Don't worry about it Mark. You have to consider the source. Randy is all
too
good at twisting what people say and adding unto what they say. He is ....
"Mark T" <moi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Diana" <newlifespromise@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Randy" <pulpitfire@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> ...
>>> I read an article, which I believe was written by Mark, in which he
>>> complained and whined to his government about the fact that he was
>>> unable to get a job as a teacher. I think he's just ticked off that
>>> people are home schooling, and that this is putting him out of
>>> business. But then again, with the way he's behaved towards home
>>> schoolers, he is probably the best advocate for home schooling.
>>>
>>
>> You don't know Mark and have no right to judge him this way. When did
God
>> die and leave you the world to judge?
>
>
> He's also wrong about what he writes. I wrote a submission to a
> government
> inquiry on mature age workers ... many years ago.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> " Inquiry Into Older Workers: VIEW FROM AN UNPERSON- A FACE IN THE
STREET"
>
> ......
> Summary of main points:
>
> I tell of my personal experiences as a mature aged unemployed unperson
and
> my views on unemployment including:
>
> . depersonalisation
>
> . social isolation and disruption
>
> . suicide and divorce amongst mature aged unemployed
>
> . lack of resources
>
> . lack of real jobs available
>
> . discrimination of various kinds
>
> . the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer
>
> . government prolefeed
>
> . Bosses from Hell
>
> . Mutual Obligation for the Australian Federal Government as described
in
> Article 23 of The Universal
>
> Declaration of Human Rights
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I also included the following poem segment by a famous Aussie - Henry
> Lawson.
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "Faces In The Street" - Henry Lawson, 1888)
>
> They lie, the men who tell us in a loud decisive tone
>
> That want is here a stranger, and that misery's unknown;
>
> ... I sorrow for the owners of those faces in the street. ...
>
> I wonder would the apathy of wealthy men endure
>
> Were all their windows level with the faces of the Poor?
>
> Ah! Mammon's slaves, your knees shall knock, your hearts in terror beat,
>
> When God demands a reason for the sorrows of the street,
>
> The wrong things and the bad things
>
> And the sad things that we meet
>
> In the filthy lane and alley, and the cruel, heartless street. ...
>
> (Lawson, 1984:48)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> My Bibliography used foir the submission included ............
>
>
>
> Allard, T., Agencies take fee and then desert jobless, in Sydney Morning
> Herald, Tuesday March
>
> 30, 1999. p. 7
>
> Apple, M. (1996). Cultural Politics and Education. New York: Teachers
> College Press.
>
> Bolles, R. (1998) What Colour Is Your Parachute? (Berkeley:Ten Speed
> Press)
>
> Borowski, A, Encel S & E Ozanne E (eds) (1997), Ageing and Social Policy
> in Australia
>
> (Cambridge University Press:Cambridge.)
>
> Brennan, K. (1996),The Unemployment Minefield: A Shattering Experience.
> Presented at the
>
> National Conference on Unemployment, Brisbane, June 13-15, 1996 at
> Queensland
>
> University of Technology, Carseldine Campus
>
> Carroll, B. (1977) Earning A Crust. (Sydney:Reed)
>
> Dattner, F. (1996) ****d truth: an open letter to the Australian working
> community
>
> (Sydney:Woodslane)
>
> Donnison, D. (1982) The Politics of Poverty (Oxford: Martin Robertson)
>
> Freire, P. (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. (New York: Herder & Herder)
>
> Heller, J. (1964) Catch-22 (London: Corgi)
>
> Holligworth, P. (1979) Australians in Poverty (Melbourne: Nelson)
>
> Kennedy, R. (1982) Australian Welfare History: Critical Essays (Sydney:
> MacMillan)
>
> Lawson, H. (1984) Faces in the Street (1888) in A Campfire Yarn:
Complete
> Works 1885
>
> - 1900 (Sydney:Lansdowne)
>
> Marginson, S. (1993). Education and public policy in Australia.
> (Melbourne: Cambridge
>
> University Press.)
>
> Marginson, S. (1992). Education as a branch of economics: The universal
> claims of economic
>
> rationalism. Melbourne Studies in Education.
>
> NSW Committee on Ageing. (1998). Never Too Late To Learn: A re****t on
> older people and
>
> lifelong learning. Sydney: NSW Govt.
>
> ²
>
> 21
>
> Orwell, G. (1989) Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter,
> Nineteen
>
> Eighty-Four. (London:Octopus)
>
> Pilger, J. (1998). Hidden Agendas. (London:Vintage)
>
> Thomson, D (1989), The welfare state and generation conflict: winners
and
> losers in P Johnson,
>
> C Conrad & D Thomson (eds), Workers versus pensioners: intergenerational
> justice in an
>
> ageing world, Centre for Economic Policy Research, (Manchester:
Manchester
> University
>
> Press)
>
> Tindall, M. (1997) Original Copy (Maitland: Birubi)
>
> Walker, A (ed.) 1996, The new generational contract: intergenerational
> relations, old age and
>
> welfare (London:UCL Press)
>
> Wansbrough, A.(1992), Unemployment: a re****t with proposals for policy
> principles and action
>
> by parishes and synod, Sydney: Uniting Church Board for Social
> Responsibility.
>
> Additional sources of material:
>
> . Employment Studies Centre, University of Newcastle
>
> . The Brotherhood of St Laurence
>
> . Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission
>
> . Australian Council of Social Service
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Of course, nothing above means anything to the ignorant uneducated
> fundamentalist, "Randy" <pulpitfire@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> --
> "We're Christians! We're not supposed to think!" Fanny Wype (****ist
Colony
> Of The Dead)
>
> "All things are probable. Try to believe." - Mark 17:1
> "Really! Try to believe even if it's bloody stupid and irrational." -
> Mark 17:2
> "Why? Because I said so, that's why! Don't ask questions. Just
> believe." - Mark 17:3
>
>
>
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