"Opposition claims of plagiarism have overshadowed Julia Gillard's launch of a campaign designed to attract standout students to teaching. The Prime Minister launched the 'Who's your favourite teacher?' campaign last Friday... Visitors to her Facebook page are asked to post photos and memories of their favourite teachers... But the opposition claims it is a carbon copy of efforts by former British Labour leader Tony Blair to boost teaching which ultimately failed... In a video on her Facebook page, Ms Gillard nominates her primary school English teacher Mr Crowe as her favourite teacher. Mr Blair also nominated his English teacher Eric Anderson as his favourite." (Teacher campaign just 'reheated Blair', Christian Kerr, The Australian, 8/10/12)
Seriously now, would any kid with his wits about him really want to be taught by a teacher commended by the likes of Blair, Bush, Gillard, Abbott & Co?
On the other hand, any teacher who'd belted the bejesus out of this lot...
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