Education in the UK

[Napper]

My final year it was Mr Williams big bloke alledgedly a bit of a kiddy fiddler - probably no truth in that though.

Head of year was Mr Kaczmarek finished there in 93

Mr Henbest was the best in his jesus creepers.

 

[Goring Gull]

Goring Gull, don't you mean "Corporal Punishment", I can't see anyone being sent to the gallows for wagging class or mucking around, a couple of strokes of the cane maybe...mind you that might improve behaviour if it was.

Oh yes

Having said that there must be a few candidates for it - save thecountry alot of cash in the long run.

 

[Goring Gull]

Mr Henbest was the best in his jesus creepers.

Good old Harry Henbest. Mr Knapp was classic as well, met his daughter at college though and she was nothing like her father.

Mr Price the welsh French teacher always amused me as well.

 

[Goring Gull]

Mr Henbest was the best in his jesus creepers.

You've never lived on Loxwood avenue have you?

 

[Napper]

You've never lived on Loxwood avenue have you?

Lived in Pavillion Road , not million miles away

 

[Goring Gull]

Lived in Pavillion Road , not million miles away

What year did you finish at Worthing High?

 

[Napper]

finished 91 i think

 

[NMH]

More to do with the 'element' attending the schools than the standard of education available.
Quite honestly, Britain is full of scum that ought to be castrated and euthanised.

 

[Goring Gull]

More to do with the 'element' attending the schools than the standard of education available.
Quite honestly, Britain is full of scum that ought to be castrated and euthanised.

Surely the government know this but when are they going to act?

 

[El Presidente]

The problem exists at university too, lots of my colleagues complain about unruly behaviour, people talking in class, texting their mates and making paper aeroplanes.

SOME of this is due to lack of respect for the lecturers, a culture which has come from schools, but more importantly, homes.

SOME of this is due to crap teaching, and the fact that the lecturers are boring the pants off the people before them.

Anyone who arses around in my class does not survice long to be honest, but I have already been reported once by a LESBIAN for creating an 'intimidatory homophobic atmostphere such that she could not study'. My crime was as follows

Student "EP where are you from"
Me " Brighton"
Student " Is everyone gay in Brighton?"
Me "No, 25% of men are gay in Brighton, which in my case is from the knee down"

Okay, not exactly going to cause Eddie Izzard and Ricky Gervais sleepless nights at their comedy crowns being stolen, BUT at the same time in no way creating any anti gay sentiment in the class (IMO).

The following day a VERY LONG letter sent to the Uni complaining about me, and a WIGGING from the beak.

I don't know which student it was (although I strongly suspect it could have been the one with the moustache, donkey jacket and dungarees, who stripped down motorcycles in her coffee break), but she then FLOUNCED off the course. She had done no coursework up to that date, and a cynic might say that she was trying to avoid getting a SHITE mark for her lack of application during the year.

 

[Goring Gull]

The problem exists at university too, lots of my colleagues complain about unruly behaviour, people talking in class, texting their mates and making paper aeroplanes.

SOME of this is due to lack of respect for the lecturers, a culture which has come from schools, but more importantly, homes.

SOME of this is due to crap teaching, and the fact that the lecturers are boring the pants off the people before them.

Anyone who arses around in my class does not survice long to be honest, but I have already been reported once by a LESBIAN for creating an 'intimidatory homophobic atmostphere such that she could not study'. My crime was as follows

Student "EP where are you from"
Me " Brighton"
Student " Is everyone gay in Brighton?"
Me "No, 25% of men are gay in Brighton, which in my case is from the knee down"

Okay, not exactly going to cause Eddie Izzard and Ricky Gervais sleepless nights at their comedy crowns being stolen, BUT at the same time in no way creating any anti gay sentiment in the class (IMO).

The following day a VERY LONG letter sent to the Uni complaining about me, and a WIGGING from the beak.

I don't know which student it was (although I strongly suspect it could have been the one with the moustache, donkey jacket and dungarees, who stripped down motorcycles in her coffee break), but she then FLOUNCED off the course. She had done no coursework up to that date, and a cynic might say that she was trying to avoid getting a SHITE mark for her lack of application during the year.

Also in my opinion there are a lot of people at UNI who shouldn't be there - the sort who scrape thre Alevel passes like 3 D grades I don't think you should be allowed to go to uni unless you get 3 A levels at C or above.

 

[queens park pete]

Adrian 29UK having survived my education in Luton, I can only congratulate your girlfriend on sticking at her endless struggle with the lumpen proletariat of Britain's chavest town ( Yes growing up there turned me into an appalling snob!)

As a local teacher I can't believe someone is worrying about sending their kid to a school with a 75% pass rate- most of the Brighton schools are sub 45% and no reflection on the teaching staff.
As a cynical colleague told me in my first year, no teacher mines gold, just some lucky bastards get to polish it and get the credit!

 

[RM-Taylor]

Well I sorted f***ed up my education in Year 11 after having only about a 55% attendance last year .

Now I realise it's all my fault and I can't do anything about it.

 

[El Presidente]

Well I sorted f***ed up my education in Year 11 after having only about a 55% attendance last year .

Now I realise it's all my fault and I can't do anything about it.

Yes you can. Re-enrol, and look at the benefits of a good education. Wages about 30% over the average, longer life expectancy and female students who go like RABBITS at university.

 

[Robbie G]

I would say a large problem with kids these days is their lack of enthusiasm to learn.

It would seem in my opinion a lot of kids have adopted the "live for the day" attitude to life which unfortunately means socialising more with friends (often in class as well as weeknights/weekends) and foregoing a higher standard of education.

A lot of people i went to school said that they didn't really care about what results they got in school, as "it won't matter cos i'll just be a ...", assuming, of course, that they would just get the job!

Wow i sound like a 40 year old, rather than 18!

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Wow i sound like a 40 year old, rather than 18!

No change there then!

 

[Robbie G]

No change there then!

 

[El Presidente]

There is a report in the Sunday Times today which states that the number of 'McJobs' needed in the UK economy will fall from the current 6million to about 500,000 by 2020.

Anyone with no IT knowledge/skills as a bare minimum will be royally f***ed, and can look forward to a lifetime on the minimum wage.

The choice.........is yours.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Haven't read all posts.........you can see it is well past my bedtime.

However,what one should look for in school reults is how many pupils are getting 5 A-C grades which INCLUDE maths and English.

The league tables are skewed by 5 A-C's which exclude one or other (or both)of these key subjects,where the passes are in Food,Art,RE,Media,Drama etc.Now,these are also fine achievements,but employers,A level providers and Universities look for C and above in the major subjects.

Also,foreign languages can now be dropped before GCSE level so that schools can concentrate on getting pupils into subjects easier to score well in.

After all,Johnny Foreigner should learn English,wot!

 

[Gully]

That makes me quite proud of getting a CSE Grade 1 in French, our teacher was possibly the worst I had in something like 14 years of education, I have learnt more of the language in the intervening years by a mixture of trial and error.