nice post
I myself hadn't heard of the educational issues in Australia, which just shows I must be out of touch. But I liked his analytical criticism of what I see as the industrialization of education .. and as you point out, if it's not this particular fad today, it'll be a different fad tomorrow. At the end of the day I could personally vouch just for plain speaking, wide reading, and using my critical faculties without running too far with those, however (some benefit of doubt should normally be extended to the author.