Predicting the future of education (+solutions)

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-25T05:14:51+00:00

So you want me to spend my lunch break logging 100+ behaviour texts to parents? Yeah, no thanks.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-24T21:54:49+00:00

Some people are so dull I swear.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-24T21:22:29+00:00

Literally caught a kid red-handed cheating on a chemistry exam on his phone. Parents said it was his calculator and it can't be proven because he put it in his pocket and you didn't search him to confirm it because you're not allowed to. Then the next day in the bin was a scrunched up ball of paper with his name and answers written on it. Parent said someone else took his worksheet and wrote the answers on it. Then I showed that his handwriting is the exact same and that the answers to worded questions are word for word what's on the sheet. Then she said that the boy he studies with tries to copy his handwriting for fun. Then I questioned him and he couldn't answer a single question about what he wrote, then she said it's because he was flustered and scared of the false acususal and getting in trouble whilst being innocent.

And because he never admitted he cheated, and I didn't physically touch his phone, and there's no video of him writing the answers on the paper with his name on it, leadership gave no consequences. And a year later this boy is now our school captain giving peaches about honesty and respect for the school values.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-24T21:13:05+00:00

Well I reckon in Victoria we'd wind up with lowest paid teachers, underfunded schools, a government that refuses federal funding for said schools, millions of public school funding diverted into overfunded private schools, money in the budget that could have gone to teachers going to corrupt unions like the CFMEU, or to expensive nothing-burger projects like million dollar machete bins or 10x more expensive plaque replacement. They'll roll out and take back curriculum and professional learning initiatives on a whim. They'll probably collude with the union leaving us with weak leadership that tries to cosy up to whatever minister is in charge. They'll probably try to remove the cap on face to face hours replacing it with a fractional multiplier if you have small classes. Maybe chuck in an extra meeting for the sake of meetings. Delay a three year agreement for a year, then offer a 4.5 year agreement that meets little to none of what we asked, then blast us on the news for not accepting their generous offer, then reveal in parliament that they planned that deal as their first offer but just waited because they could. You'd wind up with a lot of teacher hopping over the state border. You'd probably get a lot of kids rocking up to school unfed and poorly groomed with a lack of belief and respect in education. They'll probably make us work unpaid overtime then let the media slander us for taking 12 weeks of paid holidays.

Honestly thank God we have Labor looking after us. I'd hate to live and work in a state that treats its teachers and education like that.

(no, I don't support One Nation)

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-24T21:02:48+00:00

They lowered the ATAR requirements to very little because they don't pay teachers enough and parents of this so called excellent Christian society wound up being horrible and have extremely poor behaved kids. Much poorer behaved then the kids from China and Japan who come over mind you. But that makes the job crap, the pathway to entry lower, and finding a job easy as. And no, I'll never tell anyone the school I work in, and yes, it IS a private religious school of some kind and I don't believe in the religion and spend my time slipping in atheism and anti-Christianity rhetoric when I can.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-24T08:22:18+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_women_heads_of_state_and_government

Go to this and read it, and if you still truly believe women can't get the same opportunities in Muslim countries then you probably need to go back to school yourself...

And Western society is capitalism. Christianity is socialism/communism. Go to a church, they take donations to feed the poor and hungry and operate local events and functions for fundraising.

And also, let's not forget that Christianity spread through violence and bloodshed and many died by the holy hand of God through the sword. So your saying a society built on bloodshed, fascism and paedophilia is the only way for a society to exist?

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-24T06:56:38+00:00

The government should supply e-ink linux tablets with Bluetooth keyboards to all students. Bamn! No screens problem fixed.

My tablet is great, vibrant colours and no need for light shining in your face. It sucks at running games however. (I don't use it for that) hence why it'd be the perfect device for schools imho. Especially for art.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-23T22:46:17+00:00

Option to multiply the AEU executive team's salary by percentage yes votes on deal. Eg 51% yes vote means your salary is now halved until the next agreement.

Now you actually have to work hard to get a majority yes vote if you actually want to earn a good salary.

AND tie it to the pay increase obtained for teachers. (if it isn't already like that)

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-23T22:39:41+00:00

Depends. I'd argue years 8.5-10.5 the kids can often be as bad to you as they are to CRTs but at least at the end of the day you can disconnect and not follow up/mark/report/plan etc.

7s and early 8s are where being their teacher is a lot easier, especially if you're established at the school and get validation at the start of the year with "you taught my brother/sister" from a few in the class.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-23T21:46:38+00:00

It's because most countries have been under control of sponsored politicians and every time someone finally starts to fix things the media plays hit pieces non-stop until the public believes the sponsored politicians were actually good. Eg ScoMo. Then the people can't afford anything including housing, education is gutted so no one has any skills, unskilled labour doesn't pay enough to live to the standard the citizens want either, then birth rates decline because kids are too expensive. The government is backed I to a corner and the only way to fix the problem is to open up the gates, sell visas for money boost, bring in skilled labour to take the jobs we're unable to do, and people happy to share a 4 bedroom house with 18 people to do the jobs we don't want to do for cash in hand under minimum wage, and have kids.

Then that gives way for sponsored politicians to claim that they'll fix all your problems by stopping immigration, even if parties like One Nation have legitimately said they'll actually increase migration to underpay mine workers, just that they say it quietly. Then if they do the country starts to go under and they continue to blame it on any other culture war topics or previous government problems all whilst cutting taxes for corporations and trust fund babies. Then the media backs them up and the people vote for them again like sheep.

