tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post2177044526829162065..comments2023-09-10T16:35:32.651+01:00Comments on Captain Ranty-Lawful Rebel: Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids AloneCaptain Rantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07839241144954596066noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-613501683935187882010-03-05T15:22:19.500+00:002010-03-05T15:22:19.500+00:00I wonder how many will stand against Mr
Scrotum an...I wonder how many will stand against Mr<br />Scrotum and his pervert band?Lion of Englandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-45437647300964824302010-02-28T11:53:17.498+00:002010-02-28T11:53:17.498+00:00This week I'm getting into this theme after so...This week I'm getting into this theme after sovereignty and it's a huge one. The way education has been blighted in so many ways needs taking apart but what can be done? These people are the new teachers and it's an incestuous thing.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-66642635970752421502010-02-27T23:03:41.929+00:002010-02-27T23:03:41.929+00:00Anonymous - Yes, Home educators have known for a w...Anonymous - Yes, Home educators have known for a while that the gov't were going to try using the verdict on the Khyra Ishaq trial to justify the HE elements of the highly unpopular, controversial, poorly evidenced, ideologically driven CSF Bill currently being shoehorned through. Of course, I hope all reading here will see through the spin, see that where the gov't points the finger of blame is the last place to look. Be aware for example that Birmingham City Council are alleged to have spent £800 a day on a PR man to spin the blame away from them. Be aware that existing legislation used properly would have saved her life. Be aware of the long list of people who saw the girl and failed to act. Be aware that concerns were raised before she was pulled from school. We don't have a TV so I've not seen the BBC's coverage but I'm told it has gleefully pushed the Labour line that this is an HE issue. It's not. If anyone is interested let me know and would be happy to provide some good articles on this.<br /><br />Also, CR - "home schooling, where the parents determine what their kids learn". Many home educating familes follow an autonomous approach where the child leads the way in their education, using structured or unstructured methods as best suits their learning style and their interests at that time, with parents acting as facilitators and sharing their thoughts and skills as well as those of people in their area. When the potential of that hits you, there's no looking back! Try: John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, Alan Thomas, Jan Fortune-Wood (Doing It Their Way), and others. Again, would be delighted to provide more food for thought on this topic.<br /><br />Sorry if that all sounds excessively defensive, but I suspect this is largely a receptive audience!<br /><br />BarryBarry the Jackalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504079576620628574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-68598230755132924352010-02-27T13:48:49.663+00:002010-02-27T13:48:49.663+00:00"What makes a good teacher?"
I can'..."What makes a good teacher?" <br /><br />I can't honestly remember many of mine, but one I do was our French teacher Bill Haddon. He was in his 60's, and would only take so much from unruly pupils before unleashing almighty retribution! <br /><br />But he was a damn good teacher, who realised that sometimes the class simply weren't interested, and rather than keep pressing on, he would change the subject completely - usually recounting some tales of his wartime experiences. <br /><br />He was also rather good on the hockey field, as my badly bruised shin once demonstrated.<br /><br />When he reached retirement age we had a whip round and bought him a bottle of plonk. At the end of his last lesson one of us walked up to present it to him. Bearing in mind the political situation at the time his quick fire remark was fitting: "Ah, a petrol bomb!"<br /><br />Sadly, I doubt there are many like him nowadays....microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-70009287797176932292010-02-27T13:19:10.015+00:002010-02-27T13:19:10.015+00:00I'm perhaps one of the oldest here. We were w...I'm perhaps one of the oldest here. We were well taught in the 3xRs in primary, but when it came to secondary girls were very obviously just that - secondary.<br /><br />University wasn't for many (only those whose parents could afford it) and girls were certainly never encouraged to aim that high. We were encouraged to continue onto teacher training. That was what was considered the pinnacle of success for females.<br /><br />My school was one of the top academies in Scotland and yet they had already started the social engineering. It is still regarded as 'high quality' because it ticks all the boxes required today.<br /><br />Since the 50s so much money has been ploughed into education and the results show no improvement. That's what disappoints me today. Children have lost the excitement of learning. <br /><br />What makes a good teacher? Someone who likes your child? For me the results make a good teacher and the manner with which they respect each child's abilities.<br /><br />Auch I could rant on. Sorry to bore you all.<br /><br />Must get the settee nearest the TV for the rugby. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-60458257919096227542010-02-26T21:47:46.474+00:002010-02-26T21:47:46.474+00:00Sadly JB you confirmed everything I had thought wa...Sadly JB you confirmed everything I had thought was going on in schools which makes our family's decision to pull our 12 year old out of a nulab academy the correct one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-71342099218529530262010-02-26T18:45:37.779+00:002010-02-26T18:45:37.779+00:00Hey microdave, that sounds like my physics teacher...Hey microdave, that sounds like my physics teacher! Could be the same guy. Same era too.