Gina Stepp
I loved the post, "You Don't Know Who You're Laughing At." Julia is a deep thinker who obviously cares about doing the "right" thing, in a world where "right" can be hard to define.
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Something is Wrong
http://sthingiswrong.blogspot.com/
Discussing what's killing our civilisation, one brain cell at a time. I cover human values, the education system, parenting and media influences.
- Author: juliaborsos
- Listed in: Education Society
- Tags: learning curriculum values mathematics education system human values
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Houses in Demand
House prices in the Western World (and Australia especially) are rising and many citizens of all classes are forced to rent out two or more rooms. In fact, charities are finding it difficult to provide aid as the number of homeless Australians begins...
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I think a lot of the Western Worlds' problems come down to simply not caring. Poor education, bad values, new-age parenting and media influences contribute to our obvious deevolution.-Julia Borsos, author of Something is WrongPost a CommentDon't miss...
Please Ignore Me, Teacher
You may be confused by the title of this post, "Please Ignore Me, Teacher". It is what goes through my head (and most like my friends') when I'm sitting in class with my arm aching in the air, waiting to be addressed by the teacher. One of the most e...
Three Warnings
What a ridiculously misleading quote. "Kids will be kids"? Well, I say: A bah humbug to you, too!In truth, this kids-will-be-kids attitude was taken up by schools not so long ago, which basically advise students to ignore the problem. It sometimes ev...
Time - what time?
I find that if there is something we lack more than money, it's time. Where does the time go? I'm fairly sure that a sudden loss of time comes down to stress and sleeping patterns. In my case, I get more done in the five hours of freedom I have after...
How to Land a Rich Guy?
This is a wake-up call for any parents considering sending their daughter to an all-girls school. If you want your daughter to be independent and to pursue a worthwhile career, you may appreciate a recap on what it is that they teach.Let's look at th...
Provocative and challenging. This is a powerful site. Australian educational institutions find themselves challenged by the same issues as those in the US. I suspect these ideas are relevant in nearly all industrialized countries whose kids are really learning on the net and via the satellite TV screen, yet whose teachers think they are running an industrial-age teaching factory with a monopoly on learning.
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