Originally Posted by thindle (Post 428807)

Three cheers for Tony Blair. Hip, Hip Hurrah ETC.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 428869)

Should that not be two cheers?

As one of your quoted hips is on a list, waiting for a replacement.:D

Originally Posted by Ianto.W. (Post 428872)

NHo garinda i'm waiting for new ar***e replacement Do you want to stand in till I get one.:D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 428878)

Are you in BUPA?

Send me your credit card details, and I'm yours.

Originally Posted by Ianto.W. (Post 428884)

I'm in the system gary and I am anybody's, I had that lovely lady from the NHS round this morning, What a nice person ,she was called a disabilaty assesment person 'I think' the gear arrives tomorrow, no need for BUPA they can't hold a candle to our Health Service, waste of money in my humble opinion.:cool:

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 428887)

Well since you are happy with the NHS, and refuse to pay the going rate, I'm unable to be your arsehole.;):D

Originally Posted by Billcat (Post 428095)

I was not talking about the Federal government specifically.

Home schooling is growing, in large part, because there are folks who wish their kids to remain ignorant on certain subjects, such as evolution.

Originally Posted by Ianto.W. (Post 428135)

We are all now speaking with benefit of hindsight, the outcome of these conflicts will be the judge of both Dubya Bush and Tony Blairs foreign policies.As regard to local education and other day to day problems these really are the remit of the appointed ministers and the Mandarins, yes at the end of the day the leader is ultimatley responsible. In my opinion the education system of our country is a shambles, I cannot speak for the USA or any other country. The basic three 'R's are not the primary subjects anymore, the teaching of basic English has first to be taught, as the families of some immigrants cannot, or do not teach their siblings English, but the language of their country of birth. Thus we have a situation where if you are trapped in an area where you are a minority, amongst immigrants through poverty or circumstances your children will be held back whilst the others 'cach up', this time can never be given back as it is to late, the end product is semi illiteracy. I am not a racist this is just common sense, this is why you have 'Ghetto's', a prime example are the two schools where I received my primary education and secondary education, Spring Hill and Hyndburn Park Schools. 99.9% Asian. This has got to be said painfull or not!

Originally Posted by bullseyebarb (Post 429077)

The system is losing so many of it's good, well trained people.

Originally Posted by spinner (Post 429088)

its true some of the so called teachers that i know are very poorly educated and thick too. one teacher i know failed her gcses several times and had to retake her maths gcse 4 times! she needed the maths gcse to indicate she did have some sort of brain. it was essential to the teaching course. did they bother that she had to retake it so many times to pass? nocause they know people just dont want to teach anymore so the half wits are left to take the jobs.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 429115)

Miss Moore, former Head of Rhyddings didn't have a degree.;)

Originally Posted by bullseyebarb (Post 429139)

And I'll bet Miss Moore was better educated! If what my sister says is true about the current crop of incoming teachers, perhaps the standards at teachers' training colleges have been lowered significantly. The newbies at her school apparently leave a lot to be desired.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 429193)

According to my mum the majority of teachers at Rhyddings in the 1950's, were a collection of numskulls and perverts. Happily that is not the case today.