Teacher, leave them kids alone

[darkjudicator]

I'm torn on this one.

Yvonne Meyer scored an undisclosed payout from a Melbourne private school because her son made it to year five without being able to read and write properly - and so the school, she argued, breached the Trade Practices Act

Comments

[neurofern]

I heard this on the radio and I agree it's a load of BS, I don't see how any parent can let a child get to that stage without noticing.

In other news, were you at Granville station early this morning? 7:45ish? I swear I saw you, I even said hello!

[darkjudicator]

I was thinking to myself this morning "Was that Fern who nearly bowled me over? Couldn't have been..."

I didn't hear you - off in my own little world. Sorry for being so rude!

[neurofern]

I knew it! I was so certain it was you but Dan wouldn't believe me damnit.

What on earth were you doing there so early in the morning?

[darkjudicator]

Going to work, m'dear. I start work at 8 at a warehouse near Clyde station. :)

[unknownblogger]

Oh god, that's a worry.

This reminds me of those annoying Mathemagic Computer Tutor ads on the radio where the parents are painted as dimwits, all this complicated mathematics stuff that their kids are learning at school is just too hard for them ("fractions? that's like halves and thirds right?"), and if they buy the product then the computer will take care of their kids for them. Sadly this picture is all too true.

[anyamartinez]

That is a damn shame. How can you miss something so huge?