Heckler on Education
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Education cuts score a fail now and for the future
Heckler I HAVE drafted this missive many times, each time trying to form my anger into some kind of coherent shape. I have tried to be witty; I have tried to be even-handed; I have tried to be analytical.
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Waiting for some sense over weight
Heckler CHILDHOOD obesity is in the spotlight again, with Professor David Penington's suggestion that a child's weight be recorded on their primary school report.
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Life does go on after the HSC - truly
Heckler I CONSIDER myself an intelligent woman, and I'm all in favour of a challenge. I think education is important and learning is a wonderful thing.
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Emotions are at the forefront in schools
Heckler I'M WONDERING if I'll wear make-up to work on Tuesday. I realise it seems a little odd to be thinking about this already, but my colleagues , know exactly what I'm talking about.
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Taking trivial matters to the extreme
Heckler WHY DO some people take things so seriously? I'm not talking about taking things seriously that should be taken seriously, like crime, health, education and family.
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Time for licences to weed out the bores
Heckler ANYONE intending to speak in public, from weddings and other ceremonies to education and training forums, should be required to hold a licence.
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Give faceless marketers the slip
Heckler IT'S not easy getting myself and two girls ready to leave the house each morning by 7am. So, I usually back out of the front door with the keys already in the lock, because I have six bags balanced...
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Drop the marks, full stop
Heckler JUST imagine for a minute if you can a world without punctuation At school in the 70s we spent hours painstakingly inserting dots and squiggles and other odd symbols between perfectly sensible words...
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Bringing ex factor to politics
Heckler DON'T you hate it when your ex is right? Isn't it even worse when that ex is a retired politician?
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Doing the right thing
Heckler I can't understand the thinking behind the ''personal view'' of the NSW Liberal leader, Barry O'Farrell, opposing ethics classes as a complement to special religious education classes.
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I'm single ... and I vote
Heckler IF I hear that working families are under financial strain one more time …
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Boomer upsets the app-le cart
Heckler SO YET another Gen Y'er has a cheap shot at the fuddy-duddy baby boomers (''Generation Y bother'' - Heckler, July 7) who apparently have failed to grasp the significance of social media networks, the...
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Pedestrians walk the line on safety
Heckler I SIT at the lights, tension in my gut, aware of the limited opportunity to get through when my light turns green.
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Schoolies of another ilk
Heckler I'VE been looking for work in recent months. But I'm just on the wrong side of 40 and am finding the process unbelievably defeating.
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It's a disaster, get used to it
Heckler EVERY night, it seems, television news provides us with a new hailstorm, flood, drought or bushfire - another disaster.
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Unravelling a web of deceit
Heckler As one who has been fighting in the trenches of education for a while now, I'm here to warn you, there is no hope for the next generation.
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HSC is just a prelude to Schoolies
Heckler IT'S HSC exam time, and every frazzled year 12 parent knows what's next: Schoolies. This ''rite of passage'' to celebrate finishing school means, in true Australian tradition, partying big time.
