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Message 1644163 - Posted: 19 Feb 2015, 18:23:22 UTC - in response to Message 1644142.  

Annie, for children with Autism or other similar problems in life, which are not their fault, then Life Skills courses and the AQA stuff I mentioned are a godsend to help their self confidence and ability. I don't think anyone would want to argue against that. However I was commenting on the run of the mill youngsters that thankfully don't have those problems, but just didn't get the usual parental guidance when they should have done, and have to be taught later what they should already have known.

But thank you for putting the other side to Lifeskills courses that many here may not have fully appreciated before.


:) You're welcome :))))

Mind you... if a run of the mill youngster can get more out of a life skill course than they could out of their parents, then maybe it's not a bad thing for them either :) But we are approaching a point where some parents do increasingly believe that because someone else is being paid to do the hard work, why should they have to :( It's not a trend I like :/
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Message 1644224 - Posted: 19 Feb 2015, 20:17:34 UTC

Rules are rules, but posting this because of one very valid comment...

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"taken to court for going on holiday, when a 7 year old is beaten to death and no one has been charged. ...this country takes the p!ss."
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Message 1644236 - Posted: 19 Feb 2015, 20:34:46 UTC - in response to Message 1644233.  

Regardless of what the Mail says, Did Somerset Council take them to court or not?
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Message 1644449 - Posted: 20 Feb 2015, 12:11:31 UTC

One way to solve this problem would be to force the travel companies not the take the mick when it comes to half-term pricing. Parents complain that it's not fair, and they're right, about the ridiculous price-hikes imposed during the only times they're allowed to go on holiday. Not sure how one would go about fixing this without interfering with the free market though.

Perhaps another option would be for schools to move their half-terms around a bit.
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Message 1645745 - Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 22:15:44 UTC

You can tell it's General Election time, the "absurd" promises that appear...

Labour promises more arts in schools

"Schools would not be graded as "outstanding" unless offering a wide range of arts subjects and "cultural opportunities", says Mr Miliband."

...& what would those cultural opportunities be Miliband?
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Message 1646120 - Posted: 24 Feb 2015, 23:30:35 UTC

Good or Bad idea?

If good, why not in the rest of the UK?

Another Good or Bad idea?
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Message 1646830 - Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 10:39:41 UTC

Didn't know where else to post this but it's quite interesting!

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Message 1646864 - Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 14:01:36 UTC

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Message 1646873 - Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 14:38:36 UTC

I thought that it was people's responsibility to keep kids safe? Well here is one man getting kids to use the roads correctly, yet the local H&S Nazi's council condemns his actions...

Council bans lollipop man from giving "high-fives"

"Because our children want to go and see him [Nkosana Mdikane] they all cross at the pedestrian crossing, rather than anywhere else on the road, so he's keeping our children safe.

"Also because he's such a 'larger than life' character the cars pay more attention too.""

It seems that there are those who really have no clue to life they enter local/national government!
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Message 1650549 - Posted: 8 Mar 2015, 6:07:30 UTC

Dang, it is as bad as can be imagined .....

Just had a short talk with a friend who is teaching public high school in the Los Angeles area. He is ready to chuck it. Because of the rules he can't get any classroom discipline. The kids aren't dumb, they know there is no consequence no matter what they do, so they do it. They have ordered that no students be written up because too many of them are written up. They have been ordered to give them passing grades, because too many students are failing. Doesn't matter if the kid spends the entire class time playing games on his cell phone and doesn't do any class work and is loud and disruptive and can't answer a single question on a test. That is a model student who is to pass the class on orders of idiots. When that generation tries to get a job, well, I'm beginning to understand why there is a overwhelming wealth disparity in the USA.
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Message 1650691 - Posted: 8 Mar 2015, 16:29:05 UTC - in response to Message 1650564.  

@Chris, High school in USA is grades 9-12, or about ages 15-18.

As to being an whistle blower, everyone already knows, they just don't realize the magnitude of the problem. The practice isn't limited to that school or even that school district, it is national. It used to get a bit of play in the news, but not so much anymore, no one seems to care! Well, not true, those that care put their children in private schools and sidestep the issue.

You mentioned bums in seats and that is it. Average daily attendance, and that is the amount of the check to operate the school. All policies are to maximize that number. All standards be damned and ignored.

Now for those of us on this side of the pond what is "FE", "O" and "A"?
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Message 1650711 - Posted: 8 Mar 2015, 17:09:13 UTC - in response to Message 1650691.  

FE = Further Education. "O" = Ordinary Level & "A" = Advanced level.
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Message 1650737 - Posted: 8 Mar 2015, 18:27:21 UTC

Interesting reports.

Consent lessons for 11 year olds

Ban on working with children

"Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said she was "concerned about what might be taught in some of our schools"."
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Message 1651169 - Posted: 9 Mar 2015, 23:23:15 UTC

Good idea or more waste of taxpayers money?

About the only thing left to privatise is Education & the Tories are hell bent on doing so!
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Message 1655050 - Posted: 20 Mar 2015, 17:59:46 UTC

No wonder teachers are up in arms with head teachers like this muppet in charge...

Watching the Eclipse banned due to "Cultural & Religious" reasons

Oh & for the PC brigade amongst us...

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Message 1655533 - Posted: 21 Mar 2015, 21:04:53 UTC

2 lovely comments...

"There has always been change in education but it seems to have accelerated since the 1988 Education Reform Act. There seems to be less and less input from educationalists and more and more from politicians - it is time to redress the balance, step back and allow schools and teachers to get on with the job of teaching our children."

"The Government do not tell surgeons how to operate on patients because surgeon's know best how to operate on patients. Why does Government think it should be in a position to tell teachers how to teach?"

Head states "Stability" needed
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Message 1657587 - Posted: 27 Mar 2015, 6:49:43 UTC - in response to Message 1656609.  

We should all be telling young people to get their state-funded learning in as quickly as they can," he said.

Once they hit 21 there won't be any support left.

That is not a great scenario for a society in which people are living longer and wanting to contribute to society and work longer too.

Another ticking timebomb waiting to detonate!
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Message 1658769 - Posted: 29 Mar 2015, 14:12:00 UTC - in response to Message 1658733.  

We'll see how far this one gets.

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"Prime Minister David Cameron announced this month that adults in positions of responsibility could face prison sentences of up to five years if they failed to report allegations of the neglect or abuse of children."

So we can expect to see more teachers, judges, police officers, politicians & civil servants convicted then.
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Message 1658875 - Posted: 29 Mar 2015, 17:13:59 UTC - in response to Message 1658769.  

We'll see how far this one gets.

School Heads

"Prime Minister David Cameron announced this month that adults in positions of responsibility could face prison sentences of up to five years if they failed to report allegations of the neglect or abuse of children."

So we can expect to see more teachers, judges, police officers, politicians & civil servants convicted then.

I can see more cases where false allegations are made because these adults are scared of getting it wrong.
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