We don't need no education
How bloody stupid is Gordon Brown? Very, is the answer.
Today he said that those schools that fail to achieve high enough GCSE pass marks will be closed down, or taken over by interim management, or taken over by other schools.
Let's think about this. If they are taken over, then what good will that do, really? It is generally the kids' attitude to education that is the problem, and that in turn stems from the parents. The teachers probably try the best, or maybe they gave up trying. Bringing in new blood could make a temporary difference, but I doubt it would last.
Closing the school altogether is daft. Then the disaffected youth from these schools simply move to other schools and bring the standards down there, too.
Neither of these things gets to the root cause of the problem. Some youngsters simply do not care about getting an education. And, as mentioned above, their parents are basically the ones to blame for this.
I don't have an actual solution for this, for once, but it seems glaringly obvious to me that if you get kids to want to learn, then they will learn and then this problem has gone away. Kids aren't stupid. What they need is a reason to learn. A reason to aspire to something better. Frankly, a benefits culture does not promote this to start with, but even better would be a way to make them want to learn.
Today he said that those schools that fail to achieve high enough GCSE pass marks will be closed down, or taken over by interim management, or taken over by other schools.
Let's think about this. If they are taken over, then what good will that do, really? It is generally the kids' attitude to education that is the problem, and that in turn stems from the parents. The teachers probably try the best, or maybe they gave up trying. Bringing in new blood could make a temporary difference, but I doubt it would last.
Closing the school altogether is daft. Then the disaffected youth from these schools simply move to other schools and bring the standards down there, too.
Neither of these things gets to the root cause of the problem. Some youngsters simply do not care about getting an education. And, as mentioned above, their parents are basically the ones to blame for this.
I don't have an actual solution for this, for once, but it seems glaringly obvious to me that if you get kids to want to learn, then they will learn and then this problem has gone away. Kids aren't stupid. What they need is a reason to learn. A reason to aspire to something better. Frankly, a benefits culture does not promote this to start with, but even better would be a way to make them want to learn.
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