Why do they keep fighting legal battles it's obvious they won't win ffs, more money pissed away. Braverman is a barrister who signs deals, pays out money then looks at the legalities .... ... I bet she wouldn't do it that way round if it was her money and not ours.
What makes me laugh is that nobody defends them. The 'defenders' are just posters who don't scream about Evil Tories in every post. Everyone knows they're ****e. Some want to discuss how and why things are happening though.
Lack of funding, means classes amalgamated next term. Which in some ways is not awful. But also not great for learning.
I seem to remember a tv programme called Benefits Street. It was about the antics of bunch of worthless drunken spongers pissing taxpayers money against a wall. Perhaps they should bring it back but rename it Downing Street.
It’s not a problem mate like I said earlier some times you just need to vent, especially if you are having a pissed off day
We all do it mate. Shows you care. If we care we have a chance of something better in the future. Hope all works out well for you and yours.
Brace yourselves I am about to slam Starmer... He says under labour state schools will gain parity with private schools within 5 years. Absolute idiot. Who wants state schools to churn out people only as capable as privately educated graduates on a par with Hancock or Johnson
You obviously have a good heart but conversations get heated, that's the reason I do my best to avoid them. The old adage about never arguing about politics or religion rings true especially on message boards' I hope all goes well for your son, my daughter is in a similar position trying to get on the property ladder.
I've worked for a few ex-Eton people and it's all very weird tbh. The last was the Duke of Argyle and he was so typical it was scary. They speak the same, act the same, dress the same, do the same things, have the same interests, go to the same events, etc etc etc. They live in a world whereby everything is mapped out, jobs are secured and doors opened. They don't have to try or look for opportunities, they're delivered on a silver platter. Once they take those opportunities the network protects them and they're safe as long as they play by the rules. But, if they stray, they can be totally ostracised whereupon they lose their privileges, influence and what they thought were their lifelong friends. No one from outside can ever become one of the club, it's a closed shop.
I mean, they just won't. Private and boarding schools simply offer more opportunities to kids. The major issue for me today is that kids don't have their talents recognised. Everyone has to go to university and get a degree no matter how meaningless. We should be filtering kids into trades and apprenticeships if they're not academically 'clever'.
Can’t remember the age of the switch but in Germany they do academic and practical then go either way later in school - industry or academia with both switches having the same prestige and level of qualification. People can then go further but it’s not looked down on to be in industry and nor should it be
Actually Gove went the other way. Went for more classical education. Not sure why. I think because it worked for him that’s what he kept saying at the time.
The Covid enquiry was seen, by some, as an attack on Boris Johnson which is ridiculous, of course there should be an enquiry into such a huge event that cost thousands of lives and a vast amount of money. But Sunak obviously wasn't trying to protect the ex-PM by fighting to keep certain information secret ... ... so what is the invisible man trying to hide, apart from himself.
This just shows he doesn't understand education. The teachers in most private schools are the same as teachers in state schools; they've all been through the same training schemes. One difference is that private schools generally have a better resources, but there are certainly some that don't. The key factor in what defines a good school and what defines a poor school is the engagement of the parents in their kid's education.
My kids went to boarding school (through necessity, not choice). The biggest difference was the extra time both teachers and pupils had to do stuff.
