Australian Politics Forum - Our schools are doing a great job

issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Our schools are doing a great job Reply #15 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:33pm This is real issue, and look at all the snide comments.
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Re: Our schools are doing a great job
Reply #16 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:44pm

cods wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:13pm:

...does anyone remember cuisenaire rods...

Never heard of them. I had to Google.

I am noticing more and more that literacy in Australia is disgraceful.

When my youngest was in school he was forever bringing home assignments on Aborigines and way too much politically correct mumbo jumbo.

I am all for kids learning about the Aborigines etc but there has to be a balance between a politically correct curriculum and the nuts and bolts of what they really need to succeed out in the real world ie the 3 r's.

Back to the basics is a necessity.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 150564 Gender:	Re: Our schools are doing a great job Reply #17 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:53pm Black Orchid wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:44pm: cods wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:13pm: ...does anyone remember cuisenaire rods... Never heard of them. I had to Google. I used them in the late '60s and early '70s, in QLD and WA. They were very popular.
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5824 Gender:	Re: Our schools are doing a great job Reply #18 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 2:06pm Not in my school
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Reply #19 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:26pm

cods wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 1:13pm:

another report...probably tellin gus what the last report said and the one before that..

its all words boges...look they chuck out theold.. never fails.. my grandson is 11 and doesnt know his tables....we used to chant the tables every morning....

it was how we learnt them...chuck it out old fashioned...does anyone remember cuisenaire rods...

for petes sakes Roll Eyes

...its toys for gods sakes... but I guess someone made a fortune.....

they muck around so much yet the old ways were best...up date is one thing but to chuck something out that wasnt broke.. seems pathetic to me... we are playing with the brains of the future..

We use to have tables races. kids would get in the aisles between the desks the teacher at the front would then spurt out 7n 8s, who ever answered first would take a step forward.

Some kids used to click there fingers as they answered as fast as they could, others would lean forward as they answered or hop on the spot, there was all sorts of body actions some were comical.

You won by reaching the front first and be rewarded with a redskin, or a banana or a choc mate or other.

At our primary school the Derwent color pencils were the hip thing to have, no matter who owned them they were considered cool.

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Our schools are doing a great job Reply #20 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:34pm how is it that kids are going to school longer but are coming out stupider??? stupid leftist soft touch schooling... why is it when the leftist get their way everything goes arseup???
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 150564 Gender:	Re: Our schools are doing a great job Reply #21 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:37pm President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:34pm: how is it that kids are going to school longer but are coming out stupider??? I heard that you liked third grade so much, that you did it twice. Is that right?
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5824 Gender:	Re: Our schools are doing a great job Reply #22 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:40pm I just heard on the news that 93% of businesses are suffering in one way or another from employee illiteracy.
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Reply #23 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:42pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:34pm:

how is it that kids are going to school longer but are coming out stupider???

stupid leftist soft touch schooling...

why is it when the leftist get their way everything goes arseup??? Angry

We had this bully in our class he would go around and hit other kids in the stomach while they were unaware it was coming.

The teacher caught him, at recess she made him stand at the door and as all the kids boys and girls walked to play time we had to hit him in the stomach.

The teacher was right there supervising and making sure no one tried to hit him as hard as they could, cause there were some in there who were looking for payback.

By the time half a dozen went out this kid was crying, must have hurt getting hit in the same spot by 20-25 kids.

Over the next few weeks this kid became the best mannered kid out of his class room.

Bully problem solved.

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Reply #24 - Jan 18^th, 2016 at 6:06pm

Ajax wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:42pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 18^th, 2016 at 5:34pm:

how is it that kids are going to school longer but are coming out stupider???

stupid leftist soft touch schooling...

why is it when the leftist get their way everything goes arseup??? Angry

We had this bully in our class he would go around and hit other kids in the stomach while they were unaware it was coming.

The teacher caught him, at recess she made him stand at the door and as all the kids boys and girls walked to play time we had to hit him in the stomach.

The teacher was right there supervising and making sure no one tried to hit him as hard as they could, cause there were some in there who were looking for payback.

By the time half a dozen went out this kid was crying, must have hurt getting hit in the same spot by 20-25 kids.

Over the next few weeks this kid became the best mannered kid out of his class room.

Bully problem solved.

They are preparing closet poms for a lifetime career in the service industry. Don't need literacy and numeracy because automation is taking care of that.

They just need enough nous to identify a buck and kowtow appropriately to the customer.

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