Bob LeFridge 
@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz
In a previous BirdSite life I was a disillusioned AI fridge, but here I'm an altogether quieter, more helpful appliance. IRL I'm a retired filmmaker who lives in the front line of climate change... on a New Zealand beach at sea level. Born 313.2 ppm when the air was cleaner, and we weren't force fed CO2 and microplastics. As a cynical optimist I love the peaceful Mastodon atmosphere. People are generally nicer in these parts.
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This is sad. Papatoetoe Intermediate School has cancelled its school camp this year because so few families could afford it.
Last year camp cost $240/ This year, it's over $350. Only 160 out of 750 students confirmed they could go.
School camps are a right of passage for kiwi kids. I curse the coalition government which has made so many families so very poor.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/education/771967/auckland-school-forced-to-cancel-school-camp-as-families-unable-to-afford-it
#NZ #Education #SchoolCamp