Question for socialists

[d000hg]

I always thought DA was serious when he ranted about left Vs right... if not he sure puts a lot of effort into appearing suitably vitriolic.

[KimberleyChris]

He's just an old pussycat really.

[Bagpuss]

You could triple taxation and throw 10 times the money at state schools as they do now but it wouldn't make a scrap of difference to the education of the children therein - as they say, you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Discipline has been eroded by do gooders to such an extent that it is a distant memory - couple that with being raised by parents who were the first to 'benefit' from more liberal schooling and you are on a hiding to nothing

This thread is hilarious, full of cliches and anecdotal 'evidences' of why the state can't educate and why all us state educated oiks iz all fick innit. Life is not binary, it's not either/or, that's the world of computer programming, coincidence that some start to think that lazy way?
One wonders where those superb individuals (Lisa and the like wax lyrical about) go when they have finished their privileged educations. Ahh, yes that's right into the state sector universities, those same seats of learning regarded as some of the best in the world. But hang on.. does not compute system overload, system overload. Apparently you can take a horse to (that dirty infected state) water and you can make it drink!

Public school maybe useful if your kids have average or below average intellect, the smaller class sizes will help, they will network with 'the right' people. Those who are above the norm will always have the wit to do well. Unless you can afford the cream of privates schools (and you can't) save your money, it's not going to help.

[DimPrawn]

This thread is hilarious, full of cliches and anecdotal 'evidences' of why the state can't educate and why all us state educated oiks iz all fick innit. Life is not binary, it's not either/or, that's the world of computer programming, coincidence that some start to think that lazy way?
One wonders where those superb individuals (Lisa and the like wax lyrical about) go when they have finished their privileged educations. Ahh, yes that's right into the state sector universities, those same seats of learning regarded as some of the best in the world. But hang on.. does not compute system overload, system overload. Apparently you can take a horse to (that dirty infected state) water and you can make it drink!

Public school maybe useful if your kids have average or below average intellect, the smaller class sizes will help, they will network with 'the right' people. Those who are above the norm will always have the wit to do well. Unless you can afford the cream of privates schools (and you can't) save your money, it's not going to help.

Baggy are YOU the shining example of above normal intellects educated in tulipe schools doing exceptionally well?

[Bagpuss]

START POLEMIC <binary thinking> <assumption> <binary assumption mixed with insult>
<laughing at own unfunny post> END POLEMIC

QED

[DimPrawn]

START POLEMIC <binary thinking> <assumption> <binary assumption mixed with insult>
<laughing at own unfunny post> END POLEMIC



He's decompiled the sasguru bot.

[AtW]

He's decompiled the sasguru bot.

OMFG it was written in Visual Basic!!! Oh the humanity!!!

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

This thread is hilarious, full of cliches and anecdotal 'evidences' of why the state can't educate and why all us state educated oiks iz all fick innit. Life is not binary, it's not either/or, that's the world of computer programming, coincidence that some start to think that lazy way?
One wonders where those superb individuals (Lisa and the like wax lyrical about) go when they have finished their privileged educations. Ahh, yes that's right into the state sector universities, those same seats of learning regarded as some of the best in the world. But hang on.. does not compute system overload, system overload. Apparently you can take a horse to (that dirty infected state) water and you can make it drink!

Public school maybe useful if your kids have average or below average intellect, the smaller class sizes will help, they will network with 'the right' people. Those who are above the norm will always have the wit to do well. Unless you can afford the cream of privates schools (and you can't) save your money, it's not going to help.

So would you say then Bagpuss that the standard of education and the behaviour of children has improved in the last 30 years?

[sasguru]

START POLEMIC <binary thinking> <assumption> <binary assumption mixed with insult>
<laughing at own unfunny post> END POLEMIC



He's decompiled the sasguru bot.

No he's decompiled your stupid brain.

HTH

[Mich the Tester]

This thread is hilarious, full of cliches and anecdotal 'evidences' of why the state can't educate and why all us state educated oiks iz all fick innit. Life is not binary, it's not either/or, that's the world of computer programming, coincidence that some start to think that lazy way?
One wonders where those superb individuals (Lisa and the like wax lyrical about) go when they have finished their privileged educations. Ahh, yes that's right into the state sector universities, those same seats of learning regarded as some of the best in the world. But hang on.. does not compute system overload, system overload. Apparently you can take a horse to (that dirty infected state) water and you can make it drink!

Public school maybe useful if your kids have average or below average intellect, the smaller class sizes will help, they will network with 'the right' people. Those who are above the norm will always have the wit to do well. Unless you can afford the cream of privates schools (and you can't) save your money, it's not going to help.

Hello Baggers old bean! Will we be seeing more of you?