Posts by Max Call
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Thanks Tim Kong - I hope that the other teachers at my school will be like you :-)
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Should it be through taxation, fees, PPP's?
taxation, definitely.
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teacher recruitment and retention, training standards
maybe paying a decent salary would be a good start.
I imagine a lot of people would be put off from a career in teaching as it doesn't pay well.I am a new teacher (recently finished my Grad Dip) and will start on $41k next year. This is sigificantly less than what I got in my previous job. I am also anticipating it will be a 'harder' job (work, stress, responsibility etc). I am, however, lucky enough that due to my partners salary job satisfaction can come top of my list.
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What I would like to see;
1) resourcing for children with dyslexia (not currently recognised as a learning disability and as such no resources are allocated to specifically diagnose dyslexia and then help these children). I believe this would have a large impact on our 'long tail' of underachievers. Larger proportion of prison imates have dyslexia than the general population.
2) better resourcing and support for schools to deal with severe behavioural and emotional issues of students. Schools do not have the people and other resources to deal with what some students need and the other outside groups do not have the necessary resources to help the schools. These kids then leave schools not getting the help they need and are out of view of the 'system' - until they end up gettng the attention of the police and/or mental health professionals.
I could go on... however what i am trying to say is that there are so many opportunities not being taken to make a signficant positive difference in some childrens lives. And obviously making a significant positive difference in their lives benefits the whole community as well as the individual. I betcha its way more more cost-effective dealing with the issues when they're young than spending money building more prisons etc.
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Outside the butcher's shop, a metre-high mechanised Santa sings something unintelligible and swivels his hips in a constant, lonely roadside dance, like an old man on party pills*.
lol
I had a Regional Manager who had a very similar height and build to those dancing Santas - and he danced just like them. Now everytime I see one as I walk down the street it reminds me of him dancing at the staff Christmas party and I have to laugh. RM wasn't on party pills though he had definitely partaken in a few ales. -
I think David Haywood nomination of 'Coskriedictory' (and definition and examples) are the funniest thing I've read for ages
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I do get sick of the idea that "lifestyle" equates to running around in the bush and jumping off things:
somebody tell that to the Tauranga City Council. and all the oldies who voted them in.
Apparently a museum in a city of over 100,000 people is an unnecessary luxury.
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and then, to top it all off, they tell you that only Western women get morning sickness, so clearly, if you are experiencing it, it is YOUR FAULT.
My dad tried telling me that acupuncture being a cure for my morning sickness was 'all in my head'
I said I don't bloody care how it works, as long as it does work!
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At the risk of
pointing out the already obvious
I had morning sickness both pregnancies.
whole 9 months with the first.
2nd pregnancy it got so bad I couldn't even keep water down - the doctor said - 'lets try acupuncture - if this doesn't work we will have to hospitalise you'
It worked
in fact - i felt fantastic.
I had to return to the doctor every 2-3 days for 15 minute session.
It was free back then but I have been told (but don't know if it is true) that it is no longer funded. -
"Education and teacher training wouldn't work."
Why not?
because a large part of our assessment is actually based on our teaching practise (not written assignments)