I can say, politically, he’d probably have been much happier teaching in an independent school, and I can also say that looking at some of the things he had published relating specifically to his area of teaching, he probably could have walked into most of Sydney or Melbourne independent schools and got a job easily. The fact he didn’t – I’m guessing he was trying to save the state system – at least that’s how he would have seen it. Fighting for his students. Even if he didn’t like the environment. That’s something I greatly respect.
references to the possibility for the miscreant who suffers the cane to ‘start again’ almost straight away. This ‘cleansing’ of the relationship between teacher and student is probably one of the most attractive features of a well-managed cp regime.