tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post6989463080670957506..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-40677515698297234472011-02-02T23:39:59.520+11:002011-02-02T23:39:59.520+11:00It's just laziness, Victoria. Pyne doesn't...It's just laziness, Victoria. Pyne doesn't think history teaching is important. His magazine <i>Options</i> created the impression he was some sort of thinker, but this (and the Coalition Education policy going into the last election) puts paid to that.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-18608804067294861512011-02-02T18:12:32.397+11:002011-02-02T18:12:32.397+11:00Seriously, what is most upsetting about all this s...Seriously, what is most upsetting about all this stuff that the Coalition keep coming out with to the thinking person's dismay, is that they'll keep putting it out into The Australian, and journos like Patty and Harrison will be compelled to report it seriously by Editors like Chris Mitchell who is determined to skew the Nation's heart to black(as the strapline goes, The Australian is 'The Heart of the Nation'). As per the Opposition and the Opposition Organ's modus operandi, it will be followed up by so-called 'experts' in the field, probably in this instance by their go to Education shill, Kevin Donnelly, to reinforce and echo the meme. It will go on like a steady drumbeat, convincing people here and there, who get in the ears of their friends with the zeal of all new converts to a cause. Until it finally gets to the point of accepted wisdom.<br />That's how they roll. They don't care what you or I think. They just want the minds of our children.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850659738502789103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-44863366054338185042011-02-02T18:01:19.371+11:002011-02-02T18:01:19.371+11:00You could almost call Hissy Pyne's version, th...You could almost call Hissy Pyne's version, the 'White Chocolate' interpretation of History.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850659738502789103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-46896002820812847952011-02-02T00:11:18.168+11:002011-02-02T00:11:18.168+11:00Pandering to the base will only get you so far, Ch...Pandering to the base will only get you so far, Chrissy boy.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-72056069573127065932011-02-01T16:32:58.743+11:002011-02-01T16:32:58.743+11:00As someone who teaches history I can only hope tha...As someone who teaches history I can only hope that Christopher Pyne and his cronies are relegated to history very soon. They offer little of substance, clinging to outmoded ideas that contribute little to today's society. Do they wish to indoctrinate the youth of the future with anglosaxon history or provide a wealth of history that truly represents the many who now make up this multicultural society of ours. Are we to revel in our white Australia policy, our degrading treatment of others and service of Mother England? Or do we draw on the rich heritage of all the nations now represented here? History can encourage us all with fine examples and warn us of the dangers if we repeat mistakes.Dongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-23214207973324532822011-02-01T15:52:07.353+11:002011-02-01T15:52:07.353+11:00I thought this in yesterday's Crikey mailer wa...I thought this in yesterday's Crikey mailer was telling: <br /><br />http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/31/memo-to-pyne-youre-reading-the-wrong-history-curriculum/<br /><br />And in the comments: <br /><br />"I heard Pyne on Newsradio this morning, saying that it was important to study these bits of Western history because ‘Australia adopted the Westminster system and we fought the Civil War to establish the rights of Parliament.’<br /><br />To which his interviewer replied: 'Australians fought in the English Civil War?’"Seanhttp://onepointzerosixtwofive.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com