Where have all the men gone?
Abstract
Many men of age and wisdom are labelled pale, male and stale. Simply because they’re female, women angrily demand the right to replace these men and bully them into silence. Schools promote political agendas and blame men for having to and failing to act. Teenagers mock history and attack men for the existence of Western nations, and for their failure to give them everything for nothing. Men understand humility, sacrifice, faith, loyalty, optimism, discipline and generosity. They aren’t afraid of responsibility. They also know that teacher is merely a job title and that real teaching requires, and is, so much more responsibility. The world needs wise men.
Keywords: boys, education, family, men, school
Author Biography
Dame Cheryl Lacey, DSJ, is a mother and an accomplished and highly motivated educator. Since her first year of teaching in 1989, Cheryl began to unpack Australia’s education system and has developed a First Principles framework to rebuild it. Her framework places families firmly in the centre of all decision making. She self-published her first book during her second year of teaching and secured a publishing contract in the USA and subsequently lived and worked in New York, advising educational leaders. Cheryl continues to write, speak, and advise on the relationship between family and school and the need for fundamental change.
The adoption of her two daughters led Cheryl on a path of community service, most notably in her 20-year membership of the Rotary Club of Melbourne. Cheryl is currently leading a team of dedicated members to reaffirm the purpose and founding principles of Rotary and secure a permanent home for the club.
Recognized as a Dame of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller Australasia, in 2021, Cheryl represented the Victorian Priory at the Sovereign Council in Malta in 2022. She was the first educationist in the world to complete post graduate studies in parental alienation.
