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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostThey should be opposed to the state running anythingOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostSO actually private schools aren't really all that great, it's just that state schools don't have the means to get rid of the knob-ends who disrupt evrybody else?
If you are very bright and live near a grammar school then as a parent you are quids in not having to pay for your child's education. If you live in an area with underperforming, poor secondary (or primary schools) then you are stuffed. At least if you send your child to a private school and that child is a bit thick then at least/he/she has a chance of developing non academic talents.
If schools have disruptive kids that they cannot get rid of then that is a problem that brings the whole school down, yet you seem to trivialise it as being relatively unimportant.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThey're just lazy, they want businesses to do everything so they can sit about in their clubs.
Schools like food supermarkets should give consumers choice and should be run like businesses.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostPrivate schools are far better than state schools for all round education, discipline and social skills. You seem to have some great big chip on your shoulder about this whole subject.
If you are very bright and live near a grammar school then as a parent you are quids in not having to pay for your child's education. If you live in an area with underperforming, poor secondary (or primary schools) then you are stuffed. At least if you send your child to a private school and that child is a bit thick then at least/he/she has a chance of developing non academic talents.
If schools have disruptive kids that they cannot get rid of then that is a problem that brings the whole school down, yet you seem to trivialise it as being relatively unimportant.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostPrivate schools are far better than state schools for all round education, discipline and social skills. You seem to have some great big chip on your shoulder about this whole subject.
Private schools are a con. A rip-off. You've been taken in.Last edited by Mich the Tester; 14 January 2009, 16:25.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostI play cricket with three old harrovians. Two are doing OK, not through "the establishment", they are just good at selling themselves and are prepared to take risks with their own money.Last edited by Bagpuss; 14 January 2009, 16:28.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostIf I have a chip on my shoulder it’s because I went through the private system then left to go to a state sixth form college. Between Common Entrance exams at 13 and GCSE at 16 I learnt nothing more than how to roll a spliff, how to avoid getting the tulip kicked out of me by large, 18 year old prefects, how to look old enough to get served in a pub and how to spot a loose bird who’d do it on first date.Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostJeez, it took me many more years to learn those things; except the last, which I haven't mastered yet. I think I'd have swapped my knowledge of the second derivative and the fourth declension for some of those skills.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWell, yes, I might have inadvertently made a sales pitch for public schools here.
That adds up, being constantly told you are special and better than others adds to confidence and risk taking. It's basic Neuro Liguistic Programming. Comprehensive schools go out of their way to enforce preconcieved limitations and are often successful in limiting aspirationsComment
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