A-grade pupil banned from dance

[threaded]

level "6" O level?

Yes, they had numbers before the letters which was one of the earlier dumbing down episodes, and the whole thing was called "The School Certificate".

HTH

[Euro-commuter]

PS Bleedin' idiotic. Extra lessons are pointless for bright chldren, they would be better off experiencing more of what there is to life than dull target led cramming. This forcing all to attend is just PC crap so unacheivers do not feel singled out for being unacheivers.

My partner's daughter has actually been asked by a teacher to stop putting her hand up to answer questions so often, to give others a chance.

Country going to hell in handbasket.....journey almost completed.....

[Sysman]

My partner's daughter has actually been asked by a teacher to stop putting her hand up to answer questions so often, to give others a chance.

I hate to disillusion you, but that is a sign of a good teacher, and absolutely FA to do with politics.

[wonderwaif]

I hate to disillusion you, but that is a sign of a good teacher, and absolutely FA to do with politics.

So a sign of a good teacher is to discourage one of their brighter pupils?
I can't agree there. What's up with him just asking somebody else the answer? And if there isn't anybody else with their hand up, what's the Fkin point?

[andy]

So a sign of a good teacher is to discourage one of their brighter pupils?
I can't agree there. What's up with him just asking somebody else the answer? And if there isn't anybody else with their hand up, what's the Fkin point?

Its about encouragement of not so bright pupils to ask questions. Otherwise how would they develope confidence.

[bobhope]

Its about encouragement of not so bright pupils to ask questions. Otherwise how would they develope confidence.

Maybe they should stream them then

[XTC]

maybe she's just sh*t at dancing. No-one likes a krap dancer.

[Euro-commuter]

I hate to disillusion you, but that is a sign of a good teacher, and absolutely FA to do with politics.

What wonderwaif said, in words that I couldn't better ....

And the question of whether it is more important to hide the mixture of ability than to encourage the brighter pupils is indeed a political question.

Remember, she was being told to pretend that she didn't know the answer.

[ControlG]

I believe there's more to this initial story than first meets the eye. The school is very local to where I live and it was also in the news last year when a proposed merger with a failing school in Darlington to produce one of Blair's new Academy colleges was met with uproar and protest from residents of the local villages. After much protest the merger was dropped and the local education authority had to back down.

Hurworth is located in Blair's own Sedgefield constituency and the issue became quite an emabarrasment for him, locally. Interesting though that it didn't seem to make the national news in the same way as one girl missing the school prom because she didn't want to stay behind for extra revision.

For the earlier issues see this archived article

[Sysman]

What wonderwaif said, in words that I couldn't better ....

And the question of whether it is more important to hide the mixture of ability than to encourage the brighter pupils is indeed a political question.

Would it help any if I told you that when I was a nipper I was told to stop putting my hand up in class too often? To give others a chance?

Remember, she was being told to pretend that she didn't know the answer.

I remember quite well that the operative clause you used was "stop putting her hand up to answer questions so often". That's nothing to do with pretending.

There's also another question lurking here. It's a well known fact that nobody likes either the class swot or teacher's pet.

Please think about that one carefully.