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British schooling system
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Well i finished my school education a long time ago (so it seems lol).
i would say that the education that i got was pretty good except in respect of revising for exams - we were taught one way and if we didn't get on with it.....tough....consequently i had no idea what i was doing when it came to revising. I think that was a fault of the school rather than the system though.
Now that i am going to be a parent i am looking into schooling in a different way.
My own view (at the moment - may be subject to change lol) is that too much pressure is put on children at too young an age to perform. My eldest niece is 8 and already the majority of her class has personal tutors in order to make sure that they pass their sats - i couldn't believe that. So my niece is generally behind because her parents can't afford to pay for a tutor. That to me is wrong but again isn't anything to do with the school but is down to the parents. the school she goes to is pretty good. its a church school which i'd love my child to go to. They teach alot in the way of chistian morals and the school itself doesn't put pressue on the children to perform - but they still get a pretty good number of children into the local grammer school.
I heard something the other day about starting younger children (ie pre 10/11 yr olds) on learning another language as Britan is so far behind other countries iro languages - i don't agree with that as there are way too many children who can't actually speak/write or read english to a good enough standard - that problem needs to be address first.
I don't agree with the way that exams are marked - only a certain percentage of people are able to get an A*, A, b etc which means that if too many people get above the pass mark they will raise the pass mark. I think that if the mark to get an A* is 85% then regardless of how many people get above 85% all of them should be recognised as getting an A*
i would say that the education that i got was pretty good except in respect of revising for exams - we were taught one way and if we didn't get on with it.....tough....consequently i had no idea what i was doing when it came to revising. I think that was a fault of the school rather than the system though.
Now that i am going to be a parent i am looking into schooling in a different way.
My own view (at the moment - may be subject to change lol) is that too much pressure is put on children at too young an age to perform. My eldest niece is 8 and already the majority of her class has personal tutors in order to make sure that they pass their sats - i couldn't believe that. So my niece is generally behind because her parents can't afford to pay for a tutor. That to me is wrong but again isn't anything to do with the school but is down to the parents. the school she goes to is pretty good. its a church school which i'd love my child to go to. They teach alot in the way of chistian morals and the school itself doesn't put pressue on the children to perform - but they still get a pretty good number of children into the local grammer school.
I heard something the other day about starting younger children (ie pre 10/11 yr olds) on learning another language as Britan is so far behind other countries iro languages - i don't agree with that as there are way too many children who can't actually speak/write or read english to a good enough standard - that problem needs to be address first.
I don't agree with the way that exams are marked - only a certain percentage of people are able to get an A*, A, b etc which means that if too many people get above the pass mark they will raise the pass mark. I think that if the mark to get an A* is 85% then regardless of how many people get above 85% all of them should be recognised as getting an A*
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uberd00b
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Both my parents work in education. As such I have listened to them complain about how the education system has been slowly ruined in the UK, with the emphasis switching from education to targets and "ticky box" bureaucracy.
Far more time is now devoted by teachers to making sure the necessary forms are filled in (and filled in correctly!) then lesson planning. Education seems to have become a business.
My mother has had students complain because they didn't get the grades they wished and were of the opinion they were entitled to good grades as they had paid for the course.
I will try and get some more accurate opinions from them to post here.
Far more time is now devoted by teachers to making sure the necessary forms are filled in (and filled in correctly!) then lesson planning. Education seems to have become a business.
My mother has had students complain because they didn't get the grades they wished and were of the opinion they were entitled to good grades as they had paid for the course.
I will try and get some more accurate opinions from them to post here.
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chadders
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A greater range of languages I have no problem against. But let's face it. Some people are just not interested is it. What we need is something that will focus on what will benefit the child most. So if they're talented in language, help them grow linguistically but if they're more talented in say Mathematics or Music, help them grow (naturally with all the basics needed to get through life) but focus on these areas of importance to them.
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