Very Courageous Prime Minister!

Originally posted by watso ↑

pauline hanson had the best solution - just get back to basics .

admittedly turnbul is useless on the matter - but never forget gillard's role in the fiasco .. watso should double check, but wasn't she the education minister somewhere along the way .. watso recalls her parroting on all about the "building the education revolution".. looks like all those new buildings did not do much to help education standards.

also from memory (and cannot be bothered checking) , gillard was probably behind gonski version one - one thing for sure she was pretty keen on NAPLAN .. that was her baby . some childless women opt for a puppy dog, but gillard opted for NAPLAN .

money money money - always the solution

for what it is worth, but watso used to teach year 11 and year 12 accounting - and bookkeeping for the dumbies . the dumbies were in the dumbie classes, because they were dumb .

even for the classes, where the students were brighter than the ones in the dumbie classes, there were still a lot of students that needed a lot of extra help - indeed watso still has a letter from one of the parents appreciating the extra help that watso gave their daughter .

(just tried to look for the letter - but lost somewhere in watso's chaotic filing system) .

one of the joys of teaching was the year 12 chickybabe, who was always waiting for watso for extra tuition as watso arrived at his main teaching room at 8am . she was a good student, but also had the hots for watso - and watso still has a letter from her .

for year 12 students who thought they needed extra help - watso did two extra after school classes each week .

and for those who say that teaching is a breeze - with all those holidays - maybe for some it is - but watso would be working till late at night, marking work, preparing lessons etc etc .

mmmm watso was hauled up to the principles office for the reports that he would write - and had to rewrite them .. for a long time, watso kept copies of the offending reports - but still recalls how he started one of them (just happened to be for the student, whose parents appreciated the extra help that watso gave their daughter - and they made the effort to see watso as well)

anyway - that report started off with "despite another resounding fail, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.... blah blah) .

even reports that passed the censor, could still make the students smile

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The teachers union manage to get more money spent on education from the Federal treasury via supporting Gillard!

Teachers and Nurses Unions dominate the ALP at State and Federal levels for one reason only.

To get more funds in their sectors (f#ck everything else)!

They've managed the politics that well that the Conservatives are now throwing cash at those sectors in record numbers to avoid bei g marked down by the voters!

Therefore more and more money gets thrown into those sectors with no productivity measures to be seen!

It can't go on like this!