Originally Posted by garinda (Post 953005)

Not so much that their accents changed, though they did.

The fact that no children speak like that anymore.

Children in London certainly don't.

Sad really.

Watching it now you notice how engineered, and unrepresentative the choice of children was.

I think it's about 95% of children who go to state schools, so in theory there should have been just one child from a public school, not a third.

It's very much 'posh' versus 'oiks'.

There are few if any kids from the vast range in the middle.

That said, still fascinating though.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 953010)

All things considered they all did pretty well in life and the range of things they ended up doing was pretty wide -no real career women though...

I wonder how they'd try to choose a group to follow from today's British society -would be hard to be representative...

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 953014)

You could have a better stab nowadays, to try and be more representative.

Their original concept always reminds me of this famous photograph.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...Tt-rP3HXOcFpng

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 953017)

Very apt - you are the central urchin of course:D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 953019)

Actually I was just out of shot.

Selling my violets.

;)

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 952517)

and I will give you the man!
The father of a seven year old was telling me yesterday that his child came home from school and told them the class had a talk/lecture from their teacher about Wednesdays strike. The teacher told them it was not the teachers fault, the Government was trying to take their money off them so it was the governments fault. The father suggested it might be more complicated than that, his child said 'Oh no,daddy, the teacher said that so it must be true'.
Whatever your politics, is it right that this sort of indoctrination of seven year olds(or any other age) at school should be permitted? I certainly don't think so.

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 953661)

Just wondered if you had any updates on this Bob seeing as you opened the thread and have not posted on it since... did your freind make a complaint to the school?..I think most parents would have done.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 952517)

and I will give you the man!
The father of a seven year old was telling me yesterday that his child came home from school and told them the class had a talk/lecture from their teacher about Wednesdays strike. The teacher told them it was not the teachers fault, the Government was trying to take their money off them so it was the governments fault. The father suggested it might be more complicated than that, his child said 'Oh no,daddy, the teacher said that so it must be true'.
Whatever your politics, is it right that this sort of indoctrination of seven year olds(or any other age) at school should be permitted? I certainly don't think so.