In response to: “"The premier tabled his essay in the legislature and
invited the
opposition and the Chilean community to grade the paper he did for his
Athabasca University communications course he is taking by
correspondence."” …
Susan Jones wrote:
>I'm afraid the lesson students
>might get is that if you're
>in power, you can do anything you want, period.
Rightly or wrongly, sadly this is actually true. Those in power *do*
actually occasionally abuse their position. I believe that this is a
valuable lesson for students – perhaps this should be included in civics
education, in the interests of a balanced viewpoint.
Amanda Credaro
Editor: Warrior Librarian Weekly
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Day Job: Project Officer – Center for Learning Innovation, OTEN
E-mail amanda.credaro@det.nsw.edu.au (work)
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