Science fiction has often presented new technology as something with both great promise and the capacity for menace. Whether it was Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the replicants in Blade Runner or the Terminator, we have often seen depictions of what might happen when artificial intelligence grows to match the capacity of humans. […]
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Over the past weeks a debate has resurfaced regarding the merits of the ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) as a measure of student attainment in the final years of schooling. Last week, a group of principals from both the independent and public systems wrote to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Victorian
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I’d like to share with you an excerpt of the speech I delivered at this week’s Back to School Service: The Back to School Service is our acknowledgement of the promise of the new school year. It is also a chance for our community to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary staff members and students who
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I’d like to share with you an extract of a speech I delivered to students in our opening assembly at Magid Campus: Students, did you know that every year the world’s most significant dictionaries nominate a word or a phrase that characterises the year that has passed? Last year, the Oxford dictionary chose “Goblin-mode” as
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I would like to share with you an excerpt from the speech that I gave at Presentation Evening. “To our Year 12 graduates, as I look out at you now during your last official King David moment I am taken to something very personal. Some of the staff would be familiar with some of the
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I’d like to share with you an extract of a speech I delivered to the Class of 2022 at their Graduation Dinner: Class of 2022, are you aware that the German language is famous for its employment of unique compound words? Mark Twain wrote in his famous essay The Awful German Language, that this means
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I frequently meet with adults who warmly remember their school days as amongst the best times in their lives. I loved my childhood growing up at The King David School in the 1980s. I also remember those times through a nostalgic haze. That said, when I see the extraordinary learning opportunities that our current students
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In just under two weeks, we will be sending our largest ever cohort of students and staff to Israel for their fabulous Yesh experience. “Yesh” has a dual meaning. It literally translates to “have” but is used in Hebrew as a celebratory exclamation akin to “awesome!”. Its second meaning is as a compound of Yisrael
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British comedian and author, David Baddiel writes in his provocative book exploring anti Semitism, ‘Jews Don’t Count’, that “Anti-Semitism is a second-class racism.” Baddiel explores numerous examples where he asserts that anti Semitism is ignored by those who oppose other forms of discrimination and he believes that this allows it to flourish. He points out
Recently, there have been numerous reports in the print media regarding Victoria’s relative drop in performance in the annual NAPLAN testing conducted across Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in May this year. There is speculation that the periods of extended lockdowns over the past few years have contributed to a decline in standards. An
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