POLITICAL ECONOMY.
There is one sonou-i defect in the j education ssytom <>t Now Zealand. I No provision whatever is made for' the teaching of iniUt.ic.al eoonomy. The youngsters art; told ull about the invasion of Britain, hy Julius Caesar, the Wafra of the iki-.m, the doings of Oliver Cromwell, auvt ;; uuh like. They get a. smattering of knowledge of tho political history of lir.gland. But hardly a word is mentioned of the political history of NZealand. The subject of political economy is entirely neglected. Tho result is that when children leavu the they have no ambitiuii 1.0 participate in the serious affairs oi State. They have no ooncopiiott of the true significance of politic!:. They know nothing, or practically nothing, of the political history oi : lias ofr any other oountry. We maintain that it is tho duty of the to oduoate its child - ren in these ma',U<ri», to cause them to appreciate their national responsibilities, and to prr-ifKiro them for an intelligent exert-;* 1 , ot those electoral privileges that i>:> /o been oonfeiTed upon them
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 30 June 1913, Page 4
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176POLITICAL ECONOMY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 30 June 1913, Page 4
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