Posts by giovanni tiso
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As seen on the web
Think you can change the subject like it's your own blog or something? But yes, I'll second that endorsement.
A laundry pun!
I was going for hand wringing, but that works too.
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Doesn't sound very noble to me.
I didn't mean to suggest it was, but insofar as it shows a smidgen of concern for the welfare of the kids themselves, it's better than the actual reason.
The alternative - sticking kids that are 'difficult' or require 'too much work' in the corner and trying to ignore them, or not accepting them at all - shouldn't be allowed to happen.
It is, of course, illegal. But there are ways of getting the parents to actively seek another school: intimate that the special needs population at the school is too small, and therefore you don't have enough expertise; suggest that the school down the road does a much better job with children like yours; show how poorly resourced your special needs classroom is (by having one, you'll also imply you're not into mainstreaming). That sort of thing.
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And while I'm embarrased to admit it, Gio has a point.
That's what I call a wringing endorsement.
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largely I think because they feel they will be targets for bullying
Plenty of schools, public and private, turn away special needs kids, and I wish the reason was as (relatively) noble as the one you're suggesting.
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I can't see what's wrong with the bill. But I guess I'm not right-wing nor a politician, so what would I know.
I still think you're guilty of over-simplification here: the bill may be a fine bill for all I know, but one thing is to table it when the party is in government, quite another when the party is in opposition. I think it's fairer to compare the records on, in the case at hand, human rights and trade based on Labour in government vs. National in government, rather than arbitrarily resetting the clock as of last november.
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It was a race againt Craig there and I was always going to come second.
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8. National and ACT support slavery.
I mean that. There are millions of slaves in the world today, and if you refuse to take concrete actions to help stop it when you have the choice, you're supporting that.
This isn't so clear to me: how did Labour *not* have the choice? And besides, when the choice presented itself to ratify the UN convention on children, Labour chose not to.
More generally, given the commonalities between National and Labour when it comes to the imperatives of free trade, overlooking human rights issues in making a pact with China, etc., I would hesitate to climb on that particular high horse.
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But really, if they're hiding more skin, there's less to perve at. Damn you, new suits!
Oh, but now there is the tantalising prospect of the inevitable rips, and where they 're going to come from, as our friend Hadyn helpfully documented. I might take just take up watching swimming, whereas previously I found it so boring it made my eyes water.
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4.Times are tough where is money best spent, I know it is hard and I know it is tough but that what happens when the money tree ceases to work
Yes, better give money to private schools than provide for disabled kids. You're all class.
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Apologies if it's been pointed out already, but it was pretty selfless of David Garrett to deflect attention from Bennett by being an even bigger douche, wasn't it?