As truth is always the first casualty of war, so is education the first casualty of socialism. NZ kids started to fail at maths 40 years ago, and now these kids have joined National or Labour, NZ’s two main socialist political parties, and in the worst of two not very pleasant outcomes for the country,…
It’s never really been about what the left are in Western society today, its about what they are capable of becoming. Leftists who might read this and turn away should rather read on, because the reality is those who believe in the soft tyranny they impose today are going to be victimised exactly the same…
Charter schools, as championed by the ACT party, are an attempt to do something about the sorry state of education. They’re doing some good, but are still too hobbled by state legislation to be what they should be. The govt can close them down when it wants. That means if Labour ever returns to power…
Yesterday I pulled into a fuel station to fill up the truck with petrol and to fill two twenty litre fuel containers with diesel. Filled the truck and one of the containers and was half way through filling the second container when the station attendant turned up. She said “I’ll have to ask you to…
Whereas my fundamental belief is that the Human Rights Commission is a gross impediment in our quest to one day become a dignified and civilised nation, I did allow myself the faint hope that Susan Devoy had the common sense to perhaps ameliorate somewhat the commission’s destructive effects on NZ’s way of life. I no…
The rise in the costs of public education has only had one real effect and that is to increase the number of students who think socialism is a good idea. Govt funded schools are Progressive brainwashing centers, not educational facilities. (This chart refers to the US but most Western education systems follow the same destructive…
I’m really unhappy at the influence Communist China seems to wield over the National Govt. It is obvious China is gearing up for war or belligerent behaviour towards her South China Sea neighbours and Taiwan, and where do NZ politicians think any such conflict is going to leave NZ and The United States? There are…
The left win constantly because we do not confront them. Universities and many other academic institutions are the territory of the left and we need to take it from them. They have been left to hold that territory uncontested for far too long. The present day generation of politicians are not ever going to do…
Here is something that won’t surprise anyone who knows what’s really going on in the west. A University of Auckland emeritus professor, one Robert Beaglehole, is leading a massive assault on private property and free enterprise. When our universities should be the places that maintain and teach students the traditions that made our Western societies…
I know the education system is broken and beyond repair. The socialist treasonists running it keep saying otherwise. Schools are doing well, teachers are teaching brilliantly, and our kids come out educated beyond peer. All complete lies of course. An article in the Australian today (subscriber only) provides some real data that proves what the…
The liberal media can’t wait to make a heroine out of the poor 26 year old girl murdered by ISIS. In fact Mueller was an extreme left activist whose misguided beliefs put her life in jeopardy and eventually ended it. And you have to ask why a 26 year old girl from Arizona wasn’t at…
The Sydney Morning Herald reports- There were 751,790 students enrolled in NSW public schools in 2013 – only 1 per cent more than in 2004. Over the same period, non-government school enrolments grew from 360,403 to 394, 785 – almost a 10 per cent increase. This figure includes independent and Catholic schools. Public schools teach…
John Key’s Education Minister Hekia Parata is welcoming the release of plaques in our schools today, to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi. Strangely, there is no graphic of the plaques, so I don’t know what’s on them, but given this womans determination, along with John Key, to split this nation asunder…
Go and have a look at http://www.n4l.co.nz/ . Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye have spent $211 million to set it up and I have the feeling its going to end up costing us a lot more.Here’s the blurb- The government created Network for Learning (N4L) to build a managed network specifically designed…
In the spirit of National In Name Only, Jo is flat out giving other people’s money away on really worthwhile socialist initiatives. She’s got $1.9 million to unload, so what to do and where to spend? Decisions decisions…!! “The Community Development Scheme supports communities which are working to generate their own solutions to local issues,…
In the late 1970s, when I left school, about 5000 Kiwis were unemployed. From 1984, we adopted a market model to organise our economic lives. This involved the privatisation of government assets, the adoption of free trade and the freeing up of markets. The acquisition of money and material possessions became the holy grail of…
“Good” said David Farrar when the Destiny Church was denied government permission to run a charter school. OK, I said, what were the reasons? And guess what? Apparently none have been given. The Destiny Church when asked were told they could meet with board representatives. Apparently there’s some reluctance to put the reasons in writing…
Maybe 20 years ago, Lindsay Perigo said he was living in the age of bullshit. An accurate assessment of the culture of that time, but it has occurred to me over the last few weeks that things have deteriorated even from that low point and we’re now living in a time politically characterised by an…
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