why I am here

Not a philosophical question although maybe it should be. But we just had our first weekend of working with high school teachers who are going to rewrite Y11 and c12 courses for adult matriculation programmes. Academics had been critical of the courses and the teachers worked out that senior maths did not cover calculus, statistics and series and sequence among other assumed prerequisites. The language teachers also discovered glaring deficiencies.
These courses bring in about K2million per annum. So you would think its worth would be valued and that the university would do somersaults to ensure the integrity of the programme by looking after the people who are going to rewrite content and relevance deficient courses. Feeding them rice and red sausages on Saturday was an insult to them and an embarrassment to John who organised the weekend. Ferrying them home on the back of the red department ute was the ultimate in showing them what the university thought they were worth. I am disgusted. I am not withdrawing this one. I will be leaving at the end of the year. If AVI values its integrity it should look at what is happening in this institution. Meanwhile what happens to the poor citizens who are begging for education?