tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post611243843806004285..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: University IntakeMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-17456075410338386502010-06-21T18:17:35.559+00:002010-06-21T18:17:35.559+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Seeking Sirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708212799471960487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-86727288686446059032010-06-21T18:17:35.561+00:002010-06-21T18:17:35.561+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Seeking Sirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708212799471960487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-14219863561592178612010-06-17T11:58:22.395+00:002010-06-17T11:58:22.395+00:00It seems ludicrous to me that teachers, as state s...It seems ludicrous to me that teachers, as state sector employees, get to choose their own school. It means the best schools retain the best teachers, while the sink schools, whom are most in need of new staff.<br /><br />It would make far more sense for them to be regionally or nationally hired (or locally hired, but nationally available). That way, the best performing teachers could be moved to the schools in which they are most needed.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951026266907003861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-80233687906292370422010-06-01T12:13:27.510+00:002010-06-01T12:13:27.510+00:00Naive comment I know but what happened to trying t...Naive comment I know but what happened to trying to make bad schools better rather than allowing kids to go to any school they like?<br /><br />One result has to be that a good kid ends up at a bad school - so what about his human rights!?!?<br /><br />The only real downside I have to admit for selecting based on ability is you'll see some generally good kids who aren;t that academically gifted then going to a school with all the scrotes and suffering as a result.AnnoyedOnATrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373710771416801736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-41515669176165205662010-06-01T09:41:27.913+00:002010-06-01T09:41:27.913+00:00Phatboy - currently, bright poor kids get subsumed...Phatboy - currently, bright poor kids get subsumed by the bad ones in bad schools (it being an unfortunate fact of life that more poor kids from poorer backgrounds have 'behavioural problems'.<br /><br />Thus, if you remove the intelligent and amenable but poor kids from poor schools and put them into good ones, where they won't be bullied for doing their homework and obeying their teachers, you will help them to achieve more.<br /><br />True, you won't help those poor kids who prefer to mess around and learn nothing, but we're not doing anything for them anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-32030049675731299282010-05-28T10:24:27.060+00:002010-05-28T10:24:27.060+00:00Forgive me for being dumb, but how does allowing s...Forgive me for being dumb, but how does allowing schools to select pupils by ability improve kids going to top universities?<br /><br />Surely the dumb, mean and bad kids will still have to go to school?phatboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09945060500895486153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-17619204158231283182010-05-27T16:10:36.451+00:002010-05-27T16:10:36.451+00:00Two dreadful things have happened to education in ...Two dreadful things have happened to education in my lifetime. Firstly, entry to a good school by the iniquitous principal of academic ability has been replaced by the egalitarian test of how much your parents can afford to pay for their house. Secondly, a whole generation has been conned into believing that a degree in 'Mickey Mouse Studies' from Skegness University will open more doors than an HND in 'History of Animation' from East Lincs Poly used to and take on massive debts on that basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com