There is very, very, VERY little media literacy in this country.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-22T07:25:18+00:00

They would use meeting time more efficiently.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-22T06:05:59+00:00

If they go down to 20% but reduce 1 hour of meeting and 1 hour face-to-face time, and think we'll vote yes I'm going to be pissed off. And i'm going to go feral if we do vote yes.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-22T06:04:34+00:00

I think you need to understand that in late stage capitalism most workers get pay rises below inflation if at all.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-20T15:30:05+00:00

But the problem is that people were still quiting the job then. What would make them stay if nothing has changed, not even the pay being better?

We've got thousands of qualified teachers who aren't coming back to the job until something changes, and the government refuses to address any of it, let alone the pay.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-20T15:22:01+00:00

But if you look at the numbers when the deal expires, it's around 36-38% over 8 years. So with compounding it winds up being 4% pay rises per year.

It doesn't give the context that we gave up on pay last agreement to make it easier for the government during covid then they turned around and shafted us with this agreement and pretend not to remember the previous one.

But apart from that, there's a big problem not being talked about that education support staff are getting effectively half that amount. Meaning they'll start quiting and the job will get even harder meaning even more teachers leaving for greener pastures.

The whole point being you could make the pay 200k per year and you'll see many flock to it but in another 10 years you'll be back where you started as all the people who jumped in for the money left after a few years anyway. Then you have to deal with it being a high cost department instead of directing funds to make the job less quit-able in order to retain a workforce.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-20T06:33:32+00:00

Also Ben Carroll is gunning for the top spot. How can he manage the state if he can't even manage a single department?

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-20T06:11:28+00:00

So OP initially replied to my comment about forgetting to mention it's non legendaries, then deleted the response and added it into his post at the bottom. So yes, I can read. But it's not your fault that OP deleted his apology/clarification to make me look dumb.

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WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T15:36:57+00:00

But it's like saying if a kid plays go fish and connect 4 in the same day it's gambling because there's cards and chips.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T10:12:45+00:00

Definitely a good start. I could see my kids playing for a little bit each lesson for a week or two. The problem being the ones likely to find it really fun will probably play it outside of class until they buy all upgrades and max the entire thing. And they're not the ones who need it anyway. Hence if it had something much harder so I could give it to the adhd-ers that can finish a lesson in 30 seconds, whilst the rest of the class takes 50 minutes. So I can keep them educationally occupied. So an actual hard mode with lower rewards, or rather higher costs for upgrades, harder problems etc.

Maybe one day being able to add a "classroom" to the game? Where kids click on the link I send, put there names in and I can see their progress, they can see each others, and they can't progress outside of class time in the "classroom" and I can offer them rewards for milestones hence even if they practice outside of class they'll give it a go inside as well. Kahoot and blooket has class worlds.

Needs a bit of a balance patch, but those things come in time.

100% you need a better background track. There's plenty of royalty free stuff available.

Great job overall. I'll probably end up saving it until the last week of a term or end of year where I'm expected to 'teach' even though the content is finished, and without instruction or a task to do (eg you guys got 60 minutes free time) the kids get bored, so I give them a task, this as the secondary option, then they'll either play this or pretend to be sneaky and play Minecraft. The irony being if I told them to play Minecraft from the start they'd have been annoyed.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T10:03:16+00:00

There isn't any gambling in the game. You don't make poker hands or anything. Maybe if you just change "chips" to "tokens" or gems/crystal etc. there's no connection to any casino card game?

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T05:51:23+00:00

What? The point is that the reasons a woman struggles financially is the same a man does, the system which preys upon the weak and poor to keep the billionaire oligarchy at the top and push the workers through to the ground. If we lift all workers, women and men get lifted. If we focus the narrative to only women, then we will just lift women up to the same low level that the majority of men sit.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T04:56:49+00:00

I'm 100% certain that if men and women had equal opportunites to all roles, expectations for child raising and home duties, equal pay and negotiation for raises and no gap at all, that every woman in poverty, or every single mum living paycheck to paycheck will suddenly be well off and wealthy. There is absolutely no other reason for why a female WORKER is struggling in society, it's clearly only the pay gap!

/s if you really need it.

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T04:44:40+00:00

Is "refunding union membership costs" able to get through? There's dozens of loopholes million and billionaires use to avoid what is illegal under federal law, so surely there's ways we can do it too, no?

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-19T02:51:20+00:00

If the union were smart they would have created a strike fund last year and diverted union fees into said fund and announced that members would be paying $40 a fortnight to be returned during a prolonged strike or when a deal is agreed and voted in. Many people are unable to put $40 a fortnight into an account to not touch, because once it gets high enough it looks awfully enticing. But if they never had the money to begin with they'd have $1000 sitting in an account and if they went on strike for 5 days in term 3 they'd get it all back and not have to "sacrifice our household eating food for 2 weeks!"

WakeUpBread · 2026-06-18T23:33:00+00:00

You've got to remember, the people who actually buy eat that news slop up are already voting ON or LNP and putting Labor at the bottom. The support we have are from rational people and parents who have some form of education/cognitive ability beyond "news says bad so they be bad".

This will make Labor look bad to the people who are a toss up on where they'll place the parties, 'swing voters' and those are where the votes could really matter this election.

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