tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post115579977403060184..comments2023-10-29T21:28:41.709+10:30Comments on Pavlov's Cat: It's Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth, JulieKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1156131004022950512006-08-21T13:00:00.000+09:302006-08-21T13:00:00.000+09:30If history is not politics, what does she think of...If history is not politics, what does she think of schools where history is taught as part of English? <BR/><BR/>Most of my classmates only learnt about the second world war through reading Holocaust memoirs in year 8, and watching Schindler's List in year 12. Most of what I know about nineteenth century England comes from studying Austen & Dickens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155876043409088452006-08-18T14:10:00.000+09:302006-08-18T14:10:00.000+09:30It's all that fine practice our leaders get in Not...It's all that fine practice our leaders get in Not-Reading (see also AWB contracts) which stands them in such good stead in this sort of situation.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155856536122430782006-08-18T08:45:00.000+09:302006-08-18T08:45:00.000+09:30Issues like these open up some interesting fissure...Issues like these open up some interesting fissures on the Right, don't they? If the economic neoliberals had their way and the school system was nearly-completely privatised (as per the <A HREF="http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/friedman.html" REL="nofollow">Friedman</A> model), history--ancient or modern--would likely disappear from many school curricula altogether.<BR/><BR/>"Choice," and all that.Arthur_Vandelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659697967914477025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155820313524299402006-08-17T22:41:00.000+09:302006-08-17T22:41:00.000+09:30tigtog, I can SO see where you are going with that...tigtog, I can SO see where you are going with that. <BR/><BR/>It's wonderful being told how we should teach history and lit from those who have never encountered either at any depth in their life. Roll on the next election.Georg Hibberdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042823932172668960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155810039859841502006-08-17T19:50:00.000+09:302006-08-17T19:50:00.000+09:30P&P jumping up and biting conservatives on the ars...P&P jumping up and biting conservatives on the arse is a sketch I would like to see the Chaser boys do.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155803153032856432006-08-17T17:55:00.000+09:302006-08-17T17:55:00.000+09:30Heh.Heh.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com