Triumph and Disaster Part 1

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:33:44 +0000

Paul Brislen asked me to write a little piece for the TUANZ blog, and I’m grateful to him for offering to host my writing. I sent him this piece, and he was kind enough to let me run well over his normal word limit. I’ve made a few revisions and now post it here in two parts. Please comment and hold me to account.

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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same…
Recently I watched TV3’s The Nation’s piece on the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata. I was struck by the Minister’s phrase, from her maiden statement to parliament in particular her comments directed at education.

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Triumph and Disaster Part 1