For example, many Americans would be outraged to learn that scripture is being taught in Australian Public Schools. I personally find this highly offensive, and it makes me long for a US style constitution that guarantees separation of church (blech) and State. If you find it offensive, you may elect for your child to not attend the scripture session (this is actually very common).
I attended public schools in Australia for my whole school career and while I agree there's plenty of teachers who are lazy or plain not interested in what they teach, I've come across lots of teachers that care deeply for their given subjects and pupils. My wife is one of them.
Just look at the teacher rating sites - for every teacher with a bad review there's generally another teacher with a good one.
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I attended public schools in Australia for my whole school career and while I agree there's plenty of teachers who are lazy or plain not interested in what they teach, I've come across lots of teachers that care deeply for their given subjects and pupils. My wife is one of them.
Just look at the teacher rating sites - for every teacher with a bad review there's generally another teacher with a good one.
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