Diagnostic Testing

Educators suggest that diagnostic testing in secondary schools is very important. I agree. However, this is difficult if not impossible for many teachers of science and mathematics to undertake. Suppose a science teacher asks his/her class what is light. Assume the student replies by suggesting that light is a steam of particles. How can that teacher continue unless he/she is familiar with the two major models for light? Suppose a science teacher asks his/her class what is heat. Assume a student replies by suggesting that heat is related to how fast a particle moves. How can that teacher continue unless he/she is familiar with the two major models for heat? I suggest that numerous teachers of science and mathematics are reluctant to ask such open ended questions because their knowledge of the subject matter in these two disciplines is lacking.

Westpac

Most people are educated to believe that banking interviews, to some extent, are confidential. I had an interview with an employee of a branch of a Westpac bank, in Wagga Wagga, on 11/11/2013. Later I came to the conclusion that information at that meeting may have been leaked. I attended another meeting, at the same bank, the next day in order to clarify the bank's policy on confidential interviews. I say that the senior Westpac employee was very evasive and did not wish to discuss the serious matter which I had raised with him. It seems to me that Westpac does not have a policy related to confidentiality.