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Goblinboy wrote:Yes. Didn't want to respond, but better do it in case Anthony cops some unnecessary flack or a verbal avalanche from a source close to home.

Didn't mean you, ADG

Uh oh - Chief Seattle again! Yes. Didn't want to respond, but better do it in case Anthony cops some unnecessary flack or a verbal avalanche from a source close to home. Anthony, apparently these words are not attributable to Chief Seattle. Go to http://www.snopes.com and search for "chief seattle"...

Maybe that is the trick of the SES - they take this tone, which immediately puts off everyone apart from the people who are looking for authority. This holds true, from my experience of long-term SES members. Attracts people looking for affinity, looking to belong, people with little tolerance of a...

None of the bad stuff had to happen ? it wasn?t a case of breaking eggs to make an omelette (ugh). The atmosphere of fear, the pressure, the shouting and the hitting ? it didn?t come from the children, and it didn?t come from philosophy. It came from stupidity. We can?t be proud of that, but let?s ...

xstJ First time I've learnt of this. I may be a current pupil of St.James, but I also want to learn the truth as does everyone. This is where certain guilty individuals can really get nailed. All that is needed is the evidence. All well and good ordering more inquiries and it is this type of stuff ...

Apparently the SES,SOP thinks its the best thing since sliced bread and it has valuable informaton to give in every walk of life. I was on a group weekend just recently and we were talking about how lucky we were to be born into the western world and the tutor said that we were especially lucky to ...

daska wrote:Falling with style.....?

thought that character was two dimensional celluloid

LOL. Buzz is clearly in need of a bit of Advaita. To the Absolute - and beyond... CGI though, not celluloid

If someone is on residential and they're unwell, they're told they should either rest or go home. The point is continually made that you need to pay attention to what your body is telling you - if it's telling you it's sick, attend to it. Yes, there is an implied difference between pandering and at...

So even without drinking or smoking, one should forget breast feeding. Mike - you wouldn't be straying off topic here, now would you? :black: (but what utter F***wit wrote that tosh? Which particular cult? I imagine Celia has some interesting accounts of the Sydney SOP's views on breastfeeding in t...

The O, Sam and James' advice in this thread is worth heeding. If I was a parent or prospective parent of St James pupils, I would be concerned at the both what is being expressed and how it is expressed in your posts. It may be that this board is still around in a few years. Suggest you return then,...

a different guest wrote:Practical Parenting - surely the "three fundamental needs of children" are eat/shit/sleep? Why do I need a course in 'meeting' these needs?

ROFL a lot.

Opening lines of WA school website:

When people think of philosophy, they usually think of something academic and purely intellectual.

Sheesh. Anti-intellectualism is alive and well in Australia.

Welcome DM, Share some of your concerns. I weary of some SES/SOP people referring to much of Western philosophy as "academic" in a pejorative sense, and dismiss it as not applicable to day-to-day living Sure, it may not be immediately accessable, but neither are ancient Sanscrit texts, without comme...

Justice! wrote:Dear Goblinboy,

Is it possible you could let us have an excerpt of 2-3 paragraphs or so from the book?
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Justice,

You'll find the book and excepts at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805210245/102-7765115-4313767?v=glance&n=283155


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I have know idea why the is this difference. Me too. Can only surmise that the Aus and NZ schools follow St James lead, but there's some lag time in implementing changes. My expererience with SES people in Aus was that they were, to put it politely, extremely deferential to London and would imitate...