The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday November 15th, 2021
Ning-Nong Diplomacy, China and Paul Keating by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
Former Australian prime ministers tend to be less conspicuous
in public life than their counterparts in other countries.
Occasionally, they make an appearance at political functions and events
to remind us that they are still alive, their estate still breathing,
their lawyers still working. For the most part, the pronouncements are
less than profound, let alone relevant. But there are a few radiant
surprises. Malcolm Fraser was one, considered dour when prime minister
through the latter part of the 1970s and early 1980s, yet utterly
provocative on becoming an elder statesman. It was he, a Cold War
warrior so keen on keeping the US involved in the Asia-Pacific, who
became the firmest critic of the US-Australian alliance.
The Labor side of politics has Paul Keating, the last, dare one use
the word, visionary, in the prime ministerial pack. With his electoral
defeat in 1996 at the hands of the undistinguished, anti-Asian John
Howard, Australia returned, in large measure, to the reassuring
protections of the US military alliance. The Asia-Pacific region was
less one to accommodate than seek armour against. Ever risky, ever
dangerous, they remained the swarthy barbarians of alien tongues and
troublesome ambition. There were threats nearby and everywhere, and it
would require a lengthy alliance without qualifications to protect
Canberra
This sort of foolishness is yielding its grim results. Not a day goes
by that does not see Australian politicians sign themselves up to the
next suicidal conflict that might take place over Taiwan or over the
South China Sea. On November 10, Keating, at the Australian National
Press Club, was bursting to speak to the audience about his taking of
the geopolitical temperature. It was his modest effort to try to arrest
this seemingly imminent move.
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The clavicle #poem #art #artinstallation by Amir Khatib
“I play the clavicle,
There is no comparison or comparison
I roll the days,
the feathers of the wings,
As the eruption of the bone fits,
I do not guarantee homogeneity
does not match her gender,
The clavicle
Flea and it is another matter.”
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Advice to teachers by Joseph Gatt
My personal advice to teachers. The kind I haven’t seen anywhere else. Hope it helps.
-First one, big one: follow the textbook. Teaching any class in
primary, middle or high school without the textbook would be like
sitting at the dinner table without a meal. Those kids are gonna get all
excited and agitated.
So you want all your classes to follow the textbook. Don’t use the
textbook only for brain teasers or exercises. If possible, don’t teach
the chapters in disorder. Start with the first chapter, and finish with
the last.
Teach the lessons in the textbook, and then do the exercises.
Basically, teach whatever is in the textbook. Textbooks often have
visual aids that you could not use if you lectured.
This one may sound obvious, but so many teachers completely ditch the
textbook, or only use it for homework. If your students have their eyes
on the textbook, that should save a lot of discipline problems.
Avoid lecturing with your own personal notes (although you could ad
lib a bit and use your own side notes). Avoid using “online” sources.
Avoid “activism” as in teaching about racism or feminism or sexism or
violence, unless those are mentioned in the textbook.
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MikaGhostin’ 21#21 21#11 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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