Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 10, 2024 16:14:43 GMT 12
Bruce Cotterill: ARE WE BETTER TOGETHER OR BETTER APART?
Can we be a bi-lingual nation? Of course. And besides, we already are. Like the couple at the airport, people should be able to choose the language they speak and the language they listen to.
Can we be one people once more? Of course. The vast majority of our families have faced extreme hardship in the last three generations. Does that mean we need to separate out those who have travelled that journey better or worse than others? Of course not.
Do we have some people who have had a more privileged start in life than others? Yes. Every society does. Do we have some people who have really had a rotten start in life and are genuine victims who need our help? Yes. Every society does. Are those people the majority? No.
But that’s just the way it is. It’s not anyone’s fault. And if history had a role to play in such inequities, it just makes it all the more important for that history to be accurately replayed to today’s learners.
As someone once said, “if you don’t learn from history, you’ll become history”….
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/02/bruce-cotterill-are-we-better-together.html
Can we be a bi-lingual nation? Of course. And besides, we already are. Like the couple at the airport, people should be able to choose the language they speak and the language they listen to.
Can we be one people once more? Of course. The vast majority of our families have faced extreme hardship in the last three generations. Does that mean we need to separate out those who have travelled that journey better or worse than others? Of course not.
Do we have some people who have had a more privileged start in life than others? Yes. Every society does. Do we have some people who have really had a rotten start in life and are genuine victims who need our help? Yes. Every society does. Are those people the majority? No.
But that’s just the way it is. It’s not anyone’s fault. And if history had a role to play in such inequities, it just makes it all the more important for that history to be accurately replayed to today’s learners.
As someone once said, “if you don’t learn from history, you’ll become history”….
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/02/bruce-cotterill-are-we-better-together.html