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Dr Anne McCloskey's avatar

Thank you Hugh for your timely and thorough work on this important subject. As I know you are aware, these RSE guidelines are developed through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which informs many of the seventeen "development" goals, wherein we are informed that "no child will be left behind" and education will be "equitable" whatever that means!

The UNESCO vision for education was heavily influenced by such luminaries as Alice Bailey, a new-age loon and protégée of Madame Blavatsky, who founded the religion of Theosophy, and Robert Muller, lifelong United Nations civil servant who had no training nor experience in education but yet authored the infamous "World Core Curriculum" upon which the deranged policies being forced upon our schools are based. I personally believe we should extricate ourselves from the UN as a matter of urgency, but if this is not possible, it would be nice if someone with Hugh’s experience and knowledge was in charge of education pollicy-dream on, Anne, I fear.

For you interested readers, especially parents, the American James Lindsay, who is to be found at www.newdiscourses.com has a range of excellent publications and podcasts on this subject.

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Tania Brassey's avatar

As a grandmother, and a mother of three adults, I do agree that children should be allowed to discover -after they finish being children - what path they might prefer.

It is not only illogical, immoral, scientifically inaccurate, medically ill-conceived but altogether hideously cruel to label a half-grown creature with this label.

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