One of the suggestions for compromise that was mooted by children's saviour Stephen Heppell in his rather one-way conversation with us was the Tasmanian system of home education.
As it constitutes an unnecessary change to the status quo, I am completely opposed to it. And if this is anything like reflective of the general Tasmanian attitude to young people and education, it's definitely something to steer well away from. The Angry Exile says:
"Following on from an observation I made at the beginning of the year that the Liberals here in Australia are anything but liberal I've just seen some further proof as if any were needed. Tasmanian Liberals are proposing that school kids with poor records should be made to wait longer before they can learn to drive.
"Liberal leader Will Hodgman wants to stop students with bad school records getting their driver's licence for up to two years. Those with high absenteeism rates, suspensions or expulsions could have to wait until after they turn 18 to apply for a learner's permit. Driving was a privilege, not a right, Mr Hodgman told The Mercury. "If we can't trust students behind the desk, how can we trust them behind the wheel?" he said."
Now the Liberals are currently the opposition party, so this is somewhat hypothetical for the moment. But if home educated children are ever "brought in line" with their schooled counterparts, whatever their nationality, then who knows what we are setting them up for if we compromise?
