Minimum standards

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1. winston smith 1

   28 January 2010 at 1:31 pm

   Also tells us clearly that the old standards for reading, writing and maths have trained students (and cartoonists) to be babbling idiots…

   what the fuck is an INDIGINITY?
   • felix 1.1

     28 January 2010 at 1:46 pm

     Are you serial?
     • felix 1.1.1

       28 January 2010 at 1:48 pm

       Ignore that, I just saw it. Yeah that’s a pretty awful error to slip through.
       • Killinginthenameof 1.1.1.1

         28 January 2010 at 7:20 pm

         With it spelt like that, maybe that is how John Key would pronounce it?
       • BLiP 1.1.1.2

         28 January 2010 at 9:56 pm

         I actually thought that was the point of it.
   • lprent 1.2

     28 January 2010 at 1:56 pm

     Ummm – no sense of humour? Or lacks perception about the point of the cartoon?
     • TightyRighty 1.2.1

       28 January 2010 at 2:07 pm

       kind of funny seeing how you all rip on national standards, but the the teacher didn’t even pick up on it.
       • logie97 1.2.1.1

         28 January 2010 at 5:21 pm

         Emerson is a product of the “Janet and John” era of schooling. Pounds shillings and pence anyone? Professor Anne Umbridge Tolley is also from that era.

         (By the way TightyRighty – Glass houses and all that – do you proof read before you submit?)
       • snoozer 1.2.1.2

         28 January 2010 at 5:23 pm

         The teacher?

         The one in the cartoon?

         Drawn by the guy who made the mistake?

         Yeah, she really should have spotted that 🙂
2. Rob Carr 2

   28 January 2010 at 1:32 pm

   Or in real terms minimum wage has decreased if the projected 2.3% inflation rate next year proves correct.
   • Pete 2.1

     28 January 2010 at 1:46 pm

     Ha – good spotting ws, makes the cartoon a bit ironic in that case.

     The original sentiment was pretty good though – I’m beginning to like this Emmerson chap (spelling excepted) and I’m still fond of what Mike Moreu and Tom Scott put together (though Scott has his moments too).
3. lukas 3

   28 January 2010 at 2:08 pm

   imagine what the Herald would have published if they weren’t right wing lap dogs… oh wait a minute… perhaps that bias isn’t as bad as some think?
4. grumpy 4

   28 January 2010 at 2:21 pm

   How can National improving something done by Labour create a NEW STANDARD IN “INDIGINITY” (well done WS) in the minds of Labour supporters?
   • Rob Carr 4.1

     28 January 2010 at 2:37 pm

     Labour increased minimum wage by an average of 6% a year in an attempt to keep it in line with real wages and cost of living. This increase is around 2% less than the projected inflation next year, much less than the average wage will go up and much less again than the cost of living will go up. This is all assuming National doesn’t do the tax reform we all know it will as well which will create higher costs to the lower income people.
5. tsmithfield 5

   28 January 2010 at 2:47 pm

   So is it that those on the minimum wage need more or are worth more? If you say the latter, why?
6. Brett Dale 6

   28 January 2010 at 3:51 pm

   This isa great lesson for kids, to stay in school and get educated, because if you dont you will end up with $12.75 an hour.
   • BLiP 6.1

     28 January 2010 at 9:57 pm

     Unless daddy is rich.
   • the pinkpostman 6.2

     29 January 2010 at 3:29 pm

     The unempoyment record of this BRT government tell us that most workers will be lucky to get even the miserly mininum wage.
     Cheap labour and keep the union down by encouraging unemployment. This Tory lot are achieving it all.. The sad thing is that the average worker (or non worker) has just not caught on to the truth.Wake up voters . The “chang”: has been for the worse much worse,
7. Lanthanide 7

   28 January 2010 at 5:22 pm

   Maori Party didn’t like the 25c rise either. Shows what power they have to stop it, though.

   http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3271107/Wage-increase-falls-way-short-Sharples
8. gitmo1 8

   29 January 2010 at 7:13 am

   Don’t you know that this is what 90% of the public hear whenever a politician makes a speech
   
   [lprent: “Toon Not Found” seems a bit weak. ]

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