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Ben Hughes
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"And I also disagree with its close cousin: "Something needs to be done...this is something...therefore it needs to be done.""
I agree with your disagreement (see previous my post).
"Is it just religious education's tenuous place within the school system holding your kids back?"
I don't know much about Australian politics but from the bits I have heard, it seems quite exciting at the moment. A new PM, a commitment to tackle climate change and a fresh approach to Iraq.
In terms of my school, it has a lot holding it back including unsupportive parents, racist parents and, I feel, some people willing to be stuck in the dark ages in terms of the importance of multi-culturalism and education. At the risk of getting into trouble, click on the following link to see what happened last week. It's not as bad as the papers like to make out of course but sometimes sitting someone down in a classroom and getting them to write in a book isn't as easy as it sounds!
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