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@mloreason wrote:
Yes they did bushiesgirl. Itchy and cold. lol
No it wasn't me. I find it much better to leave discriminatory posts up where everyone can see them and who made the comments.
If you care to trawl through the 1500 odd previous posts I have made, you may be surprised to learn that both myself and other family members have a long history of working in both the education and health sectors. This currently includes two teachers who specialise in working in remote indigenous communities, another teacher who chooses to work in one of the most economically disadvantaged schools in Australia and another education professional who has served the industry for many years as the president of his respective state teachers union.
As noted in previous posts, my sister works in the field of indigenous health, having in the past run shelters for abused indigenous woman and until recently retiring, was a regional director and policy adviser to government on indigenous women's health.
My teenage daughter has recently completed an exchange programme with a remote indigenous school as part of her desire to become a teacher specialising in indigenous education..
As noted in previous posts, I have also spent around a decade working in various roles in the education sector. One of my duties was to act as the equal opportunities representative on assessment panels for applicants for positions of promotion and career advancement. Through this position, I had the pleasure to meet some very talented, dedicated teaching professionals who would go on to be an inspiration to students and co-workers. Unfortunately I also saw " the others " . Tired, bigoted, arrogant old fools who believed a teachers degree somehow made them superior to everyone else.
It goes without saying that these teachers never advanced very far in the schools that I worked with, often retiring early or moving on to other locations.
What has all of this got to do with the Trump victory. Social justice issues played an important role in Trump finding a constituency and ultimately gaining presidency. The gap between rich and poor in America is widening as it is here in Australia. There are many highly intelligent, capable, passionate individuals who will never have the opportunity to gain an education or professional career, simply through accident of birth.
Being born into a socially disadvantaged community or ethnic minority should not be reason for discrimination by those within the professions. The condescending, arrogant comments of some within the Clinton camp including the now famous " basket of deplorables" quip played an important role in rallying suppressed minorities into attending the polling booths and voting for Trump.
We are seeing a similar attitude here in Australia. The rather unfortunate recent comments of some posters to these boards not only show discrimination, ignorance and arrogance, they also damage the reputations of the many talented, compassionate people working in the profession's that they claim to be a part of.
Anyway its time to leave the children to squabble in their little sand pit out the back. I,ve got adult work to do 
