Re: Grammar Schools : Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:07 pm  

Why if you established a Grammar in a less than 'better off' area could it not succeed?

Re: Grammar Schools : Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:53 pm  

Because they are an inherent failure in an education policy. Ergo...

Re: Grammar Schools : Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:13 pm  

It frustrates me that we don't look at successful systems implemented by other nations, and try and implement them ourselves. Finland has been one of the world leaders in education for years, why don't we ask 'why?'. An interesting article from a US maths teacher seems to suggest that we wouldn't have to change that much to improve things. https://fillingmymap.com/2015/04/15/11- ... s-is-more/

It frustrates me that we don't look at successful systems implemented by other nations, and try and implement them ourselves. Finland has been one of the world leaders in education for years, why don't we ask 'why?'. An interesting article from a US maths teacher seems to suggest that we wouldn't have to change that much to improve things. https://fillingmymap.com/2015/04/15/11- ... s-is-more/

Re: Grammar Schools : Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:53 pm  

SHould have a 3 tier system:
1. Grammar
2. Intermediate academic - with meaningful qualifications at end.
3. Vocational - to train for much need trades such as plumbers, electricians, brickliayers, etc

Re: Grammar Schools : Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:41 am  

Dally wrote:

SHould have a 3 tier system:
1. Grammar
2. Intermediate academic - with meaningful qualifications at end.
3. Vocational - to train for much need trades such as plumbers, electricians, brickliayers, etc

Nice, elitist class system you have going on there.


You are a moron from Victorian Britain and I claim my £5.

Re: Grammar Schools : Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:18 am  

Dally wrote:

SHould have a 3 tier system:
1. Grammar
2. Intermediate academic - with meaningful qualifications at end.
3. Vocational - to train for much need trades such as plumbers, electricians, brickliayers, etc

Good idea. This way a concerned parent gets to put as much effort into parenting as they currently do secure in the knowledge that their child is isolated from undue influences and they get to grow up in fear of everyone mummy and daddy always warned them about. And after all, isn't that what it's really all about? We really do need to shift back to some more traditional targets now that this bothersome Europe business is settled.

Re: Grammar Schools : Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:30 pm  

We need a system that prizes excellence for long-term economic prosperity. It is also important in order to undermine the public school dominance at the head of media, government and industry that we now have.

Re: Grammar Schools : Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:28 am  

The true problems with public schools with regard to governance of the nation and its institutions is the isolation of their students from the world as it is. What you are proposing is a mechanism of turning that isolation into a state mandated production line. This raises an obvious question: WTF?

Re: Grammar Schools : Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:25 pm  

vbfg wrote:

The true problems with public schools with regard to governance of the nation and its institutions is the isolation of their students from the world as it is. What you are proposing is a mechanism of turning that isolation into a state mandated production line. This raises an obvious question: WTF?

May be an obvious question for a pleb.

Re: Grammar Schools : Thu Sep 15, 2016 3:31 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

It frustrates me that we don't look at successful systems implemented by other nations, and try and implement them ourselves. Finland has been one of the world leaders in education for years, why don't we ask 'why?'.
...

Finnfsckinland? "Leaders"? By what definition?

Well, er there was the guy who invented Linux, and ...