26 Jul
2012
26 Jul
'12
7:43 a.m.
Quoting Russell Coker (russell@coker.com.au):
I haven't been following the situation much in Australia. Is it becoming like the US where the pressure to cram for frequent tests uses up all the available time and prevents teaching anything else?
Does it really, now? I might be out of date on this subject, having been born back when Robert Menzies was Australia's PM, then attended a hick high school[1] and an obscure college[2], but I distinctly recall theses and major projects but no 'cramming for frequent tests'. FWIW, one's real education was in the library, as usual. [1] http://www.menloschool.org/ [2] http://www.princeton.edu/