...hire more teachers since they're always complaining about that too, reducing class size and improving student-teacher rapport ...hire more non-religious counsellors
If students are to get moral guidance of any formal kind at school, I'd like it to be a discussion of various moral systems, both religious and philosophical, without any agenda of pushing them towards any particular one.
I haven't found good words to convey my disgust at this government proposal and have mostly expressed it so far in shudders and such.
I was just stunned mainly with it's stupidity. If they do finally get it to run, within a year or so scandals or what-have-you will force it to be abandoned anyway.
As it stands, the power of the Government to veto any chaplain selected by schools is worrying, moreso than funding chaplains in the first place. It may be unconstitutional. That’s the subject of some disagreement - our constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion and seperation of church and state is a tad weak; fortunately we haven’t seen it really tested.
As $20K doesn’t cover the cost of a full-time chaplain (maybe two days per week), I suspect that this will be primarily taken up by schools that already have some kind of religious pastoral support.
Howard writes that this is not an attempt to force feed religion and strictly speaking, that’s true. Instead, it is subsidising indoctrination. I don’t know why he thnks it’s necessary, doesn’t Hillsong do quite nicely without Government subsidies? Those who wish to indoctrinate the next generation should alter their tactics accordingly
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You're going to dinner with Mum and Dad and Todd and I tomorrow night, right? I should return your UV DVDs. Were there any others that I had? I thought UV was it.
At this point, all I know is that I am going to Parramatta station after work and will be collected. I suspect little brother has slightly more detail. I'm calling him tomorrow when the stupid phone has finished recharging *rolls eyes*
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...hire more non-religious counsellors
If students are to get moral guidance of any formal kind at school, I'd like it to be a discussion of various moral systems, both religious and philosophical, without any agenda of pushing them towards any particular one.
I haven't found good words to convey my disgust at this government proposal and have mostly expressed it so far in shudders and such.
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As $20K doesn’t cover the cost of a full-time chaplain (maybe two days per week), I suspect that this will be primarily taken up by schools that already have some kind of religious pastoral support.
Howard writes that this is not an attempt to force feed religion and strictly speaking, that’s true. Instead, it is subsidising indoctrination. I don’t know why he thnks it’s necessary, doesn’t Hillsong do quite nicely without Government subsidies? Those who wish to indoctrinate the next generation should alter their tactics accordingly ( ... )
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You're going to dinner with Mum and Dad and Todd and I tomorrow night, right? I should return your UV DVDs. Were there any others that I had? I thought UV was it.
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Ummm...what are the details of the going out?
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That's explains that...pity I need to make plans tonight for tomorrow :P
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