Christine Smith Warning Long read: 1850 words Our last child graduated this week with a Bachelor of Science. Her major was zoology and her minor in classics. Once again, the sense of satisfaction, pride and, with her, the finality. The years of preparation, applying for and being admitted, the plying
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants www.innovativeeducation.co.nz A huge trend in the Western world is families turning to home schooling for their children. In the US: It’s not just white families who are moving to home schooling; 9.7 per cent of white families have pulled out
How absolutely stupid that covid mandates still apply to a job like this. No wonder the education system is such a mess. Principal Advisor – Secondary Transitions Ministry of Education […] Mohou ake – About you The Principal Advisor Secondary Transitions will have extensive experience and knowledge in education and/or leadership, and
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,
Paul Elias Alexander brownstone.org Dr Paul Alexander is an epidemiologist focusing on clinical epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, and research methodology. He has a masters in epidemiology from University of Toronto and a masters degree from Oxford University. We have published many rigorous and trustworthy high-quality evidence pieces across the last
Helen Houghton New Conservative Co-leader Tauranga candidate for the by-election New Conservative Co-leader Helen Houghton and the Tauranga candidate for the by-election is not surprised by the news today that there is a 177 % increase in the mental health of children and teenagers. “What I am surprised about is why,
Alwyn Poole www.innovativeeducation.co.nz www.mthobson.school.nz https://alwynpoole.substack.com/ I could not help following up by contrasting the brilliant freedom of speech masterpiece by Simon O’Connor (thebfd) with the oppressive perspectives of the Green Party. The Greens are not known for having any education
Is the “Disney Effect” the beginning of the end for corporate wokeness? The Mega-Mouse has lost tens of billions in value in the wake of devastating leaks about its plans to insert LGBQWTIA+ (or whatever the Alphabet People are saying these days) “representation” into all of its products for kiddies,
One of the most powerful tools of the Communists was denunciation. Survivors describe the process as “terrifying”. Imagine: mobs of your neighbours, co-workers, even friends and family, screaming abuse, spitting on you, beating you. Many were killed by the unhinged mobs. Whole populations lived in terror of denunciation: in communist
familyfirst.org.nz Last year, we were alerted to the fact that Pink Shirt Day (which uses an anti-bullying message as a massive cover-up for a pro-LGBT narrative) has quietly dropped its reference to being anti-bullying if you’re being bullied because of religion. So if you’re a student
In Australian prisons, paedophiles are known as “rock spiders”. It’s partly derived from a crass joke, but also from the analogy that paedophiles hide from the light, lurking out of sight. This is partly why the pernicious creep of sexualised ideological “grooming” in schools is done in as much
On 20 May, a Public Health Expert Blog, with authors including epidemiologist Michael Baker (a member of the NZ Ministry of Health’s pandemic advisory group), was published detailing an Action Plan for Schools to cater for ongoing Omicron cases. The group make a number of recommendations for “protection”. Specific
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The ram-raids on retail stores across the North Island are appalling and it is a result of a government that has sent a message loud and clear to New Zealanders that they’re soft on crime. Since 2017, gang
Kerry McDonald fee.org Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and host of the weekly LiberatED podcast. She is also the author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019), an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a regular Forbes
Groucho Marx once said that he’d never join a club that would accept him as one of its members. But, these days, plenty of people seem determined to crash their way into clubs that they don’t even want to be in. Why, for instance, would a gay couple
Well, here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: Stuff are right. Of course, stopped-clock-like, they’re only right one time. Because the implications of what they’re right about would drive most Stuff journalists screaming for the hills. First, the good. The very best thing about the
