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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> General Board >> Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1426736663 Message started by Svengali on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 1:44pm

Title: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by Svengali on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 1:44pm

According to the Minister for education.

That statement says it all. It appears that Australia has been enabling teachers with inadequate literacy and numeracy skills. That is a disgrace!

Is it already too late?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/low-skilled-teachers-a-crime-says-christopher-pyne/story-fn59nlz9-1227257579502

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“Those that don’t have an initial teaching course program that teaches initial teachers reading and writing and numeracy, and how to identify children with learning disabilities, will not be accredited,” he said. “No teacher will be graduating from university if they can’t read and write themselves adequately.

“It is a crime we have been graduating young teachers in that position.”

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by bogarde73 on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 2:45pm

You've only just found out about this? You must either be very young, in which case it's understandable, or have been asleep for the last 40 years.

The last generation of teachers for whom literacy was a sine qua non are just retiring now. This is not to say that many young teachers are not competent today, but it is despite their education & training, not because of it.

If a high proportion of teachers cannot communicate accurately, which includes correct spelling and grammar, it follows that they will have difficulty passing on information.

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by greggerypeccary on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 3:25pm

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by greggerypeccary on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 3:26pm

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by greggerypeccary on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 3:28pm

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by Team Froggie on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:24pm

Which brings me to the 'Possessive Apostrophe'.

Who was the lazy mongrel teacher that couldn't even be bothered to read his own text books?

When I left school, early '60s, it was known as the Principals' Office.
Now it's the Principal's Office.

Take the Sailors' Home in The Rocks, Sydney, built in 1865.

Quote:

Sailors' Home Sydney is a building once used by seaman and later as a prison in Sydney, Australia. Sailors used the home until 1980, but the building now houses Sailor's Thai Restaurant.

The building's 150th anniversary is to be celebrated by the committee established to build and operate the home in Sydney.

Even Wiki......shakes head.

And don't get me started on meters-squared and square metres symbols used today......

:D :D :D

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by innocentbystander. on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:30pm

Spellcheck and calculators have made teachers redundant, now they have nothing better to do than indoctrinate students into being left wing drones.

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by The Grappler on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:47pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 3:28pm:

Eny Won kan sppel taht!

Should read"Taechars!" How dumb can you get?

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by Culture Warrior on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 6:20pm

Lobo wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:24pm:

There's no issue here, unless, of course, there was only one principal using the office in the 1960s and multiple uses of the office now.

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by Copper-toned-stunt on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 6:27pm

innocentbystander. wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:30pm:

Spellcheck and calculators have made teachers redundant, now they have nothing better to do than indoctrinate students into being left wing drones.

(..whereas in reality they are simply teaching kids to automatically roll their eyes at real-estate pwning franchise shills just as the private school kiddies are taught at home !)

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by Team Froggie on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 8:34pm

Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 6:20pm:

Lobo wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:24pm:

There's no issue here, unless, of course, there was only one principal using the office in the 1960s and multiple uses of the office now.

Quote:

Take the Sailors' Home in The Rocks, Sydney, built in 1865.

And there was more than one sailor called this building 'home'.

:)

Title: Re: Teachers that can't read/write will not graduate
Post by Svengali on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 9:36pm

innocentbystander. wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:30pm:

Spellcheck and calculators have made teachers redundant, now they have nothing better to do than indoctrinate students into being left wing drones.

You are obviously an early dropout.