Reply to: Wot no A grade innit

[sasguru]

She was thus a puppet of Heath's government subject to collective responsibility and was only carrying out orders of a left-wing Heath government.

You mean the Tories can be left-wing? Like the ones we have now?
Are you suggesting we vote for a left-wing government?


This would never have happened under the Tories.

[Cyberman]

Which part of "Thatcher closed Grammar Schools whilst Minister for Education during Ted "Grocer" Heath's Government in the 1970s" did you not understand?

She was thus a puppet of Heath's government subject to collective responsibility and was only carrying out orders of a left-wing Heath government.

[Sysman]

I did make a start on an OU degree, but I was a permie and had been convinced that doing unpaid overtime to impress the management was a far better investment of my time for my career development than mucking about getting a degree.

You weren't the only one who fell into that trap

[BrilloPad]

Which part of "Thatcher closed Grammar Schools whilst Minister for Education during Ted "Grocer" Heath's Government in the 1970s" did you not understand?

Maybe you should have mentioned the milk too......

[Sysman]

My boy is thinking of studying physics at university. For his Matura (wot gets him into uni), he's considering English literature. You couldn't do that in the English system.

In contrast with the educational system in Europe, isn't there too much specialisation at too early an age in the English system?

[OwlHoot]

Z, m'dear ... don't worry about mathematicaphobia ... it's what I'm here for

I was a bit scared of buying Mathematica when it cost 2 grand. But Wolfram now sell a full-featured edition, for home use, for only about £200.

[Menelaus]

Cool. Just don't take any sartorial advice from Zeity.

Understood

[sasguru]

Which part of "Thatcher closed Grammar Schools whilst Minister for Education during Ted "Grocer" Heath's Government in the 1970s" did you not understand?

Uppercut and the Cretin is out for the count.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

She didn't come to power until 1980, and grammar schools were being made into comprehensives in the mid-70s.

That is spectacular ignorance, even by your standards. Say sorry and admit you are wrong.

[Zippy]

I've got some novelty cartoon ties in there somewhere too...

Phwoar - now you're talking

[Zippy]

Z, m'dear ... don't worry about mathematicaphobia ... it's what I'm here for

Cool. Just don't take any sartorial advice from Zeity.

[Menelaus]

The OU programmes gave me a mathematician phobia for years. I think I'm getting over it, but Zeity's kipper ties just induced a flashback ...

Z, m'dear ... don't worry about mathematicaphobia ... it's what I'm here for

[RichardCranium]

You'll forgive me if I don't take you as the best authority on any marriage-related issues.

You're really not happy today, are you? I suspect you are desperately in need of a BJ.

Do yourself a favour and pop out for an hour at lunchtime and see if you can find some relief. (Don't forget to get a receipt.)

[Cyberman]

Create? She closed down more grammar schools than all Labour governments combined.

Wake up guys. Grammar schools give educational, social, and economic upward ability to some of the lower classes. Major might have approved of that, but Thatcher didn't (her record proves that), and public-schoolboy Cameron doesn't either (he has said so).

While the likes of Cameron don't want some of the lower classes moving up into their group, Labour doesn't want their brighter folk moving up out of theirs: they don't want just a few to join the higher ranks.

Only the Lib Dems are not against grammar schools.

She didn't come to power until 1980, and grammar schools were being made into comprehensives in the mid-70s.

[sasguru]

No doubt a few who could get your wife pregnant. Though not sure if that is appropriate for any woman that puts up with you.

Assuming you married a woman you married. Or did you marry your gay lover in a civil ceremony?

You'll forgive me if I don't take you as the best authority on any marriage-related issues.

PS Irony isn't really your strong point, eh?