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Old-Dutch That’s probably why - it’s not assessed / examined so it ’s probably totally fucking binned off by exam- results obsessed Heads

Yeah but it should be assessed. It should be something you have to study and learn - not a fucking side-show that kids switch off from.

Hahaha. I was taught that too.

They got something right with their curriculum

bosstrabs The only thing I remember about year 7 Maths is when my mate Mike farted and the entire class ended up being sent out.

    mono-stereo Great japes. Our Maths classroom had windows onto the corridor running all along one wall of the classroom. Whenever any lad walked past they would do the walk that would make it look like they were descending some stairs that weren’t there. This happened almost every day for a whole school year. Hilarious & Co.

    • LT42 replied to this.

      bosstrabs AN EXECUTIVE

      And this is an area where you’re being obtuse and misleading - it’s not fully an executive in the sense it usually applies in a nation state; you’re overestating how much power they have. The European Council and the Council also in effect have significant, or even dominant, executive powers.

      bosstrabs Whenever any lad walked past they would do the walk that would make it look like they were descending some stairs that weren’t there.

      Lol, the old classic. Can’t beat the raw bants from school. Our classroom doors had small square glass portholes at door handle height, it was so year heads and such could peak in and check without having to disrupt the class, every now and then a cock & balls or arse cheek would appear squashed up against the glass. Great days.

        Old-Dutch Why are kids not taught politics and about real life finances - mortgages, interest rates, inflation, loans, taxes, VAT etc.?

        So they can be more easily screwed over by banks and politicians? Not entirely sure I believe that, but not impossible.

        Honestly wouldn’t surprise me that it’s not all a coincidence

        LT42 great to hear the head of year teachers at your school were all about the bantz too.

        mono-stereo
        Christian Brothers school for me.

        Only life skills we were taught were self defense in the showers

        Religious schools sound horrific, I struggle to believe they exist in this day and age but alas as has been pointed out the schooling system is broken and hasn’t really changed for a 100 years.

        Kids get zero life skills or social skills but know specific information in specific subjects which they won’t actually need.

          CofE schools are bad enough. Load of old bollocks

          Hursty they exist because they often top the league ables so parents are keen to get their kids in there. The Oratory in London being a case in point.

            alistair Exactly my point, the whole system is fucked, many parents only care about exam results, not whether they can demonstrate any soft skills or understand what life is actually like.

            Used to play football against The Oratory.

            Which was nice.

            I’m not actually sure that it should be a school’s responsibility to teach life skills if I’m honest.

              Along_the_Wire I’m not actually sure that it should be a school’s responsibility to teach life skills if I’m honest.

              Going to boarding school in the mean streets (countryside) of West Sussex made me the man I am today.

              Along_the_Wire Agreed, you’ll get the same results as you do now anyway. Imagine being told about mortgages and soft skills when you’re trying to concentrate on your next Tik Tok or the tits on the teacher. At 14 you could care less about adults telling you how important grown up stuff is.

                LT42 fair point. But if I was shown that you could invest £50 a month today in, say, Tesla, and return £500k by your 30s it would picque my interest somewhat.

                • LT42 replied to this.

                  The best investment is the one you make in yourself Millsy.

                  I should have been a life coach.

                    Smallman1 wise words indeed. The commodity I’ve invested most in?

                    Broccoli

                    Millsy It’ll defo pique interest but most (not all) will just file it under ‘boring Maths’ and you’ll get the same results anyway.
                    I think it would take more than just teaching it, it would have to be presented in a way that is appealing to young teenagers, what that would look like I don’t know but the vast majority of teens nowadays find it hard to study and take any interest in subjects given the distraction of social media and what they’re friends are doing. I see it first hand. The modern curriculum which is as old as the hills doesn’t work for most unfortunately, kids should do less subjects and build over time, the workload they have nowadays is far too much and they burn out and lose interest way too fast.

                    Old-Dutch I played rugby against them at my school.

                    I’m not sure if they were in our football league as well though.

                    Hursty schools don’t teach you to talk, walk, or wipe your arse, I expect a school to provide education, not life skills.

                      Hursty It’s not about how I define education, it’s about what is a parent’s responsibility and what isn’t. I get that some parents are complete thicket cunts who don’t give a fuck, but the majority are responsible adults who are more than capable of helping with life skills. I realise I might sound like some kind of Tory cunt here, apologies if so.

                      I tried to catch up with this thread just now but my eyes started bleeding.

                      I love this from the bbc today:

                      Karishma Neog, an IT professional based in Bristol, has a weakness for designer handbags. In the first week of January she ordered two, one for her and one as a present, from a retailer in Paris, spending £600 plus £25 for delivery.
                      When they arrived she was charged an extra £123.
                      Why was she charged?
                      As with Sascha’s cars, the charge was probably for UK VAT. But because Karishma’s handbags were worth more than £135 she wasn’t charged when she clicked to buy. Michelle Dale from accountants UHY Hacker Young says the other possibility is that Karishma was charged customs duties. "It’s quite possible that the retailer thought to themselves, hang on, here’s this person ordering multiple versions of the same £300 handbag, she’s clearly got money. I mean how many knock-off designer French handbags can one person possibly need? Why not stick another £120 on the price and call it a Brexit tax? Fucking mongs they are, honestly

                      "

                      alistair We already had the best deal of any country in the bloc. Out of Shengen, out of the Euro Total country of our borders if we choose to use our powers (look at the mess created by C19 for an example) how we saw fit. Total control of how many refugees we let into the country and if we wanted to repatriate them, the rebate, Veto over any proposed laws., yet we retained all the benefits of membership regardless.

                      Do you know what Cameron was asking for when he went to the EU to ask for more?