tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post5537965610991450454..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: Good idea, but, more thought needed.Quiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-9715106947374165112010-07-02T11:47:31.533+01:002010-07-02T11:47:31.533+01:00"the Labour obsession with exams and weird ci..."the Labour obsession with exams and weird citizen/sexual/environmental education policies has to go."<br /><br />Well said.<br /><br />But I don't agree with removing the SATS entirely, although I would drastically reduce them. The aim is not to test every child to distraction but to sample the attainment so we can see if the school is doing its job. <br /><br />If we don't have raw figures to compare, then parents end up trying to compare schools by their own PR and the school which goes to the best PR agency wins. <br /><br />We need to do the comparisons before the children have taken their exams, when we might be able to correct the situation. Otherwise we end up leaving it to the FE colleges to sort out the mess.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-3433856888108200202010-06-30T19:57:52.458+01:002010-06-30T19:57:52.458+01:00First off, something has to give in the education ...First off, something has to give in the education "industry" the Labour obsession with exams and weird citizen/sexual/environmental education policies has to go.<br /><br />Right on and that's just for starters.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-47136723224361572872010-06-28T23:02:41.468+01:002010-06-28T23:02:41.468+01:00We went to an Infants School Sports Day where it w...We went to an Infants School Sports Day where it wasn't only the parents who were bemused and confused, because little ones like to win - something, anything. The children had to 'pass the beanbag' and then sit down. They had to 'throw a ball around a circle' and 'do an obstacle course'. There were no prizes, because there was no competition.<br /><br />And the country is hosting the Olympics, which is a sporting event - with winners and losers.<br /><br />Odd sort of thing really, don't you think?<br /><br />@ English Pensioner - yes, too many of today's teachers have themselves been through a system that does not prize either academic excellence or attention to detail and the nitpicking of spellnig and gremmer. (deliberate by the way)<br /><br />Why should a reader have to try to work out what the writer is trying to say? It should be the responsibility of the writer to make the meaning clear, and make sure it isn't open to misinterpretation.Mrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896765062231309345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-26549177454331917992010-06-28T16:43:50.157+01:002010-06-28T16:43:50.157+01:00PS to my previous comments.
Please don't blam...PS to my previous comments. <br />Please don't blame my grammar for he two errors, but the fact that my brain still works faster than my typing fingers (and the keyboard on my lap-top is terrible).<br />I should have put "worthy of consideration" and "how many of today's teachers" !<br />And a further thought:- with computerisation, the teaching of touch typing wouldn't be a bad idea.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-87467794050377195922010-06-28T16:13:09.269+01:002010-06-28T16:13:09.269+01:00Following on comments by Sir Terry Leahy of Tesco ...Following on comments by Sir Terry Leahy of Tesco and Sir Stuart Rose of Marks & Spencer, today the Telegraph reports that Sir Michael Rake, the head of BT has called our education system "a disgrace", claiming that 6,000 out of 26,000 applicants for places on their apprenticeship programme were not even worth of consideration because they couldn't spell, read the questions or or write a coherent sentence.<br />Whatever the merits of bringing back competitiveness in sport, it would be far better to bring back the "Three R's". But then I wonder how many of teachers would meet the standards set by my old Grammar School and actually be able to teach these rather than today's "woolly" non-subjects.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-52461355059843115372010-06-28T15:53:34.931+01:002010-06-28T15:53:34.931+01:00'The government plans to arrange school Olympi...'The government plans to arrange school Olympics to reintroduce competitiveness into our schools. Can't say I blame them, though I do wonder why it is that politicians have to meddle so much with education'<br /><br />See 'Mental Age' and 'Peer Group'.Chucklesnoreply@blogger.com