Education in this country is screwed

[Doggy Styles]

Market forces, often reckoned to be inherently benign, are essentially the same forces that cause evolutionary dead ends such as the appendix, male nipples and chihuahuas.

Ah, my point was that manual skills labour is far cheaper in the third world, so that's possibly one reason why courses for learning those skills here are diminishing. A lot of the teaching was funded one way or another by industry.

[doodab]

I did see a can of Coke on the next street though.

Exactly. You're never more than a few feet from filth.

I will retract some of it, as I've a had a good poke around on streetview and I've not seen an abandoned fridge or sofa yet.

[sasguru]

Exactly. You're never more than a few feet from filth.

I will retract some of it, as I've a had a good poke around on streetview and I've not seen an abandoned fridge or sofa yet.

If the odd can of Coke bothers you, you need help.
BTW I picked it up and binned it so its not there any more.
Hope that makes you feel better

Seriously though I accept your point that some London boroughs don't do enough cleaning.
It's usually the Labour ones.

[doodab]

If the odd can of Coke bothers you, you need help.
BTW I picked it up and binned it so its not there any more.
Hope that makes you feel better

Seriously though I accept your point that some London boroughs don't do enough cleaning.
It's usually the Labour ones.

I think it's hard to get the sweeping machines in with so many cars parked alongside the kerb as well. Nicer areas tend to have off street parking so are easier to clean.

I was at the science museum yesterday with doodab jr and some filthy ****er had stuck a piece of gum on one of the interactive exhibits. Disgusting.

[d000hg]

Maybe you live in the wrong place doodab. I searched "night school durham" and this was top of the list:

East Durham College

Agriculture, forestry, construction are all there alongside beauty therapy, floristry and hairdressing.

[DimPrawn]

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New Labour edukashun 'innit?

[doodab]

Maybe you live in the wrong place doodab. I searched "night school durham" and this was top of the list:

East Durham College

Agriculture, forestry, construction are all there alongside beauty therapy, floristry and hairdressing.

I don't think I'll move there just yet.

East Durham College

[sasguru]

Getting back to the subject of this thread I disagree (partially) that education in this country is screwed..
The elite get educated very well in excellent universities which are a match for any in the world - the problem is that the masses (those with poor exam results, whether at A-level or GSCE) don't.
You only have to look at the cretins on CUK.

[d000hg]

I don't think I'll move there just yet.

East Durham College

You could just do a GCSE in CDT or whatever it's called, since that would typically cover woodwork and metal work.

If my posh(ish) private school can bring itself to teach these things, surely you can find somewhere.

[doodab]

You could just do a GCSE in CDT or whatever it's called, since that would typically cover woodwork and metal work.

If my posh(ish) private school can bring itself to teach these things, surely you can find somewhere.

I actually have a GCSE in CDT. We did a bit of sandcasting and a bit of woodturning, basic pneumatics and electronics and mechanisms with gears and pulleys and quite a lot of technical drawing.

I just want to play with a lathe and a milling machine without needing to buy one and buy a bigger shed to put it in, and without losing any fingers. Or eyes.