tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574211.post4426043765231132686..comments2024-03-18T19:44:24.491+00:00Comments on One Page In A Library of Millions: What is education for?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574211.post-70921313479926768732012-09-24T09:57:40.000+01:002012-09-24T09:57:40.000+01:00Thanks both of you for your comments. I was intere...Thanks both of you for your comments. I was interested to see in Saturday's Times that the head of Ofsted was asking why we are obsessed with GCSE results when 1 in 5 children leave Primary school unable to read or write.<br /><br />The teacher who made the biggest impact on my pre-secondary education was the wife of a Conservative councillor who encouraged all her students to read for Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15984687997030721919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574211.post-78254893470485601862012-09-21T11:59:28.921+01:002012-09-21T11:59:28.921+01:00very good post Paul, I agree with every word. Howe...very good post Paul, I agree with every word. However, unlike Shy, I do think teachers have to share some of the blame, they have to, 90% of them are lefties ;-) Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574211.post-91748274227606090212012-09-20T10:28:28.239+01:002012-09-20T10:28:28.239+01:00I am dismayed that our children have been used as ...I am dismayed that our children have been used as political pawns for many, many years by politicians who have little experience or real life and yet insist on inflicting their philosophical beliefs on others.<br /><br />I feel sorry for the pupils who go to school, do the work, deservedly pass the exams only to find out that their qualifications mean little after they've left school.<br /><A Northern Blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730642187098609345noreply@blogger.com