27 March 2009 7:28 p.m. Dear Everyone, I’ve pasted below a news article that exemplifies many of the vast multitude of things wrong with the state’s schooling institutions. I’m letting off a bit of steam because I am so angry at this rotten system that systematically practises institutionalised child abuse…
Tag: Children’s Commissioner
School Bullying Expected Outcome of Social Agenda
MEDIA RELEASE 16 March 2009 School Bullying Expected Outcome of Social Agenda Family First NZ says that concerns about school bullying are a simple result of the culture we have experimented with, which includes children’s rights, media standards, undermining the role of parents, and removing consequences. “Why are we surprised…
Bullies turn to hi-tech torment
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/2264207/Bullies-turn-to-hi-tech-torment Cellphones and the internet now mean bullied school pupils often get “no respite”, the children’s commissioner says. “While parents may have been on the receiving end of a small group of bullies in their days at school, their children are potentially exposed to hundreds or thousands of bullies via…
Hardcore truants by the thousand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4798639a11.html Hardcore truants by the thousand By LANE NICHOLS – The Dominion Post | Saturday, 20 December 2008 Thousands of the most at-risk children are still missing from classrooms, forcing education officials to act as detectives hunting long-term truants. Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft said the “unexploded time bombs”…