Researcher & Senior Lecturer #psychoanalysis #sociology #publichealth #climatecrisis #inequality ACC reform, Boxing/Thai. This is solely my personal account.
Apr 1 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Seymour claimed 150,000 more kids attending school regularly. John Gerritsen @RNZeducation checked the math. Actual number: ~135,000. But even that's misleading. The school roll grew so ~65,000 of the "improvement" is just more kids existing. But wait, there's (a lot) more 🧵
2/ It gets worse. Seymour's baseline is Term 4 2022 (48.7%). He calls it the low point. It wasn't. It was the BEST term of the worst year. Term 2 2022 was 39.6%. He picked the comparison that makes the gap look biggest. Classic cherry-pick.
Mar 3, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Possibly controversial thread: We need to talk about New Zealand schools and #covid. I am well aware that going to #school is really important for lots of kids and their families, for all sorts of reasons. 1/
I am also well aware that there is a lot of pressure to attend school, again for all sorts of reasons. But at the moment, school may not be a safe place for your kids 2/
