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Originally Posted by egg&chips
I agree that many pupils doing A levels today would struggle to pass the eleven plus exams from 1937. However, this is not 1937. Hopefully, we educate children to live, work and contribute to 21st century communities and to bEcome vital members of society e.g. care workers.
I agree that my hours, conditions and pay are better than many, but also worse than some too. I have family who do work in the NHS, and indeed they smile at work, as, I believe should all workers who deal with people, in whatever their role (possibly not coroners etc.). I also agree that I probably do not need a pay rise, a little belt tightening would possibly do me good.
What I do object to is the incredibly sweeping nature of some of your statements, which are, to be blunt, wrong
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If we are talking sweeping statements here...take a look at the quoted statement of your own general secretary in my first post! Patronising, belittling and downright garbage!
You are correct, its not 1937, its 2012, does that mean that kids do not need to be able to do the basic 3 R's to get a job?
Going off topic for a sec.... IMO using VAK and SMART only works with people who want to learn...most kids (13-17) realistically don't want to learn, school is somewhere they hangout between 9 and 3, I guess I could argue that secondary teachers are overpaid childminders