Choice In Education

Eleven years old and considered not clever enough to take the eleven plus. Branded a "Non achiever", Educational Staff not interested enough to find out why, or whether one could have excelled, in anything. No choice was given here.

At my Comprehensive school, excluding the Art and Athletics, the teaching staff were indifferent. So I left, with not even a hope.
That was in the mid 60s and no choices here.

(picture - Brunnel Academy, Bristol)

Into the 90s, Back into Education at Soundwell College. The teaching staff were tremendous giving so much support, enabling oneself to find how far one could really go with their own ambitions.

But alas let down once again by Bristol UWE (University West of England) finding the “special support” room was constantly locked. Thus a choice, taken away.

So has the Education system changed? And if so is it for the better?

Today there are more increasing demands for pupil reports, performances grids. OFSTED keeping a close eye on things, plus peer examining peer. So the Education system has changed.

But could there be a danger of too many evaluations being carried out?

And has the changes made been far too frequently, to the extent that many institutions are ‘punch drunk’ from a constant litany of renewed or ‘new’ initiatives.

Hasn’t Government gone too far?

Isn’t there a danger of over boiling the Teachers, and Lecturers, with too much statistical paper/administration work, and not enough emphasis, on the classroom teaching?

To conclude, I leave you with this; Parents, as well as Teachers have a responsibility to encourage and inspire, creating enthusiasm within the child to do well, even if this is regardless of grades.

Is this what the Wolf report is all about? Are we now going to enable choice within the system instead of fixing on dead-end vocationalism? Or is it yet another version of meddling and work making?

Lost Industry

INDUSTRY

Where has all the Industry gone? long time passing.
Where have the machines gone? long time ago.

Where have the workers gone, gone to sign on the local dole - when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn?

Where have all the business men gone? long time passing

Where have all the investors gone? long time ago.

Where has all the money gone, it went abroad to see the sun,

When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn.

Now its time to tally up, the total, countless messy cost

And never mind the council’s needs

Or council housing that we need.

Never mind these warning signs

Private housing sites on Industrial ground

And don’t worry if the ground caves in,

Insurance man will suddenly ring, telling you what clams to claim, never mind what state the country's in.

When will we ever learn when will we ever learn

Industries lost to Britton

Confectionery Cadburys Chocolate Ltd

Printing DRG Robinsons

Shoe Industry Lennerds

Car Industry Rolls Royce-Jaguar-Bentley and more

Clothing Fantasy underwear

Attraction with young girls lets get it right

Having listened to a Radio program, where a study was carried out, regarding young girls, and how men viewed
them , I can quite clearly see how Men, Media, and the Fashion Industry, have a misunderstanding of the way young girls, view and present themselves.

Firstly let’s clarify the miss conception that “young girls asks for it”. Ask, for what? Sex ?

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. AND WRONG AGAIN

What they are saying is, I want to be accepted with friends, and my family,I also need to fit in with the ,“in crowd”, by wearing the Wright/Fashionable Cloths, I become trendy and am then accepted with friends, family. So” look” at me, I am some one who has something to say, and belong with the “in crowd”.

AND THAT IS ALL.

Who is to blame, for the misunderstandings?

Fashion Industry, with its advertisement, aggressively aimed at young impressionable girls, Thus portraying a fashion image as being acceptable, whether it is or not, giving little chance, for any young girls imaginative brain to show individualism with- in the creative clothing world.. This being the case, limits chose. Hence media Brain wash “Are you still with me?”Add to the scenario short skirts, black /false eyelashes, one can see where some groups of society would get confused, as to what signals are being given out.

I believe, the fashion industry and its designers, plus the media have to take a lot of the responsibility for this situation, and the mess it leaves the young of today. I also believe the young men, should be tolt in schools by professionals in the ART of socialisation, thus leaving no douted of what restraints are required, when dealing with female social behaviour . And femails themselves should look fare closer, at how other people see them, and THINK is the imaged ,im giving the right one foe me?.