The chart is part of Michael’s Year 7 student report from the National Assessment Program. It arrived in the mail today from his former school at Kalgoorlie. In May this year, national literacy and numeracy assessments were administered to students across the country. While parents don’t receive actual test results, they do get to see [...]
Off to Mildura for soccer
My son Michael has been selected in the under 12 team to represent Western Border at the South Australian country soccer championships in Mildura this weekend. I’ve negotiated myself a lifetime position as his manager with a fee of 85 percent (after he haggled over my 90 percent bid). So I’m driving north to protect [...]
Children have a right to care
Sometimes it seems the older I get the more passionate I become about certain issues. That contradicts my general tendency to take things as they come. Not much surprises me any more. However, at the age of 41 I’m passionate about child protection. It bothers me that society turns a blind eye to child abuse. [...]
Daylight saving
Daylight saving starts in Western Australia this weekend. I'm ambivalent about it, but if given the chance to vote at a referendum I would currently be against it. The only positive from our point of view is that dawn will be one hour later at 5.30am instead of 4.30. The major downside is that our [...]
Bad news
Some people seem to think that newspapers delight in publishing bad news. As an editor I admit that bad news, tragedy and conflict often help to sell papers. That says something about human beings, I think, rather than newspapers. From a personal perspective I prefer to focus on the positive but unless you're colorblind or [...]
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