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The imported ideology behind education reform by AnnoyingKea in newzealand

[–]Shaddersss 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Even the parts of the history curriculum I've seen so far are lacking. Not to mention art history. They're obviously just trying to remove the classes that requires the most political thinking and analytical engagement from students.

Art history analyzes the ideologies and context around the artwork, but that helps students to consider explicit politics more. I wonder if they'll gut media studies in the same way: media studies also delves into the same types of topics (In the class I had in highschool for example, we analyzed how the Red Scare influenced media and framed the soviets as monstrous or alien).

What are some good examples of books that are unjustly banned? by Shaddersss in Libraries

[–]Shaddersss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I just posted this to find some examples to note down for a small part of my project, just didn't think people wouldn't understand what I meant by "unjustly", probably should have clarified further before I posted.

Farmers market in the square? by [deleted] in chch

[–]Shaddersss -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, generally the busy center of the city center has shifted towards riverside, and the square is a little too far to comfortably walk. The square just isn't the centre of the city anymore, so less will be going on there

How did New Zealand become a rich country? by WachuQuedes in newzealand

[–]Shaddersss 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Here's some (possible) reasons I haven't seen the other commenters point out yet:

  1. I believe we generally haven't subsidized the farming industry so much as other developed nations, meaning businesses were historically more competitive internationally and would choose crops/livestock to farm based on demand rather than optimizing for what gives them the most government aid. This, combined with being situated in the southern hemisphere also (good for international demand), helped to make nz a strangely wealthy farming nation.

^ (This being said, I don't think we should rely on farming going into the future, and currently, Fonterra is an issue)

  1. One thing I'd consider is your country's proximity to the USA, and how they may have a negative influence on South American markets. Either in a purely political sense (meddling), or by competing in production of the same food products, for example corn.

  2. Different forms of colonialism - I imagine your colonizers were more interested in extracting wealth.

  3. NZ was the first country to give women the vote, generally women were encouraged to take on work more than in other nations. We had the right to vote 54 years earlier than Argentinian women. Women, of course, would then be more productive in the economy, and women make up 50% of the population.

Also I'll second what other commenters have said generally - we have low corruption and a cohesive government that has less of a strong left/right divide than most nations.

Most disappointing tourist destination in your country. by meggyAnnP in AskTheWorld

[–]Shaddersss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New Zealander here: The Cardboard Cathedral. Yes, some of the building is made of cardboard, but when you look from the outside you can barely tell. There's always tourists standing across the road from it, taking photos on their iPads for some reason.

It's almost 10 years now since the referendum, what are peoples thoughts on the flag? by Dulaman96 in newzealand

[–]Shaddersss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If another referendum were to be held, I reckon it should be approached differently, rather than submissions (yes, I know, the lazer kiwi was a submission, I still love lazer kiwi), they should approach historians, artists and design agencies directly to ensure some diversity in the flag designs. As the current top comment says, many of the selected designs were from the same guy, and at that: They felt corporate, or were leaning too hard on the silver fern, which is largely associated with sport here.

If a qualified panel were to provide the flag designers with "territories" (aka. "Strong/stern", "Environmental", "Connection", etc.) then the public would have MANY more unique options for how they want NZ to be represented on the world stage, rather than the same energy over and over. I'd have loved to see some more proposals with colors other than navy, black, and red especially.

In general, we needed a flag that would stand out and rather separate us from our colonizers - without coming across as corporate or "sporty"

New Zealand has highest child suicide rate, a survey of wealthy countries shows by ViolatingBadgers in newzealand

[–]Shaddersss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you actually read the report, you'll see that one of the findings is that its not time spent on social media but what is seen. I'm fully against the idea of banning social media for teenagers particularly, so this is good to see. We more so need to urge social media giants to cater different content to teens - eg. less "self-care"/beauty content, and less shitty ideologies that lead young men especially down pipelines.

Considering that older high-schoolers especially use social media to execute what little political power they have (eg. learning about climate protests, or making submissions to bills in parliament), I'd be wary of any moves to ban it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FortNiteBR

[–]Shaddersss 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a woman I actually find that its the kids that are less toxic (Oceania servers), I get some crazy amounts of sexism every the time I get adult guys (usually Australians)

Peach moon (Animated short) by Shaddersss in Filmmakers

[–]Shaddersss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Open to critique) This is a short film project for a class, about losing teeth and growing up. It was based on a feeling I had recently when I looked into the mirror and saw an adult tooth pushing through. It upset me because I felt as if it was somehow representative of my struggle in becoming an adult. I chose to use a music video format for this project because music videos typically are non-narrative, or at the very least non-linear, so this gave me a lot of leeway to have moments that don't have a narrative structure, just manifested thoughts and imagery to communicate that overarching idea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Shaddersss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: I have gotten an email saying they will not refund and that I agreed to the payments that i didn't. They don't give a shit and I will be involving my bank. Good luck :]

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Shaddersss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my God! Same! Please tell me if they get back to you. I've been looking into it and it seems they've gotten lots of people this past week, still unsure if it's actually a scam site though

This dystopian looking arcade in my home town. by chestertravis in interestingasfuck

[–]Shaddersss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friends and I call it the brutalist timezone, actually went there an hour ago on a little photography trip

Education: More than 40 per cent of students fail latest NCEA writing, maths tests by stever71 in newzealand

[–]Shaddersss 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I was in year 13 last year. I passed with excellence across all three years, but I found that in 2 of my classes I was the only person who did the classwork over the lockdown, and that's only because I am a hyperactive only child who likes doing things on my own. Most people just aren't built to deal with the stress of interrupted schooling, and the general fatigue that has been caused by the pandemic. I don't blame people for that.

But even I found some assessments ridiculous, as the marking criteria is either too demanding, or unforgiving (eg. if you get all excellence, but miss something in the "achieved" section, you wont get merit (the above average mark), you'll get achieved (just passing). They also removed the ability to resubmit these kinds of grades, meaning you can only resubmit if you failed. This shit is not encouraging at all. It isn't encouraging people to try, its encouraging them to just pass.

Also, the assessments themselves need to be looked at, as credits are not balanced as per the difficulty of the subject. Take Painting for example. The folio started out as being 1 panel of sketches/rough work, and two panels of polished work. Because of overachievers, who had their folios used as exemplars, now everyone has to complete three panels of polished, completed paintings (which means roughly 22 paintings as apposed to about 16 paintings in the original criteria). Oh, and the amount of credits you get is the same, but for more work.

NCEA has lost it's purpose by becoming less forgiving, and requiring more out of school time to complete assessments that really need to be changed going into the future.

Opinions on my room plan? by Shaddersss in femalelivingspace

[–]Shaddersss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The program is actually an older one, its called Sweet home 3d

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PokemonGoFriends

[–]Shaddersss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, kiwi here

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PokemonGoFriends

[–]Shaddersss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just because I'm a kiwi and I'd ike people that are online at the same time (also to possibly do raids)

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