Instil correct values from a young age
I wish to commend the Australian government for its latest campaign dealing with domestic violence and stopping it before it starts at a young age.
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I can relate to the part of the TV advertisement where the mother tells the young girl that the boy is acting abusively towards her because he “likes” her.
This was the same lie that was told to me when I was a student by a male teacher at secondary college.
A boy was being physically abusive towards me and when I complained I was told he was only doing it because he “liked” me.
I also worked at a school where a student threw a chicken nugget at my back and the principal did nothing.
What does this teach the student? It teaches them that this kind of behavior is acceptable and it doesn’t do the individual any good in the long run.
We don’t accept violent behavior in public. Why is it swept under the carpet at school an in the home?
It is a shame that some school principals are too gutless to do anything about abusive behavior amongst students.
The students of today are our future leaders. Let’s ensure we are instilling the correct values within them.
Angela Morrissey, Eaglehawk
Technical school proposal misses the point
I can’t believe our local politicians and government are serious about building another technical school in Bendigo, especially building it at La Trobe University.
After spending millions of dollars rebuilding all the secondary schools in Bendigo and closing one under Ron Lake’s reign as regional director for the supposedly wonderful Bendigo Education Plan. Private schools also underwent building programs from the stimulus funding from the federal government.
There is BTEC and TAFE and Bendigo Senior Secondary College for students to go to once they complete year 10.
I don’t believe there is a need for another technical school to be built in Bendigo, it’s just duplicating what is already in existence. What is required is to return a lot of these schools back to technical schools as they once were.
It would make more sense to allocate that funding to the existing schools that operate already from huge amounts of money spent in the last 10 years, to bolster their curriculum subjects and use the facilities to the maximum capacity.
It is reported that it will host students from existing colleges with a curriculum to reflect the city’s emerging economics. So we are going to rob Peter to pay Paul. How are these students going to be involved in the new school? Will they be there full-time or will they be transported from the other schools to the new school, which would appear to be a cost to someone most likely the students or parents.
Statements made that the school would have links to local Industry helping with job growth is nothing new.
This is already being done from the existing schools where students go out into industries on work experience and followed up by teachers to see how things are going.
The other comment I find intriguing that it will encourage students down to year 7. This could and should be done at all schools across the board, but unfortunately some school councils and principals decide what curriculum subjects will be taught.
When are our supposedly intelligent decision-makers going to realise and understand we still need skilled labourers, not all students are going or want to be academics – we must cater for all needs.
We need to get schools back to being technical schools and set curricula for all schools across the board instead of giving more power to people that don’t understand the realities and needs these students are going to have to face in life.