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Educational Conscription: Educational Romanticism
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Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. Some of the real reasons for educational conscription and why it is an expensive failure here. Posted by Saltburn subversives. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The UK government has proposed that the leaving age for compulsory education be raised from 16 to 18. This collective blog exists to express opposition to that proposal. Please use the image below to link here. Man in a Shed.
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Educational Conscription: Spam and Comments
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Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. Just to note that I have (or, at least, think I have) disabled comments on this blog - we've not said anything of significance for a while and the spammers have found us :(. Posted by Surreptitious Evil. The UK government has proposed that the leaving age for compulsory education be raised from 16 to 18. This collective blog exists to express opposition to that proposal. Please use the image below to link here. Man in a Shed.
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Educational Conscription: English Educational Conscription
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Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. In addition to my diatribe. Yesterday on educational conscription, something has just occured to me - this law will apply. Only English children will have to stay in school until 18. Only English children will be deprived of their liberties and their freedom. Do it illustrates the issues with our current devolution system. English and therefore a victim of the British Apartheid System said. 6 November 2007 at 22:31. Man in a Shed.
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Educational Conscription: Coercion, regulation, compulsion (contd.)
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Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. Coercion, regulation, compulsion (contd.). My Government is committed to raising educational standards and giving everyone the chance to reach their full potential. … A Bill will be introduced to ensure. That young people stay in education or training until age 18. My Government will bring forward proposals to help people achieve a better balance between work and family life. … A bill will place a duty. In a parallel universe:. We are...
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Educational Conscription: Perpetuating poor standards
http://appallingstupidity.blogspot.com/2008/03/perpetuating-poor-standards.html
Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. To see how this might look, read this from an inner-city London teacher. Frustrated starts to cry. 'I just can't take it anymore Miss. It isn't fair. They shout and scream at the teacher all of the time and I can't hear myself think! I frown. 'Who shouts? Whose lesson have you come out of? They don't care what they get. But I do. Why do I have to put up with this? Posted by Tim J. Im going back 20 odd years here. The head at my sc...
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Educational Conscription: Full-time adult coercion: the virus spreads
http://appallingstupidity.blogspot.com/2008/04/full-time-adult-coercion-virus-spreads.html
Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. Full-time adult coercion: the virus spreads. Googling “raising of school leaving age” leads me to discover that Bermuda. The Minister was asked if the idea was to reduce youth crime by keeping youngsters occupied. He said: "Certainly, we hope that that will help in that way. The important thing is improving the quality of teaching and learning at schools.". Government pledged to bring about improvements after UK professor David Hopkin...
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7 Ways In Which Polly is Wrong | Vir Cantium
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I'm right, you know …. 7 Ways In Which Polly is Wrong. On April 10, 2012. She’s at it again, giving the Grauniad all 110,000-worth of her wisdom. This time, it’s. The tax and finances of every citizen must be open to public scrutiny. 8230;Taxes are the price we pay for civilisation: soon that price must become a public declaration for all. So, let us count the ways in which Polly is wrong. This might take a while. 2 Exposing everyone’s tax affairs is a good thing because, quoth Polly:. The ‘civic d...
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Educational Conscription: Back to school
http://appallingstupidity.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-to-school.html
Not standing by idly while 17-year-olds are deprived of their liberty. There is a posting over at Samizdata by Johnathan Pierce on the topic of school holidays, child labour and youth crime). The weekend just gone, I spent much of Saturday visiting my old school that is shortly to be demolished due to a move into a new PFI school next door. I spent much of the time chatting to teachers about then versus now. Wait: they used to hit you when you were in the sixth form? 28 July 2008 at 19:44. Please use the...
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Angry Steve: January 2011
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This is a collection of thoughts and statements about things that annoy me. I am a big, angry man. Hear me roar, or piss off and give me peace. Sunday, January 09, 2011. Wall bingo will break backs. You all know the game - put your card in, type in some numbers and see if some money comes out of the machine - that's wall bingo. Recently, however, it has become increasingly difficult to play wall bingo due to the machines being lower to the ground than a snake's belly in a wagon rut. Links to this post.