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    I live in a city of millions and there's a handful of 24/7 supermarkets around. The few times I've ever needed them in emergencies, it was creepy quiet not angry karens.

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  • The Productivity Commission wants all Australian kids to get 3 days a week of childcare – but it won’t be until 2036.
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    Scrap the subsidies entirely. They’re harmful and fucking over the industry.

    Stop subsiding private businesses who rate hike each year yet pass none of it into the resources, building, children, or educators.

    And finally pay educators better, you want high quality education? You’re not getting it when your educators rarely stay more than a year into the industry and lack all deep long term institutional knowledge.

    Not to mention we’re deeply understaffed as is, and you want to put more children in when we cannot meet the demand already existing, and no a free fucking tafe course is not getting educators into the industry.

    This is policy made by people who don’t step foot in the class and have zero idea of the industry.

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  • The Ferals
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    Rattus, Modigliana, Derryn and Mixy?

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  • The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter
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    I tried that. No one ever really joined. I tried posting content, and no one ever engaged with it.

    Guess theres not many childcare educators on Lemmy as the reddit community is always super active.

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  • Anyone willing to get me into beta?
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    It’s not pinned on mobile for me.

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  • Advice on consequences for 4 yearold
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    Behaviourism (reward/punish to influence behaviour) was revolutionary 100 years ago, it’s pretty outdated by today’s educational paedagogy.

    You might get a few short term “wins”, but all you’re doing long term is teaching them to focus on the reward. They're not learning an intrinsic value to the actions, and as such will be less likely to follow through once you’re not in the picture to punish/reward (e.g. at school, as teenagers doing teenager things, etc)

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  • www.abc.net.au

    We’d been fighting for 25%, so only 10% left to go. Glad to see UWU putting some pressure on.

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    The anglers tavern finally reopens on the 18th (this Thursday)!
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    I live 2 streets away and have never been. What’s so good about it?

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  • Daily discussion. 24 July 2024 Wednesday
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    Bloody AusPost left my parcel up a fucking tree.

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  • China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views
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    Tibetans told VICE World News that the meaning of this common expression used to tease and teach children is completely lost in cultural interpretation and its English translation. The correct phrase in Tibetan for this joke is “Che le sa”, which roughly translates to “Eat my tongue.” English is the Dalai Lama’s second language and Indian news outlets have previously reported that the leader speaks in broken English at public events.

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    In a Youtube videoJigme Ugen, a second-generation Tibetan refugee living in the U.S., explains how this display of affection was born out of a game played between the Tibetan elderly and children. Kids who go up to their grandfather, for instance, are asked to kiss their grandfather’s forehead, touch their noses and kiss them.

    “Then [the grandfather] says that I’ve given you everything so the only thing left is for you to eat my tongue,” Ugen said. “The child probably never gets the candy or money but gets a beautiful lesson about life, love and family.”

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5854/tibetans-explain-what-suck-my-tongue-means-dalai-lama-viral-video

    tl;dr: A harmless translation issue.

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  • Airbnb undermined team that removed extremist users, whistleblower claims | CNN Business
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    A public company should totally be allowed to ban someone for hate.

    Why wait until they commit a heinous act to try to stop the spread of them?

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  • German lawmaker deletes post on football players' skin color
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    Why the fuck apologise for that? Did some bigoted fucksticks get upset? Good.

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  • Maryland governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions
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    They should rebrand to Mariland

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  • Victoria to raise age of criminal responsibility to 12 with no exceptions
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    Sounds like a good move.

    Anyone who may be harmful to others has an exception, so there’s no risk cops won’t say try to stop a kid with a knife trying to murder others.

    And any of the children are still going to get their details taken down, it’s not like they’ll escape this ever catching up with them just because they don’t get locked up on the day.

    This way a lot of it can ideally be chased up by more appropriate social workers, and with proper training compared to cops on the street.

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  • King George V monument beheaded in Melbourne
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    Tell me about the rabbits king George.

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  • What the absolute fuck? Has anyone else seen this ad play on SBS, how can they advertise for such a piece of shit to spread his brand of hate here.

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    I've started a community to help learn and practice Irish/Gaeilge. I'm learning myself and would love to meet others who are also trying, or even people who can already speak who'd love to teach or just talk. Links to Community: [Gaeilge](/c/gaeilge@quokk.au) !gaeilge@quokk.au quokk.au/c/gaeilge

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    museumsvictoria.com.au

    Or at least lots of free dinosaur related content going on. Did you know you can buy legit fossils of Spinosaurus teeth for like $9 online, could be a special memorable gift if any child really gets into them through these events. Edit: and free zoo entry https://www.zoo.org.au/dinos-at-the-zoo

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    Curious to hear people’s ideas on how education would look in such a world. For me, I’d like to see it moved away from testing and results based learning. A stronger focus on physical engagement with things, e.g. learning biology by going out and cataloging wildlife and learning what’s in a local ecosystem before coming together and researching findings and looking for new questions to ask. Less sitting around at desks being fed information and a greater focus on individual agency in exploring topics of interest. Not to say there isn’t a time and a place for “high level” stuff where you need to deep dive into books and listen to lectures, but there needs to be a greater balance in methodology.

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    Got any concerns or questions you'd like to discuss? Share them here and I (we? please join me I'm so lonely) will do our best to answer them.

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    As the title says it's a community based around early years learning and development, so from birth up to pre-school. Mainly aimed at educators, teachers, and anyone else who works with these age ranges but more than happy to field questions from parents who may be wanting more information to help them. It's a bit of a niche community, so I'm going to struggle to grow it but Lemmy needs more industry professional spaces! Edit: It's a .au domain, but the community is for everyone no matter where you live. Links to Community: [Early Childhood Education](/c/earlychildhood@quokk.au) !earlychildhood@quokk.au quokk.au/c/earlychildhood

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    aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au

    Do you use theory in any of your documentation or planning? I personally find myself using Parten's model a lot, although I find a lot of the stages can occur differently depending more on a child's personality than their age. But it is useful for thinking about what sort of play the children may be engaging in. I'm very much against the fully committing to one method, such as you see in Montessori or Steiner schools. Children need a much more holistic approach, using elements from everywhere.

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    I'm born here and a citizen, however I don't have a passport, nor a copy of a birth certificate yet I need to prove I have a right to work here for a job. From my look on the gov site, I can use a passport to get my birth certificate or a birth certificate to get a passport. Neither of which is any bloody help. Does anyone know what to do?

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    www.youtube.com

    - It's weird - It's political - It's recent - It's Australian, but the title will confuse people - It's the vibe I think it'll resonate well with the Lemmy audience, see these instant upvote lyrics: >When the Orange man Came into power The Minutes Soon Felt like hours Then the Old man Won the election But the world Didn’t change direction

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