<br /><br />The ruling class education only prepares them for that specific life - an even narrower spectrum than the other end of the scale. Take away their servants and 'the governed' and they will all have to learn to wipe their own arses. If the law of natural selection took over, the chinless ones would go down very fast.LazyCookPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675870927799582217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-20721667634865497512010-02-26T18:22:02.927+00:002010-02-26T18:22:02.927+00:00Having made my crust for the past 10 years tutorin...Having made my crust for the past 10 years tutoring privately, mathematics, the dumbing down of your kids has been something I have tried to point out to people time and time again.<br /><br />For example, I recently gave a highly rated math student the same test I took at her age, the last "O" level.... (I say last, as, as far as I'm aware, they are still taken by UK schools abroad, in places like Singapore, so why not the UK? Ask yourself that.... anyway, the test....), and she was unable to even make a dent. Topics I had covered were no longer on the syllabus, even at A level in some cases.<br /><br />But of course, tests aren't getting easier are they. No, of course, not.<br /><br />Bullshit. You're kidding yourselves if you believe that.<br /><br />So, if they're getting easier, with topics now not being covered, ask yourself, what exactly are they doing all day? Why is it, that teachers are unable to, as I've been told, time and time again, "finish the syllabus."? When we covered more topics in less time? Not to mention, going into a test without learning the stuff needed, is like taking a driving test with the steering wheel missing, surely.....<br /><br />Don't get me started on how the grading figures are fiddled either.... go grab a cumulative frequency graph and figure it out...<br /><br />And that's not to say students aren't hard working, but please, don't confuse quantity with quality. Spending hours and hours spewing out nothing but facts, is not the same as spending hours and hours figuring out a problem or debate.<br /><br />I'm afraid unless you are able to get into a private school, the whole thing is largely a waste of time. I used to think differently, now I don't. They seem to be still teaching in old fashioned ways. No GCSE's for them, no O Levels or IB exams all round for them... You're not being taught anything, so to speak. Although, that's not perfect either. You just get a better shot at learning what you need to keep your "position" at the head of the table....<br /><br />On a related note, there was an interesting piece on the Vine Show, radio 2, today, regarding homeschooling and how it was basically at fault leading to the death of a young girl from various abuses. Not the failure of social services. No, home schoolers.<br /><br />Check it out, listen to the anti homeschooling is bullshit spouted by the guest commentator....<br /><br />I don't remember seeing all judges and heads of police tarred with the same brush as those engaging in inappropriate actions with children last week, when the case of Hollie Grieg was bubbling under.<br /><br />But of course, kids are much safer at school where the teachers can have sex with them over "200 times" at age 12, as another new item was reported in the news bulletin before the program.... or nurseries, where the supposed carers are getting them to behave inappropriatly so that they have stuff to circulate amongst their sick friends.... yeah, so much safer.<br /><br />Finally, on this point, If it's not safe for the kids to be home schooled, why is it safe for them to be at home at all?<br /><br />How long before you need a licence to have kids?<br /><br />"1984, JB? You're mad, it'll never happen. The people won't stand for it!"<br /><br />So, where the fuck are you then? I'm waiting.... 'cos they're coming for your kids. I take that back. They're already here. Well done.<br /><br />I'm seething. Can't you tell?<br /><br />JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-11390379165117750222010-02-26T17:23:20.532+00:002010-02-26T17:23:20.532+00:00The first thing that needs to be done is to get ri...The first thing that needs to be done is to get rid of the PC bollocks which strangles everything these days. Stop government interfering in the day to day running of schools. Allow the good teachers to TEACH, and encourage kids to find out things for themselves, not blindly follow rules. Let the kids take some risks, instead of molly codling them.<br /><br />I have to consider myself lucky that I was educated in the 60's and early 70's, before too much rot set in. I nearly blew the chemistry lab up once, and the metalwork teacher used to leave ME in charge if he wanted to nip off for a fag...<br /><br />In short, turn the clock back.... It may not have been perfect then, but it was a damn sight better than what we have now.microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-50710731436699024422010-02-26T15:53:42.652+00:002010-02-26T15:53:42.652+00:00My world is full of sunshine and lollipops. And bu...My world is full of sunshine and lollipops. And bunnies.<br /><br />One day they will catch me, but until then ...<br /><br />Don't know about you, but if you wander around here on a daytime when the market's open, Wayne and Waynetta are rife.<br /><br />I don't think it's by design. When I was a young Marvo, there were few Waynes and fewer Waynettas.<br /><br />Only one of the many schools I went to even HAD a special bus. We were taught, and then the next lot were taught, and so on.<br /><br />But because there is a new world vision, everything must chage. Bugger whether it was broken or not.<br /><br />Control freaks, the pack of them. And you DO NOT HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY SAY, because neither you nor they can point me towards anything that says you do. Just man made "laws" made in isolation by unelected people. <br /><br />Fuck them. With the splintered axe handle etc etc.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-55561993433165469252010-02-26T15:42:38.477+00:002010-02-26T15:42:38.477+00:00Marv,
