Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Defeating false narrative with reason and logic Albert Park in Auckland is beautiful at this time of year. The students at the nearby universities are privileged to have such a treasure on their doorstep. It is a wonderful place to sit, to listen to music,
Going from bad to worse. The official start of the national polytech (Te Pukenga) merger was 01 January 2023. As Education Minister, Hipkins promised to take a good look at the dire situation last year as admin and costs ballooned and the new crown entity seemed to struggle to get
Family First familyfirst.org.nz This story highlights one of the many dangers resulting from gender ideology in schools. A traumatised girl of 13 says she dreads returning to school after being attacked by a boy in a gender-neutral toilet. She was left battered and bruised after he tried to
In an episode of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Dimitri the janitor at Caltech Physics Department effortlessly shows up “genius” Sheldon Cooper at the 29th Annual Physics Bowl. To the dumbfounded Sheldon, Dimitri explains that, “Here I am janitor. In former Soviet Union, I am physicist. Leningrad Politechnika.” For
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
Thomas Sowell, an American author, economist, social theorist wrote “Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.” That is so, so true, you could be excused for thinking it was written about New Zealand’s education system!
Even before the Covid pandemic hit, my son found himself doing his university degree online. Except that he wasn’t enrolled as an online student, he was an on-campus student. An ‘on-campus’ student who was lucky to have one hour a week on campus. One of the main reasons for
Lily the Pink The University of Otago wants discussion regarding its latest visual identity proposal. We believe The Big O concept is a winner. So much so, that it could become an umbrella theme to honour diverse aspects of university culture. “A place of many firsts.” Love it! For many
Some years ago, I worked in education support at a Year 11/12 school. I was shocked to hear teachers so often complaining of students who could barely read or write. Then I studied journalism at university — and was even more astonished to continually read other students’ work riddled with
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Thomas Sowell, the renowned American author, economist, and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, could have been describing New Zealand when he wrote, “Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination”. While
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
It’s a time-honoured tradition for oldies to look down on the Yoof of Today, but it’s rarely anything more than geriatric grousing. Most recently, it’s been the fashion for elderly Boomers to sneer at the “snowflake generation”, and especially their ovine obedience to “progressive” nostrums about everything,
In his excellent book Tombstone, Yang Jisheng relates what it was like to actually live through the monstrous crime of the Great Leap Forward. As an estimated 40 million of their fellow citizens starved to death, most Chinese had no idea it was even happening. How did the Mao regime
Mike Butler In a new book titled New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination? educator Roger Childs eviscerates what he calls “a deliberate, pre-meditated attempt at social engineering”. The push for a compulsory anti-colonist curriculum started in 2014 when pupils from Otorohanga College on a field trip were told
