@halfgweilo wrote:
My, we are being prejudice today. Our government wants them here, for financial gains. Our teachers begs them to come here so they can have a job. There was no arrests so what harm was done. Let them let off a bit of helium? They were not pulled out of 'primary schools' to attend rallies by their parents. Freedom of speech?
I think violent protests by foreigners about stuff overseas should be taken overseas. If they feel that strongly, fly over.
Mind you, university students are often at a volatile age.
Just a general note though about foreigners generally. I don't know of any teacher who is 'begging' for them to come here. Certainly not primary school teachers anyway. It can be pretty difficult coping with classes where 3/4 of them don't have English as a first language. And once they have been here 18 months or so, their NAPLAN results count & schools are held accountable if the students are not up to the national average.
Quite a few of the kids from African backgrounds are what i would call broken. Violent, aggressive, seen too much. Not all by any means. But several I taught or know of are now dead or in jail.
Beg for more? I don't think so.
I think the gov't should slow down, let things settle a bit, give services a chance to catch up with the population we already have.
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