tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8116678563556924200..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Holding Back Our ResourcesJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15400317757372182302009-02-02T18:12:00.000+00:002009-02-02T18:12:00.000+00:00Chalcedon said.."I read an article which mentioned...Chalcedon said..<BR/>"I read an article which mentioned Sisyphus from Greek mythology. It then explained who he was and the task given him by the Gods. That shouldn't have been necessary. Every reader should have known who Sisyphus was."<BR/><BR/>Hear, hear, Chalcedon. The trendies have stolen so much of our culture's treasure for our children when they binned the classics and replaced them with trash, and 'what every schoolboy knows' is some snuff site on Arsebook.<BR/><BR/>'More relevant' my backside.North Northwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990919627286136085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48637622689584782822009-02-01T17:46:00.000+00:002009-02-01T17:46:00.000+00:00Oh bugger. That would be teach accordingly. Knowle...Oh bugger. That would be teach accordingly. Knowledge, not just information to pass exams, but an actual education. I read an article which mentioned Sisyphus from Greek mythology. It then explained who he was and the task given him by the Gods. That shouldn't have been necessary. Every reader should have known who Sisyphus was.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6647419527264183242009-02-01T17:43:00.000+00:002009-02-01T17:43:00.000+00:00Why don't these twats just set up A, B and C strea...Why don't these twats just set up A, B and C streams for each year and tracxh accordingly? A for the most intelligent/academically inclined, B for the average and C for those who are slow learners. Jeeze, this was true in my old grammar school FFS.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35348295271396675962009-01-31T22:02:00.000+00:002009-01-31T22:02:00.000+00:00The saddest part is that we should read about this...The saddest part is that we should read about this stuff and find our blood pressure boiling, instead we just shrug our shoulders and say "well, what did you expect?" <BR/><BR/>So deeply ingrained is the levelling-down that it will take a generation to change; a generation that will only start when we have a government that addresses the problem directly and expressly. <BR/><BR/>I'm not holding my breath.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15577785664387875052009-01-31T14:29:00.000+00:002009-01-31T14:29:00.000+00:00"ensuring that all learners receive the challenge ..."ensuring that all learners receive the challenge and support..."<BR/><BR/>Uh-oh.<BR/><BR/>No child left behind.<BR/><BR/>And of course, since this is not Lake Wobegon, the only way to ensure no child is left behind, is to ensure that no child gets ahead.*<BR/><BR/>Which is pretty much what the educational establishment has done, over the last thirty years or so.<BR/><BR/>They don't seem to understand that if we don't educate those of our children who are actually capable of doing stuff, then no stuff will get done. We are basically doomed if we continue to waste all that potential human capital.<BR/><BR/>* This paragraph more or less shamelessly lifted from the great Jerry Pournelle, and hereby acknowledged as such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84592703775474629472009-01-31T12:43:00.000+00:002009-01-31T12:43:00.000+00:00There are some, who blog, who recognise the proble...There are some, who blog, who recognise the problems - <A HREF="http://tomisswithlove.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">To Miss With Love</A> and <A HREF="http://rantingteacheruk.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Ranting Teacher</A> to mention a couple of the best-known.<BR/><BR/>But sadly they are too few to make real changes, and we just don't seem to value education in this country anymore.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32766767686802036352009-01-31T09:11:00.000+00:002009-01-31T09:11:00.000+00:00"Why not just find the teachers who are failing to..."Why not just find the teachers who are failing to do this, and sack them? "<BR/><BR/>err... because that would be most of them?<BR/><BR/>Teachers are at the heart of the whole "progressive" enterprise.DavidNclhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110363165024627157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32587511766765702812009-01-31T08:54:00.000+00:002009-01-31T08:54:00.000+00:00A DCSF spokesman said: "This is an evaluation of a...A DCSF spokesman said: "This is an evaluation of a historic institution which no longer exists - the Gifted and Talented programme has progressed significantly."<BR/><BR/>From the Caribbean, a planters' spokesman said: "This is an evaluation of a historic institution which no longer exists - the Humane Sugar Cane Growing and Refining programme has progressed significantly."<BR/><BR/>As the great Dumb Jon would say of this snippet regarding progressive education:<BR/><BR/>"...critics' claims that bright children struggle in the comprehensive system because they are dragged down by classmates " <BR/><BR/>...that's not a bug; it's a feature.North Northwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990919627286136085noreply@blogger.com