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Thread: Is teaching a decent job in your country?
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[quote=DODGER,321316]“We recently removed the Howard government which was responsible for the Federal funding: this government was against government expenditure in education and health and sought to have citizens choose 'private'. he was successful as people chose these options with the decline of the public system.” Paul, people chose the private school option because it was a better product. It was also cheaper as per head is spent on children going to private schools than on those attending public schools. State governments in Australia are responsible for the majority of the funding for the public school system as you would know. The NSW Labour government have been inept over the past number of years to say the least, selling off valuable school; assets to friends of the party. The weakness in the Public system IMO is that they are not allowed or able to accumulate assets or receive private donations or at this time pick and choose their staff. This last point is possibly the result of their own very left leaning unions decisions who have also been responsible for not wanting their member results judged, leading to good teachers getting the same salaries as the poorer performing ones. Private schools on the other hand are able to do all of the above and are able to pick and choose the best staff and pay salaries to attract the best. The large majority of parents that choose the private school system are not rich. They make sacrifices that some seem to think the government should be paying for. My youngest son is now enjoying his last year at a Sydney boarding school and has had a wonderful experience. One that will stay with him for the rest of his life. The Staff have been nothing short of unbelievable and have my deepest respect for the contribution that they have made in regards to this. Dodger. [/quote]
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