Abstract
As a former teacher, I am still deeply passionate about education. In 2013 I took a submission to the then Federal Minister of Education called Stop Stealing Childhood in the Name of Education because I was so deeply concerned about what I was hearing from teachers, allied health professionals and parents. Absolutely nothing happened and to be honest, I never even received more than a cursory acknowledgement – and I had funded my own flight to Canberra to present it to one of the minister’s staff...