tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post8900036842053991442..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: From a rough Brough to a statistical Sheehan ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-25600759671594877292012-06-19T08:47:30.339+10:002012-06-19T08:47:30.339+10:00Welcome to the pond Kevin, but sad to say your sup...Welcome to the pond Kevin, but sad to say your support of private school funding at the expense of a secular system grieves the pond.<br /><br />As for angrydad, a great if tragic quote, and for those who might have missed the Pell profile, it's here:<br />http://m.smh.com.au/lifestyle/our-man-in-rome-20120611-204wh.html?page=3<br /><br />It goes to show how subjective modernism has infiltrated the infallible church. Or perhaps simianism:<br /><br />The reverend Shirley Maddox, a former NSW moderator of the Uniting Church, met Pell before an ecumenical memorial service for the Queen Mother in Sydney in 2002. "I made the usual harmless kind of conversation that I make to elderly gents from other denominations who are a bit surprised to find themselves talking to an ordained woman," Maddox says. "But he couldn't look at me. I got grunts in response."dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66636427928275516562012-06-19T08:33:12.634+10:002012-06-19T08:33:12.634+10:00DP, we've been on the Newell, so a bit late to...DP, we've been on the Newell, so a bit late to this. Did you notice the editorial in The Heart Of The Nation extolling the virtues of good teachers? There I was, one minute thinking "Yeah!" for all schools, then, in an instant, wondering how the voucher-safers @ TheOz could get from there to Kevin Donnelly in less than three moves. Well, there's the evidence in yer blog.<br />But, if they want to take it more gradually, how about <br />(1) an editorial praising teachers, but not mentioning the yawning gap between government & privileged schools;<br />(2) throwing down the gauntlet to the AEU & Gillard to respond to our proposals; <br />(3) throwing hands in the air at the impossibility of good teaching under AEU rules, because they've not responded, which is the same as rejecting common sense;<br />(4) accepting the amazingly great record of teaching in non-govt, esp Catholic, schools; then, concluding <br />(5) the thought of Donnelly & the IPA is the way to go, like, Vouchers.<br />All done & dusted within a week of nodding agreement by the Grey Horde.<br />If only they could digitise that for next year's voters.EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304540936197101508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-56136719382170412882012-06-18T18:52:30.390+10:002012-06-18T18:52:30.390+10:00Talking of lying, I love Cardinal Pell's quote...Talking of lying, I love Cardinal Pell's quote in the Good Weekend:<br /> <br />"I wouldn't be quite sure what I saw and what I didn't see. But whatever I've said at different stages, I've said with complete truth"<br /><br />Obviously a different meaning of "truth" I haven't heard of beforeangrydadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510213647827312838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90613153250896624742012-06-18T18:25:48.552+10:002012-06-18T18:25:48.552+10:00Hello from Kevin D - I actually met Ravitch in NY ...Hello from Kevin D - I actually met Ravitch in NY a couple of years ago and since then have written numerous comment pieces attacking the Joel Klein experiment with testing/accountability and agued against NAPLAN. See the ABC the Drum for the most recent at Cultural literacy abandoned for the here and now - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)<br />http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4073614.html<br />NAPLAN enforces a sterile view of the curriculum that undermines the rich education represented by music, literature and the arts.Kevin Donnellyhttp://www.edstandards.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-86445950937822420312012-06-18T12:53:24.674+10:002012-06-18T12:53:24.674+10:00Steady Joe, according to some rubbery figures, the...Steady Joe, according to some rubbery figures, the average household income in Queens Park is a humble $1756 a week. That's only 91k a year, that's struggle street. True, that's up against the average for the rest of Australia of $1,027, but when you take out a cup of coffee a day, and private school fees, why it's struggle street. Anyway, that's for 2006 and it's been downhill all the way since then.<br />http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC11827&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401<br /><br />As for the school itself, all it's got by way of facilities is a synagogue, an auditorium, tennis courts, a gym, a cafeteria, a learning centre, a swimming pool, a couple of libraries, an assembly hall, an amphitheatre, basketball courts, computer labs, a performing arts centre, and an assortment of school, college, science, Jewish studies, arts, design & technology buildings, not to forget a music centre, and a "state-of-the-art" preschool. <br />http://www.moriah.nsw.edu.au/MC-Our-Facilities/default.aspx<br /><br />It's struggle street all the way ...<br /><br />And now they're proposing to put up a paywall to protect us from Paul Sheehan's thoughts. Because in Fairfax it's struggle street all the way ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62167092251552133352012-06-18T11:38:12.956+10:002012-06-18T11:38:12.956+10:00The best laugh from Sheehan's column was his a...The best laugh from Sheehan's column was his assertion that Moriah College, Queens Park is in a "modest, low socio-economic area". I've heard that some of the parents there can't even afford a nanny!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808416744757194189noreply@blogger.com