The morning after
Oct. 9th, 2004 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
melwil1. I just can't believe it.
2. If you could vote and didn't, I'm disgusted. It's the only real price we pay to be Australian citizens.
3. A lot of people are trying to make themselves feel better by saying that it won't affect them directly. That's fine. But I can't do that.
When I decided on teaching, I knew that teacher's lives were affected by Governments, especially in the State School system. I didn't realise, though, just how much of a political football we would be.
In order to get funding for a school, teachers will now have to enforce patriotism. In order to keep our jobs, we have to get children through standardised tests every year from grade 2. We will move away from marking where we can tell parents what their children are really doing, to marking where we use A, B, C, D and E - because that's all parents can understand.
And once we get the funding, the way it's used will be decided by a minority of parents on the Parents and Citizens committees. Because they obviously know more about the best way to teach than teachers.
4. There are other things to say, but I'm depressed now
5. You can look at my new blog on your friends list -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
busynimportant
2. If you could vote and didn't, I'm disgusted. It's the only real price we pay to be Australian citizens.
3. A lot of people are trying to make themselves feel better by saying that it won't affect them directly. That's fine. But I can't do that.
When I decided on teaching, I knew that teacher's lives were affected by Governments, especially in the State School system. I didn't realise, though, just how much of a political football we would be.
In order to get funding for a school, teachers will now have to enforce patriotism. In order to keep our jobs, we have to get children through standardised tests every year from grade 2. We will move away from marking where we can tell parents what their children are really doing, to marking where we use A, B, C, D and E - because that's all parents can understand.
And once we get the funding, the way it's used will be decided by a minority of parents on the Parents and Citizens committees. Because they obviously know more about the best way to teach than teachers.
4. There are other things to say, but I'm depressed now
5. You can look at my new blog on your friends list -
busynimportant