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by a different guest
Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:37 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: more 'happiness' at SES children's schools
Replies: 7
Views: 15163

Does anyone know if Claire Halliday has a link with the SOP?

If so, Media Watch would sure be interested - the article sounds almost advertorial!
by a different guest
Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:36 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Moving schools - taking a child out of St James
Replies: 185
Views: 254635

Jack Boot Sam strikes again I see.

Sam - do you recall at all there are two parents here who both feel the SES day schools have damaged their children? And those two parents are in contact with other parents who feel the same.

Yes, damaged kids is such a laughing matter.
by a different guest
Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:53 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: more 'happiness' at SES children's schools
Replies: 7
Views: 15163

Quote: Erasmus headmaster Jonathan Tickner says the school's traditional teaching methods involve an emphasis on order and structure, with subjects such as spelling, history, geography and maths being taught separately, rather than today's tendency to roll many aspects of study into one unidentifie...
by a different guest
Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:27 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: more 'happiness' at SES children's schools
Replies: 7
Views: 15163

more 'happiness' at SES children's schools

I was sent this link to an article in the Education section of The Age - the leading broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne. Note the last 2 pars. http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/quiet-please-learning-in-progress/2006/06/09/1149815312672.html Quiet please, learning in progress An ancient phi...
by a different guest
Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:20 am
Forum: Cults and religious organisations generally
Topic: Cult-like similarities
Replies: 9
Views: 21076

physical mortification.......REALLY?


Is that like a spanking???? In which case I can see McLaren really going for it! LOL

"Oooooh a spanking, a spanking"

Oh where would we be without Python?
by a different guest
Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:01 pm
Forum: The Australian and NZ schools
Topic: The Melbourne School
Replies: 208
Views: 362485

as evidenced, the possibility of me coming off as "arrogant/condescending/flippant" is all too real when I don't share your experience Cultural differences bella. Happens all the time on the net unless we get REALLY boring and speak (type) american standard english. But hey, who wants that?? Give M...
by a different guest
Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:54 pm
Forum: The Australian and NZ schools
Topic: The Melbourne School
Replies: 208
Views: 362485

MM - just to clear things up, my interest in the primary schools does not stem from having sent my own kids to one - my concern is about my SOP/SES relative's kids going to one. And I think you misintepretated Bella's comment - I just took it to mean she was bowing out of the conversation (but perha...
by a different guest
Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:29 am
Forum: The Australian and NZ schools
Topic: The Melbourne School
Replies: 208
Views: 362485

The above ?rhetoric?, when spun to prospective parents, successfully defuses any initial concerns that parents? have whilst visiting the school, a comforting notion that your child will be treated with care and love, especially in the light of disciplinary action. Security is so important at primar...
by a different guest
Tue May 30, 2006 11:15 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: The next step: we need to act!
Replies: 40
Views: 61445

I wish you luck with your legal action ssj. If courst rules allow - can you keep us posted re progress?

and would you like a tim tam? :)
by a different guest
Sat May 27, 2006 1:25 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: The next step: we need to act!
Replies: 40
Views: 61445

The plan is proper legal action. Well why the secrecy? And exclusion of people? Meanwhile "Plan b" is growing in momentum - thousands of PMs are going about the board regarding cup cakes and tim tams (damn you BD for mentioning the fudge-centred ones - we now have more people than we know what to d...
by a different guest
Sat May 27, 2006 6:16 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: The next step: we need to act!
Replies: 40
Views: 61445

Free Thinker wrote:I'm in ADG. My version of the plan includes cupcakes,


OK - and I've got the tim tams covered

But I think we should discuss what sort by PM.
by a different guest
Fri May 26, 2006 11:17 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: The next step: we need to act!
Replies: 40
Views: 61445

I don't know about a 'plan' either.

Perhaps us out of the plan could start our own plan, and make mysterious posts about it? :D
by a different guest
Fri May 26, 2006 11:15 pm
Forum: The Australian and NZ schools
Topic: The Melbourne School
Replies: 208
Views: 362485

It's a direct quote from S.Saraswati, in response to a direct question about parenting some years ago. It sounds like some of your fellow parents took the ball and ran with it in the wrong direction, or maybe they were just given a squidgy, amorphous ball. And what does S.Saraswati know about child...
by a different guest
Thu May 25, 2006 1:51 am
Forum: The Australian and NZ schools
Topic: The Melbourne School
Replies: 208
Views: 362485

Sugarloaf, I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help. I'm Australian, so talking about an Aussie branch, not the SES proper. But Bella - it doens't look that much different from what the australian schools say Drawing on the great philosophic ideas of both east and west, past and present, this cours...
by a different guest
Mon May 22, 2006 10:29 pm
Forum: The Australian and NZ schools
Topic: The Melbourne School
Replies: 208
Views: 362485

Bella - just on the "wicked" thing - it is very wrong to tell a child they are wicked, but do you agree it is a different matter to say that a behaviour is wicked?

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