2. Jonathan Jansen: “Gain without
education”
Some union members on his campus had come to him to demand
a salary increase. He was given the gentle warning of: "We don't
want another Marikana.""I told him to fuck off," said Jansen, to
giggles from the audience (http://mg.co.za/article/2012-09-27-
notion-of-gain-without-education-worrying-says-rector)
3. Teens commit suicide over homework
• A 15-year-old boy in Nanjing, the capital of
Jiangsu province, who failed to finish homework
from a three-day public holiday jumped to his
death at around 11am on
• Some students spend as much as 12 hours in the
classroom each day, a 2007 survey by China's
Youth and Children Research Centre reported.
They can typically expect several hours of
homework on top of that.
• “Therefore it's natural for teachers to leave heavy
homework assignments.”
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/teens-commit-
suicide-over-homework-1.1509920#.UYOGjL2n7_k
4. Vocational educational 'option for losers'
If the perception that vocational education is an
"option for losers" persists, unemployment and social
instability will continue to escalate.
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-11-14-vocational-
educational-not-an-option-for-losers