Being a successful backbencher “The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.” - A P J Abdul Kalam Backbenchers, they are admonished, labelled lazy and even interspersed in anecdotes for they usually come late and are unceremoniously ushered down the aisle to the back of the class. Success is not a generally perceived outcome for this breed of student as the misconception goes that a backbencher in class is a backbencher in life and he or she must make their peace with it. But ever so often there are those who break the mould, who prove to be the exception to the rule, for the rules for the backbenchers are all but set in stone. These mythical creatures, which pose as sheep among the wolves can always be found and are unceremoniously referred to as the “successful backbenchers”. This is a write-up enumerating various tips and tricks to being a successful backbencher. …show more content…
The trick is to take those teachings and turn them around on their head, sit in the back of the class and act like your sitting in the front, but only for things that are of interest to you as knowledge for knowledge’s sake is wasted. Do not so easily discard your cloak of notoriety that you have gained by being a backbencher in order to please or seek approval, unless at the opportune moment so you can maximize its impact. Being a backbencher requires skill and being a successful one requires being fastidious, whether it is being fastidious about their work, their passions or their
This paper presents agreement with author Jay MacLeod’s (2008) term, “pushed into jumping” (p. 257). Accordingly, it supports this position by relating several topics discussed during weeks three and four of the Inequality and Diversity in Education course to MacLeod’s presumption. First, this paper explains the conception of being “pushed into jumping”. Second, it posits that young adults experience a myriad of push-pull factors which influence their decisions for their future, ultimately pushing and pulling them in a direction where they may be forced into positions or situations which are not ideal. Lastly, it suggests alternatives for educators and the institution of education to assist students when their performance begins to
Why are certain political parties highly unified in parliaments? This article investigates cases of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), in order to answer this question. According to the studies of Australian politics, the ALP is not ideological cohesive and it is difficult for the leadership of the ALP to impose discipline on their MPs. Existing theory predicts that such party’s unity would be low. However, in fact, Australian MPs rarely object to their party in roll call votes. To solve this puzzle, focusing on party organization, this article argues that intra-party coordination mechanism affects party unity. Qualitative case studies show that the ALP’s policy-making organizations called the caucus policy committees functioned as an intra-party
The most pressing issue I would face as an Assembly Member would be water conservation. The state’s lack of action and initiative to conserve water has led to California’s worst drought in over a century. This has led to panic reactions behind bills such as AB-1739, disregarding long-term economic impacts in order to fulfill short-term needs. Legislators proposing bills are not taking into consideration effects on jobs, business, and taxpayers.
During our interesting in-class exercise last week I was a worker. At first I assumed I shouldn’t leave my seat but then when the managers came in and explained the need for us to move to the other side of the class, I immediately realized that I need to cooperate and move to a different seat. That’s when I started facing some challenges because some of my peers had a hard time accepting the change.
Next, testimonies from political scientists and professors are introduced. These testimonies add more credibility to the possible outcomes or obstacles proposed by the author of the article earlier in the piece.
bright young students who were not able to succeed to the fullest given their background
In this class, I often find myself standing in a different position than my peers on many of our security simulation challenges. However, by the end I often find myself persuading the entire class to my side. For example, this week our challenge was to choose interrogation techniques to collect intelligence from a supposed terrorist. Our task was to choose an interrogation technique that was acceptable from a security and a civil liberties stand point. Many of my classmates began supporting physical torture in response to the atrocities the man had committed.
After discussing some of the problems that citizens faced in the polis, for example interests and causes, author Deborah Stone (2012) discuss some of the solutions to those problems in the book, Political Paradox: the Art of Political Decision Making. One of the solutions that she talks about is right. Rights in the American society and culture are very important. They answer and conclude many problems that people may have in the polis. People, however, interpret or understand their rights in different ways.
Australia’s oldest political party is the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Their history associates with the history of Australia’s democracy and labor movement. The largest trade boom in the history of the period of economic transition is Australia. The core Labor morals of opportunity and fairness. The core Labor has never been more pleased to establish the foster economic growth. The government has demolished the morals and economic growth. The Australian economy leads Labor through a time of significant global ambiguity, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The action Labor took with a broad-scale economic packages the economy did not stall because Australians faired exceptional than the highest in the world during the GFC. More than 200,000
In October of last year, the Scottish Government introduced the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament - two years after the proposal for a national lobbying register and lobbying code of conduct was initially lodged. As the Scottish Parliament prepares to enter the final stage of debate on the Bill in the coming weeks, there continues to be some debate surrounding potential loopholes and other perceived issues.
Therefore, there is no need to rush but rather wait for the right time for events to unfold. Without patience, it is sometimes very difficult to relate with people in a particular group. Hence, social situations required them to demonstrate this virtue as an indicator of respect. They were thus able to build consensus by allowing individual contributions in groups. This virtue is demonstrated in Indian students who whenever they are involved in situations requiring decision making, they first deliberate on the best approaches that will deliver best results unlike other students who are likely to rush into making quick decisions that are likely to have adverse results.
Dog-whistle politics is a widely known term in political sciences; means coded language that is only understood by a targeted audience. According to William Safire (2008, p. 190), the term originated in 1988 from opinion polls. Safire quoted Richard Morin, director of polling for The Washington Post, mentioning the dog whistle effect (Safire, 2008, p. 190). People who talk about racial problems are being criticized, while people who use coded messages to talk about racial problems are not (Haney-Lopez, 2015, p. 4).
The unpopularity of MPs has become something of a running joke. According to Proud (2014, para.5), MPs are “lazy, overpaid, corrupt, self-interested and inept”. Yet, a succession of studies has proven that MPs are anything but lazy; on the contrary, they work such ludicrous hours that many pay a “disastrous price” in their “private and family lives” (Weinberg, Cooper and Weinberg, 1999, p. 79). The “inflexible and unwelcoming attitude of the House [of Commons] towards families” hardly helps matters (House of Commons, 2010, p. 82). As Korris (2011, p. 12) notes, such findings underscore “the need for a review of the role of MPs not just to build an improved political system but for the very well-being of MPs themselves”.
Labor is a political party in Australia that has had over half the Prime ministers of Australia so far (15 out of 29). Labor is in the government in Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, ACT and the northern territory. Labor is opposition to Liberal party for the political office at the state and federal levels. Sinise 1921 Labors objective has been democratic socialization of industry, production, distribution and exchange, to the extent necessary to eliminate exploitation and other anti-social features in these fields. Labor has always aimed to “Promote equality to involve the people of Australia in the decision making of our land and to liberate the talents and uplift the horizons of Australian people” said Prime Minister Gough Whitlam The current leader is Bill Shorten and past leaders are Kevin Rudd (2013 and 2006), Julia Gillard (2010) and Kim Beazley (2005).
being rejected by universities because the thing they were good at it in school did not matter. This ethos appeal persuades the audience to believe of the displeasing points Sir Ken Robinson makes and changes their judgment in regards to the public education system as a whole. Moreover, the ethos appeal discussed within this speech does no