Opo 182 Report post Posted February 18, 2013 What's really going on in our schools? By Fiona Mackenzie If history has anything to teach us, it’s that we should never take anything for granted. We need to be vigilant in protecting what’s good about our society. New Zealand has so much to be proud of. We have led the world by ensuring equality of all citizens before the law, introducing universal male and female sufferage, and we’ve largely had great and integrated race relations. So when the Ministry of Education starts demanding that schools give people of one ethnic descent superior rights to all others, the hackles ought to be rising. We were forewarned when the Maori Party’s Pita Sharples (Associate Minister of Education in the National-lead Government) began talking about “cultural educationâ€. Little did we realise he intended systematic brainwashing of our young people in schools. The Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Update entitled “Treaty of Waitangi Principle†encapsulates this process. This edict was sent out last year after an Education Review Office report (2011) claimed that many schools were finding this “Principle†difficult to implement. Now their difficulty may be because this “Principle†is indefinable, let alone impractical, goes against the grain and all New Zealanders’ customary rights in our multi-cultural democracy - but that hurdle hasn’t stopped our radical bureaucracy. Our schools are being told: - The Treaty affords Maori a dual set of rights. - Schools must consult with the local Maori community about the school’s direction. - Te reo Maori should be promoted in school management (i.e. in day-to-day staff communication and admin), as well as teaching and learning. - All pupils need to learn Maori, gain knowledge and experience of important Maori concepts and customs, and understand and celebrate the place of Maori as tangata whenua. - Schools will learn to share power, control, and decision-making while validating the unique position of Maori and recognizing the contribution Maori make to education. And the Update provides useful examples of how other model schools successfully carry out their indoctrination......... Read full exposing article here > http://www.nzcpr.com/guest324.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turny 1,224 Report post Posted February 18, 2013 Alan DEMOCARTIC Kia Kaha Bro Turny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idolmite 2,560 Report post Posted February 18, 2013 Check out Oz - even many Maori are escaping the brain washing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Heap 481 Report post Posted February 18, 2013 "Systematic Brainwashing" This title could apply to anything our kids learn in school. How else do they learn their times tables if not by "systematic brainwashing". There's nothing wrong with what's being suggested by the M of Ed. The reality is that in schools with large Maori populations then they will get a say in decision making. In schools with few Maori they won't be so involved. Isn't that what is happening right now and I'm not reading about any conflict. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
