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History, curriculum, curriculum history, books, writing. PhD student researching gender, historical consciousness, and the history curriculum in Australia. Passionate about rural equity. She/her. 🏳️🌈 My words and thoughts are my own.
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Gosh that is bleak but also somehow less bleak than looking at any media outlet before bed so... Winning?
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OMG this would have been the best name
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This makes me so sad, but I also wonder how much of it is connected to the numbers of adults these kids see reading for enjoyment. If the adults around them aren't joyful about books and readings, it tracks that kids would see it as a means to an end rather than an end in itself.
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This is amazing!!! No embarrassment - only pride - you have done such an awesome job of something so detailed. I could never.
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They hate that she's using her profile and influence to advocate for others without any actual benefit (and quite a bit of harm) to herself, so they attack it and try to find ways that actually she's doing it for herself. The vitriol directed towards her is completely absurd.
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And the idea that the DfE thinks *teachers* should use generative AI which has been built using *stolen* copyrighted material to create images/text makes my blood boil. That's literally justifying theft to our children. We're meant to be trustworthy and honest!
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I think about that book so often, and it has been ages since I read it. A truly gripping read
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We're on the same page there. I've got one that wants to be a vet (very big math struggler but trying not to rain on her parade yet), anything to do with animal care or a writer, the other wants to be an artist. They can live with me forever if they want. As long as they're OK I don't mind.
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This is appalling. It's so clearly intentional.
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It's pretty fascinating how all controlling the ATAR still does seem to be in school culture and the media, despite it being just one small part of the pathway towards tertiary now. It's like it's so embedded in the cultural psyche that it can't fall away.
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I want my kids to feel safe at school to be themselves and feel considered and cared about. For me, the goal right now is simply to feel OK enough to go and have social contact with their peers. To feel a sense of belonging. To find their passions. Bc that's what will serve them now and in future.
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As someone who can WFH and has had massive issues with school refusal I can totally understand this. But I think it's also shown me that so much of what they do doesn't matter to them or at all, and they know it. It's just the way things are done. It's hard to reckon with.
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I totally agree. I think there's also a lot of "everyone agrees with this" commentary without acknowledging that actually education has different purposes for different people. There's probably some threads that are universal but it's not as black and white as is often painted
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My leftwing model is: no undergraduate business schools. Zero out those budgets, distribute to liberal arts, then see what happens.
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That's definitely where the big wins are!! I'm also finding them right after the days where I have let myself slack and the motivation is low but I pull my socks up and get back into it ... It's hard going sometimes. Good on you for sticking with it!
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Probably not that relevant to what you're saying here... But it made me think of it. I think without conversations about the purpose of schooling and education, none of the conversations about how we teach can ever really be as rigorous as they need to be