Tag: Australia

Unless he were misreported, the researcher you spoke with
suggested that pokie limits [pre-commitment options] were likened to 'limiting
alcohol to 4 glasses'. That is not a good analogy.

Libby Mitchell • Slot machines: boon in Ohio, bane in Hungary • 7 months and 2 weeks ago

I taught at a rural full primary school [in New Zealand] ...The school was the focal point of the community both educationally and socially.

School wide we used a point system for behaviour management...For bullying, they got 3 points and a black disc. This meant that the student and parents would have an interview with the principal and he/she would decide on the next step. I think we issued two black discs that I knew of. The system worked because over the course of a few months the discs were such a stigma that students would start self-policing their peers.

Bradly Hill • What country has the most bullies? • 10 months ago