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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34054 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I am so glad that most of my teachers were people who had served in WW2, and had therefore seen some of the best and worst of life, and not been in the education system all their lives. Teaching Autistic kids in the regular classroom can be a challenge, it does depend on the level of autism though. I am assuming that he isn't that severely autistic if he was in a regular school? To successfully teach an autistic child takes training. Which is why we want our teachers to be highly educated in the profession of teaching, unfortunately the current UK government is going the other way and actually reducing the amount of training required. This is not going to help students like your son. It might help them with teacher recruitment, but perhaps the government should look at why they are having such problems retaining good teachers rather than just making it easier to become one. Reality Internet Personality |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
So he managed to convince 39 other students to join him on a protest to get more homework? That kid has some fantastic leadership skills! Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
A bit more to it than that. Yep, I wonder why? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Probably because Nope! From your link.... "It is not yet clear why the head and the 12 governors resigned" |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I would have thought that it was reasonably obvious that when an OFSTED inspection found the school as "inadequate", it was a direct appraisal of the capabilities of the Head and the Governors. Rather than be dismissed they chose to fall on their swords and resign en masse. Ah if only that was true, what an example for the (insert own words here) in government! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Oh dear, is this the rod that shafts Nickerless Clegg? Student Loans face timebomb "The coalition is facing a student loans repayment "timebomb" which could prove electorally "catastrophic" for the Liberal Democrats" |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
See I told you constantly that it would pay you to move back to Wales, just look at all the dosh you would save. Labour soundbyte or not, who was it that did a turnaround over student fees? Labour? Nope! Tories? Nope! UKIP? Nope! ....???.... Party? Yep! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
All right, own up, who blabbed? Psst.....over here gov, don't want to be overheard...it was..... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19136 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
The government has said this week about 45% of university graduates would not earn enough to repay loans. Under the new system, students do not pay the fees upfront and only start repaying when they are earning at least £21,000 a year. If the proportion of graduates not doing so reaches 48.6%, experts calculate that the government will lose more money than it gained by increasing fees in England to £9,000 a year. You can tell people till you are blue in the face, that this would happen, but would they listen. No. In the late 90's they were saying if you get a degree, you will be £400,000 better of over your lifetime, probably true when only 25% of population have degree's. But increase that to 45% then you can see that a lot of them are only average. With some almost certainly below average, when you consider the state of the education standards in schools today. And therefore the salaries are going to follow that trend. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
You can tell people till you are blue in the face, that this would happen, but would they listen. No. What's even worse is said graduates entering the transport industry and using said degree to lord it over others, yet at the same time cost the company £100,000's every year in wasted costs a la mileage and wear & tear on the vehicles. Also not being able to read maps so end up using computers to list the daily run sheets.... As we all know, computers run on logic, so how would this look to a graduate & how would it look to an experienced driver? PE1 PE12 PE2 PE23 PE3 PE33 |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
There is a third and unfortunate one as well. Those qualified with degrees in the subjects they wanted and on entering the workplace, get told that they are overqualified. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19136 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Good post WK. Go back to proper 7 year apprenticeships, with old fashioned C&G's, ONC/D and HNC/D's. Left school at 15 and was 23 before it was officially recognised I was qualified to make decisions and work unsupervised. Even though I did have my first HND before my 21st. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22258 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
And even today some "apprenticeships" last longer than that. To do my job you need at least fifteen years "in industry", plus another ten before that "post qualification" just to get through the first door. Then there is another three to five years of mentoring before it is considered you can do the job "fairly well" and work unsupervised most of the time, apart from the annual CPD interview, the annual assessment, the bi-annual written which just keep rolling on and on.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
so how would this look to a graduate & how would it look to an experienced driver? Correct, but you missed the point. PE1 & 2 are literally next door to each other, PE12 is not & a fair distance away. Load wise that is problematic and have experienced these cock-ups many times. Deliver to PE1, out to PE12 and back to PE2 several hundred yards away from the PE1 drop. Even had a better one than that. Had to deliver to Colchester. One drop not far from the military prison, next drop out to Mersea Island, next drop 900 feet from the previous drop before hitting the island. Getting the right people into the right positions and even you as a shopper see the effects as costs will be brought down to an acceptable level. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22258 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
...and sometimes it can be easier to drive past the second drop and do it on the way back having done drops three and four because of a bad/illegal turn, traffic island etc.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
...and sometimes it can be easier to drive past the second drop and do it on the way back having done drops three and four because of a bad/illegal turn, traffic island etc.... Not always possible. It all depends on the load. Heavy duty furniture weighing 100 kilos with no access to the next drop until that one is delivered...... |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19136 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
At the end of a 7 year apprenticeship it didn't mean you were any good, it took another 7 years and a two year course to be considered trustworthy. And my final job was one where you were invited to join the company. It wasn't an advertised position and you couldn't apply for it, even if you knew it existed. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
16 years then they invite you to join? |
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