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Laurel Pap­worth has some inter­est­ing com­ments on generation-Y (digi-kids) and the dis­con­nec­ted nature of our cur­rent gov­ern­ments. Laurel’s post ref­er­ences this art­icle in the Sydney Morn­ing Her­ald (Laurel: the reason why Fair­fax doesn’t believe in the long tail is that it hasn’t worked out its busi­ness model yet)

Hav­ing spent two days with a selec­tion of pas­sion­ate Vic­torian School Prin­cipals, I am more con­cerned about our Gov­ern­mental policies and the silent digital major­ity than those on the ground in the classroom.

The You­Tube present­a­tion at the begin­ning of her post puts stark num­bers on the story from The World Is Flat.

Thomas Fried­man was in Aus­tralia a few weeks ago, and spent time with both sides of Aus­tralian Fed­eral Polit­ics. I hope he was able to talk and explain that Edu­ca­tion and Band­width are crit­ical to the future of this nation. If being a Nation is that import­ant anymore.

I am going to extend Thomas’ equation:

CQ + PQ + EQ > IQ

EQ is emo­tional quo­tient, emo­tional intel­li­gence or emo­tional matur­ity. You can­not teach EQ from books. Pas­sion­ate Teach­ers provide a role model for our kids for the future.

Let’s hope the gen­er­a­tion after us repairs the mis­takes we’ve made.