Try not to care about the opinions of people you don’t respect. She/her/witch.
Dec 9, 2021 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
I had a few hours off work today so for a coffee with a friend, sitting at a cafe with my very small, very cute dog in tow.
And something happened which reminded me of something else which happened the other day, so I’m going to turn both these stories into a short thread.
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B. The other day, I saw a tweep abuse a woman he didn’t know who happened to be walking home from work after dark in front of him.
They’d both got off a train, and as they walked along, she apparently displayed fear of him: kept looking behind her and then crossed the road.
Dec 9, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
On false balance in journalism - a thread.
I worked in advanced driver training for teenagers for 30 years. I’m also a qualified teacher of the deaf, so have some basic understanding of both statistics & language use. I’d like to point out how “telling both sides” is so wrong.
2. In my work over the years, I’ve heard many adults & teenagers tell me they drive better drunk & disagree with drink driving law. Others that being drunk is an advantage if you crash as your body is more relaxed. MANY. This is a COMMON driving myth that lots believe.
Dec 4, 2019 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Anyone who thinks Australia’s dismal record on education isn’t about money is in cloud-cuckoo land. Actually, I’ll rephrase that: there IS money, and perhaps it’s enough, but it’s expended in the wrong places.
A thread.
2. When some schools have swimming pools and huge manicured sports grounds while others fight to provide students with pencils and tissues, we have a problem. A huge problem. Schools are funded dreadfully with vastly disproportionate amounts going to wealthy private schools.
Oct 23, 2019 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
1. Okay, here’s a thread. Because I’m fed up. Yesterday I was interviewed by @abcadelaide about the St. Kevin’s schoolboys debacle. 5 minutes before the interview, I was advised they were also interviewing Kevin Donnelly - “for balance”.
2. Leaving aside whether an “Australian” columnist & author of a book decrying “political correctness” (which most of us call decent behaviour) is ever “balanced”, I’m annoyed at his dig at me during the broadcast. He said - in response to my assertion privileged white men are ..
