tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292754114795396839.post6884843057629398927..comments2023-07-02T10:59:59.422+01:00Comments on Marty Gull: Chris Port Blog #79. Uneasy dreams. The Titanic again...Chris Port (Marty Gull)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10072213193656248085noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292754114795396839.post-77898202340927921182013-03-04T22:35:15.015+00:002013-03-04T22:35:15.015+00:00Rearranging The Deckchairs
https://3diassociates.w...Rearranging The Deckchairs<br />https://3diassociates.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/rearranging-the-deckchairs/<br /><br />'What if the so-called “world class” education systems that have been so painstakingly under construction in countries like the UK and the USA turn out to be very similar to the Titanic?'<br /><br />Good to see someone else using this Sisyphean phrase. I've been muttering it for years. Curiously enough, it only seems to date back to 1969. This is the earliest reference I've been able to find:<br /><br />One clergyman has been quoted as saying the numerous reforms taking place today are only "shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic."<br /><br />December 1969 issue of Time magazine; 29 December 1969, Charleston (WV) Gazette, "Future Role of Church Weighed" by James A Haught, pg. 11, col 1.<br /><br />http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-07/titanic-rearrange-deck-chairs/54084648/1Chris Port (Marty Gull)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10072213193656248085noreply@blogger.com