I know that we do not live in a fair world,...Marv,<br /><br />I know that we do not live in a fair world, jam-packed with sunshine and lollipops. <br /><br />I also know that the levels of stupidity in our society are not solely down to genetics. A large lump of it is down to shitty teaching methods, and fucking targets. The target is all, and if it means dumping slower kids along the way, then so be it. Collateral damage. Anticipated blood on the carpet.<br /><br />I do not doubt for a second that we have far too many "Wayne & Waynetta" type families, but I am now starting to wonder if that isn't by design as well?<br /><br />This is a fucked up country in a fucked up world.<br /><br />CR.Captain Rantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839241144954596066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-78448359010718656962010-02-26T15:19:33.186+00:002010-02-26T15:19:33.186+00:00Clone the methods:
First step, have an entrance e...Clone the methods:<br /><br />First step, have an entrance exam. If the kid fails, it's out.<br /><br />Hm.<br /><br />Second step, pay the teacher a shitload of cash.<br /><br />Hm.<br /><br />I see a pattern emerging.<br /><br />We are not born equal, you know that Ranty. We are born equal in the sight of God, and given aspirations each according to our abilities.<br /><br />Earn your money. Your kids are your first priority. If you have any spare, then that's maybe useful to help other kids. Anyone who tries to take their share BEFORE I've dealt with what's mine is on a sticky and dangerous wicket.<br /><br />"Other" kids MAY be disadvantaged because their mothers are any of the following do NOT deserve what I have managed to earn for MY kids:<br /><br />benefit spongers<br />stupid<br />slags<br />cunts<br />etc<br /><br />That's why I won't vote Labour.<br /><br />JMHOUncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-13340373474367324392010-02-26T15:11:49.485+00:002010-02-26T15:11:49.485+00:00Anon,
Beyond home schooling, where the parents de...Anon,<br /><br />Beyond home schooling, where the parents determine what their kids learn, I have no other solutions.<br /><br />I don't think there is a magic bullet, and no-one is looking for one. The system does what it is supposed to do: it spews out millions of kids without (too much) ambition, unable to think sensibly, and they are totally unaware of the real world and how to succeed in it.<br /><br />In school, 2 + 2 may equal 4, but very often, out here, it is 3, or 5. <br /><br />I suppose the real answer is to radically overhaul the school curriculum. Teach different subjects, better.<br /><br />The first step would be to clone the methods used and the subjects taught at the schools for the elite. If it works for them, it will work for the masses.<br /><br />CR.Captain Rantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839241144954596066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-42620119663383642392010-02-26T14:47:48.748+00:002010-02-26T14:47:48.748+00:00Ok Squire
So how are you going to remove the publ...Ok Squire<br /><br />So how are you going to remove the public schools? Thereby taking on the armed forces who use them to educate their children when they are away. No UK government is capable of doing this short of the revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-4425318816954516512010-02-26T14:14:06.667+00:002010-02-26T14:14:06.667+00:00Without (so many) typos ...
I go to parent's ...Without (so many) typos ...<br /><br />I go to parent's evenings too. My kids are very lucky with their schools.<br /><br />I also know far too many skoolteachers and all the ones I know are better than average. So their pupils are lucky too.<br /><br />I know of these "other" places though. I drive through them, but I don't stop. That doesn't mean that I want my money to go into a big bucket so my kids end up as disadvantaged as the rest, in a socialism stylee, because it <br /><br />DOESN'T<br />FUCKING<br />WORK.<br /><br />See "History" for examples.<br /><br />Drag up the bad.<br />Keep up the good.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-12730535587869142122010-02-26T14:13:00.234+00:002010-02-26T14:13:00.234+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-62502502279904770432010-02-26T14:00:35.116+00:002010-02-26T14:00:35.116+00:00Thing is Marv, having attended dozens of Parents E...Thing is Marv, having attended dozens of Parents Evenings over the last twenty years, I know that too few teachers give a damn. There are rare ones that care about my children, and do their best with the tools they have, but sadly, I find that the majority are nine to fivers. Get in, do as little as possible, and get out. The kids are almost a nuisance to to them.<br /><br />Their education is pretty much irrelevant.<br /><br />CR.Captain Rantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839241144954596066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271194216217582823.post-32482266733071710592010-02-26T13:51:47.331+00:002010-02-26T13:51:47.331+00:00It is a part of something called PSHE, which is an...It is a part of something called PSHE, which is an acronym for New Labour Government Propaganda and therefore should be NLGP, but they decided aginst that one because <br /><br />a) it was too obvious and<br />b) it looked like it had Lesbian and Gay in it.<br /><br />Teachers mainly ignore what they are supposed to teach because they recognise it for what it is.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.com