tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post1341451472948039846..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Of facts and calculationsTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-83554967829085921082010-11-08T00:18:40.554+00:002010-11-08T00:18:40.554+00:00That’s my main niggle, Annie: that they’ve misunde...That’s my main niggle, Annie: that they’ve misunderstood the point of education, but even if we accept their flawed understanding, they’ve still arsed it up. (And this applies to the previous administration as well.)<br /><br />True, Vicus. The 50% target for university entrance was just daft. The problem is, if we accept a more modest target (say 20%?) we know that it still won’t be the most able 20%, or the 20% that can benefit the most, or offer the most, that will get in.<br /><br />Oh, normal service will be resumed, Charles. Sorry.<br /><br />BWT: Why don’t you go back, so you can emigrate again?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-73601216903332828712010-11-08T00:09:46.224+00:002010-11-08T00:09:46.224+00:00I regret not taking the opportunity provided by un...I regret not taking the opportunity provided by university attendance to refine just which alcoholic beverages suited me.All those wasted years when I could have been supping what I now enjoy.<br />But anyway - just be thankful you're not talking about the Republic of Ireland. It's beginning to be hard to imagine universities surviving the current economic plummet at all.<br />I'd consider emigrating if I hadn't already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-7999683402910319992010-11-07T20:04:17.170+00:002010-11-07T20:04:17.170+00:00I just like it when you are out and out political....I just like it when you are out and out political.Charles Edward Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231685619963486690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-23680225963784377992010-11-07T14:10:58.139+00:002010-11-07T14:10:58.139+00:00Thank you.
Too complex a subject to be tackled in ...Thank you.<br />Too complex a subject to be tackled in a comment.<br />Although I would argue with whether anyone needs marketers. Golgafrincham. <br />I would prefer to see higher education only for those who really want it, and not for the 625,000 graduates with a 2.2 in business studies or accounting from the university of Potters Bar who have wasted their time and efforts just because that is what they have been conditioned to do.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-12753944115147039482010-11-07T10:04:50.973+00:002010-11-07T10:04:50.973+00:00What is education for? is a question that none of ...What is education for? is a question that none of them want to think about, on the left or the right. <br /><br />It's too complex and politicians don't want complex, they want soundbites. They know education is important to people but they're not genuinely interested in it. Even when they commission independent reviews (such as the Bercow Report or the Cambridge Primary Review) they ignore the findings of their own studies, for example by cutting the budget on speech and language services or ignoring evidence on the damage being done by formalising Early Years education.<br /><br />They know it wins votes so they want easy answers, and statistics they can point to "85% achieved grades A-C, that's a 20% rise on last year's results..." It means fuck-all really, but it's a "thought-terminating cliché" http://bit.ly/cC4EXO<br /><br />There's never any discussion or debate about what it's for, and what we want it to be, and parents are just as confused as the government. It's outmoded, and it will stay that way because it takes a long time to build an education system and implement changes, and governments only have a short time and they want results too fast. <br /><br />But even if we accept that the ultimate goal of education is to find a job and feed the economy, they don't follow their own logic through, because as you pointed out, one of the things we are best at, and export all over the world, is the arts. <br /><br />Anyway, I could go on all day. Should probably reply over on mine. In conclusion, I agree with you. <br /><br />WV: puntersAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-59625037359132756042010-11-06T20:12:18.651+00:002010-11-06T20:12:18.651+00:00Too much to say... will come back when my hangover...Too much to say... will come back when my hangover has departed.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.com