Well I am very glad that many Asians disagree with you chewkw and hope that they continue to do so.
Well it's a bit of both mike isn't it?
Not really, i regularly teach beyond the curriculum in A2 as thats necesary to get an A*. I regulrly do it at KS 3 as it adds some interest fir the bright kids and they'll need it at GCSE and A level any way. At GCSE I dont becayse the less able just want a C and it wouldnt help them and the more able, who are doing Triple GCSE are too loaded down with other gcse's and therefore do not have enough time on their sciences to do anything beyond what they need to know.
This rarely involves text books though as I have enough trouble just getting the books for the courses.
teamhurtmore - MemberWell I am very glad that many Asians disagree with you chewkw and hope that they continue to do so.
Of course they will disagree.
1. They are already here aren't they? They have already paid and the system has already tied them down.
2. Are they then going to go around advertising that they have achieved nothing here? Yet after paying so much and is below their expectation?
3. Are they going to embarrass themselves? I doubt it.
4. Also some of them do not know what they do not know. i.e. how do they know they are missing out if they have no such knowledge?
5. Of course they will continue to come over ... the agents get paid commissions. The agents will sell their own parents if they had to.
6. Asians (i.e. Indian, ****stan etc) will definitely still consider UK the place to be by comparison to their home country. This is largely because most still hold on to the old image of British Empire (trust me some of them still think so ... ) and the fact that the opportunity is great here.
7. Other Asians ... similar situation. Agents sell the ideas etc ... yes, they will come over for the moment because of the exchange rate.
For me if they continue to come to UK that's fine with me. I would rather they concentrate here then to go to other nations.
However, one thing that is definite ... this over hyped and sells talk will not last long ... grab them while they are still heading this way.
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Falling behind in math(s)? In the global race?
What is this race and is it really that important?
Who actually cares?
It's not a problem for you 'cos the till in McDonalds automatically works out the change. Bloody hell, if this is the attitude...
I can work my own change out thanks and i'm sure most of the population can without a till. Children don't need to be be measured constantly, they need to be nurtured. As a former secondary teacher,I know that constantly measuring performance is relatively pointless.
Joe Hart can save shots all day long on a training pitch, but in a match it you are in a completely different scenario. What's the point measuring a a child in a classroom situation constantly if he or she is in real life is going to be welding a pipeline under the North Sea or dealing in the derivative market. All we need to know is that they are well rounded individuals when they come out of school and a single exam will not tell you this.
My daughter has been put off English this year, because they're doing loads of work to make sure they get through the spelling, punctuation and grammar tests that Gove introduced.
But, hypothetically, will her spelling and grammar be better after the work?
I think we can safely assume Gove introduced the change to improve this rather than make it worse. IIRC teaching stuff does indeed make you better at it as well, who knew?*
Why are you asking? - granted it was grammatically beautiful but it isa pointless question to which the answer is hypothetically known
I know what I value more.
* I suspect even Gove is not that crap he could make it worse whilst trying to improve it but at what cost in other areas like say comprehension etc
But, hypothetically, will her spelling and grammar be better after the work?
I doubt it, but she'll be better prepared for a test which in itself is of dubious value. She was on track for level 6 in English anyway, what this has done is made her enjoy her English lessons less.
I think we can safely assume Gove introduced the change to improve this rather than make it worse. IIRC teaching stuff does indeed make you better at it as well, who knew?
Who knows the reasons behind some of his ideas; they certainly don't seem to be based upon any sound reasoning, from where I'm sitting. The SPaG tests specifically seemed to come from nowhere, plus bizarre tests like the nonsense-word phonics tests for Reception children.
I suspect even Gove is not that crap he could make it worse whilst trying to improve it but at what cost in other areas like say comprehension etc
It's the cost in other areas that's the problem. If you increase specific teaching/assessment of one area, something else has to be dropped.