...let's hope their fears are well-founded:
Nick Lowles, chief executive of anti-racism group Hope Not Hate, said the guidance appeared to focus on 'creating a debate about the 'culture wars' rather than helping pupils learn about racism and prejudice.
Because all his organisation cares about is....errr...well, as Fahrenheit211 has exhaustively documented, not combatting racism so much as taking an enthusiastic part in those wars.
He added that the Government seemed to be turning the need to teach pupils about racism into a 'political football'.
Not, that's chutzpah, since Nickie boy is their top player in political football!
Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU teaching union, said...'There is absolutely no need for new guidance on how to appropriately handle political and social subjects in schools,' she said.
'Very good guidance already exists and this is followed up and down the country. It has always been the case that educators take their responsibilities for teaching in these areas seriously and carry it out with considerable thought.'
If that was truly the case, this wouldn't be needed, would it Mary..?
I was turned off History by a Welsh tosser back in the 60s who taught that Star Chamber was a good thing, because it enabled plebs to snitch on Barons 'in camera' and therefore without fear of intimidation or retribution. Some chance. It was there to frame up the innocent as much as to convict the guilty. AT the age of 13 I was already smart enough to see through left-wing politically-driven flatulent tosspottery of that kind.
ReplyDelete"educators take their responsibilities for teaching in these areas seriously and carry it out with considerable thought.'"
ReplyDeleteAfter working in various schools for twenty years, I ROFL and that say what most take seriously is salary, promotion and their place in the pecking order and the clique. Oh, yes, just like any other employees!
"... who taught that Star Chamber was a good thing..."
ReplyDeleteI suspect he's not the only 'education specialist' who believes that. Just the only one arrogant and stupid enough to voice it!
"After working in various schools for twenty years, I ROFL..."
Yup! I've friends who work in schools, and the stories they tell are hair-raising!