Posts by Jan Farr
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You may have nailed it there. I recall a story from the production of Pinocchio , about the difficulty of creating an insect character. The solution was "a little guy with no ears".
Whatever his strengths, fount-of-all-wisdom Roger has never given the impression of being a good listener.Thanks Joe. You've certainly improved on my metaphor. And to continue with Roger Douglas and metaphors, the only time I saw him in the flesh he was propping up a roulette table at the Christchurch casino. (I of course was merely a tourist, passing through.)
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I introduce Rudyard Kipling's "If" by showing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal reading the poem.
That nearly made me cry - and that's not easy for a dog.
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I can't think of anyone who thinks that's part of the purpose of the education system, consciously or subconsciously.
Ah - you have powers from the dark side!
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This behaviour is typical of high powered corporate players - quick firm decisions, don't give the opposition time to draw breath, act, and move on. Hesitation or consulting others risks losing your advantage.
Exactly Roger Douglas's tactics in the late 80s. I think he may the Jiminy cricket sitting on Key's shoulder. A Natty sort of conscience.
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vaguely re economy, ecology, nuclear war - Fran Wilde and Margaret Thatcher - my favourite Ronald Reagan quote is, 'I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.'
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I think the Nats are rushing all this stuff through to stop half the country rushing out onto the streets. We're all so mad about so many things we don't know which one to focus on first.
I suspect that the really dangerous thing for them will be their playing around with climate change. Even education pales when compared to the loss of the planet.
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James: the graph on page 4 of this document
Can you do that link again - it just comes straight back to the blog - as does Russell's link to the Education National Standards Amendment Bill.
(quoting myself)
Oh dear. They were PDF files. Technologically I seem to be a National voter.
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if anyone can provide advice on which offices in Parliament I should write to, I would be grateful to receive it.
Try your union first. Writing personally to your bosses might make you rather vulnerable.
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James: the graph on page 4 of this document
Can you do that link again - it just comes straight back to the blog - as does Russell's link to the Education National Standards Amendment Bill.
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Handover Finance.
Nice. Hand over fist I'd say.