Like the best satire, Neel Kolhatkar’s Modern Educayshun cuts uncomfortably close to the truth. Modern “educayshun” is a wasteland of falling educational standards and out-of-control leftist indoctrination. The latter, of course, is directly responsible for the former. Which is the point: if Johnny can’t read, he
A popular rebuttal to the Klimate Kiddies is that they should walk the walk, give up their power-gobbling devices and stop riding mummy and daddy’s gas-guzzling 4WD to school. Another way these shrieking ninnies could put their money where their mouths are is to give up air-
Ok, if anyone can let me know quite how we got to this in our society, please let me know. Apparently, the internet is blowing up in response to an obnoxious little ten-year-old who refused to do her homework! It seems that poor wee Rhythm Pacheco from Utah
Education has been one of the most extraordinary victories for the Marxists’ Long March through the institutions. Universities have become a wasteland of leftist groupthink, where the only differences of opinion allowed are between left, far-left and communist. Those academics have in turn inculcated generations of teachers in a
As we endure the bratty antics of scowling ignoramus Greta Thunberg and her idiot parade of “climate-striking” infants, it’s easy to be fooled into thinking that the younger generation is going to hell in a handcart. That’s nothing new: oldies have been grumbling about the “youth of
On his blog, No Punches Pulled Bob Jones has published a letter sent to him by a friend who is a professor at Berkley. His friend reveals that his Dean has told him that the name of a Science award will have to be changed because the famous and respected
Alwyn Poole Baylight.co.nz On Saturday in Russell, we had the privilege of opening a remarkable Learning Centre to provide opportunities for school groups from across New Zealand and internationally, tertiary groups, corporate leadership retreats, church groups, families and even as a function centre for a wedding. Bay Light:
Alex Davis is a business executive and director of several companies in New Zealand and overseas. He explains what he believes is one of the root causes of the issues currently confronting the West. theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com As any number of graduation speeches formulaically tell you, the purpose of a
As the fetishisation of Greta Thunberg shows, authoritarians and ideologues are nothing if not political rockspiders. The Nazis had their Hitler Youth and League of German Girls, the Communists had their Komsomol and Young Pioneers. Now, the “rainbow” left exploit child drag queens and frightened children as their footsoldiers. Children
Universities are wastelands of left-wing groupthink populated with academics who willingly whore themselves to authoritarian regimes in Beijing and Riyadh, while stomping on free speech and denigrating the West. Worse, they’re also the playground of taxpayer-funded pen-pushers who neither teach nor research. What you see are
The Chinese communists’ relentless campaign to gain influence at all levels of Australia, from agriculture to government, has been labelled a Silent Invasion. Beijing’s most successful bridgehead may well be universities. Apparently besotted by both rivers of Yuan and the Marxist left’s undying loyalty to authoritarian regimes, Australia’
Only two weeks ago Canterbury University undertook NOT to censor its students’ comedy revue. “So it was reassuring to read of the university’s refusal to jump to the prune-faced demands that it suppress the irreverence and bad taste mockery that is a time-honoured celebration of student freedom
The e-mail below has been sent out by Massey University ahead of a feminist event to be held on their grounds called Feminism 2020. To their credit, they commit to freedom of speech, but they also smear the feminist group Speak Up 4 Women as “controversial” and spread the
In June 2019 Nikki Kaye, National’s spokesperson on education, reviewed Labour’s education promises and came up with 50 failed promises in education and only partial delivery on another 30 promises. Teacher Strikes and dropping NCEA results Promise: “Continue to work with sector unions to develop and strengthen career
New Plymouth traffic offenders must be loving the fact that the Taranaki town’s boys in blue have gone a bit soft. Not only are they being let off for clear traffic infringements, they are being given a bbq’d snag in bread lovingly prepared for them by the good
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other Democrat leaders nationwide announce that students can skip classes Friday (9/20/201) to join the global climate strike aimed at protesting man-made climate breakdown. Is this just a craven political move, at the expense of taxpayers and of student learning,
