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Australia: An education in elitism

Skinner sumitted ago via http://www.dailylife.com.au (Views: 114, Clicks: 4)  View Story

Christopher Scanlon -- The principal told us all about the school’s ‘position statement’ which had lots of phrases like ‘respect for cultures’, ‘celebrating diversity’, ‘community engagement’, ‘reaching every child’s potential’, ‘self reflection’, and ‘encouraging awareness’. In other words, it was catnip to lower middle class people like who us who’d reached the upper middle classes.

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