Chris Kenny that pretty much crystallises, confirms and distils what we already know and understand both, empirically and intuitively. It afflicts many in this techy, wired and connected world where...
by Jim Ball | Jun 29, 2018 | Academ, Blog, Education, Univerity Priorities |
This is a cut & paste extract from a column by Mathew Lesch in the Australian (29/6) and it highlights the priorities of academe in 2018. Note the last four paragraphs to get an understanding of what they’re all about. “..Australia’s universities are facing a...
by Jim Ball | May 2, 2018 | Blog, Education, Education, Random Notes |
Whenever assessing something or someone the only thing you really have to go on is past history. The resume. The track record. A lot has been written and said in recent days about education and Gonski 2.0. The bottom line question is will it amount to much? The...
by Jim Ball | Apr 19, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Education, The Holocaust |
There’s the problem right there as the dumbing down continues unchallenged and is all but complete. And we all thought the Pink Floyd song, Another Brick In the Wall was just a classic hit —- ‘…We don’t need no education, We don’t need no thought...
by Jim Ball | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog, Education, Education, Stolen Children |
Is this evil or what? And where is the Minister for Education? “..Kynan Wykes, 10, and his year 4 class thought they were starting a normal school day when a nun walked into the classroom at 9.30am on Tuesday, holding a letter that she said came from the...
by Jim Ball | May 14, 2017 | Blog, Education, Random Notes |
Watching and listening to the teachers education union hacks and flunkies on the news and idiotic parents who should know better singing the usual song of “what we need is more money for education” got me thinking. These union foot soldiers and parents are...
