Reply to: Cybertory Resigns

[MyUserName]

blimey being a traveller somewhat harpoons your school achievement.

as do free school meals

I used to have free school meals - it was years before I found out other people had to pay for them!

[vetran]

blimey being a traveller somewhat harpoons your school achievement.

as do free school meals

[MyUserName]

Prime ministers questions?

They are usually things like:

Who am I?
Where am I?
Is it time for lunch?

etc.

[sasguru]

Interesting reading but they are not very recent. I would love to see how the figures are changing year on year over the last decade or so..... I am guessing it won't be hard to spot trends....

I don't think the trends will change much - cultures that value education as a means to progressing (Jewish, Chinese, Indian, White middle class) will continue to do so - those that value religious bollux, being macho, claiming the dole or being lazy (Pakistani, Bangladeshi, White working class, Afro-caribbean) will continue to do so.
Obviously generalisations there, socio-economic background being the biggest confounding factor, but in general as far as cultural norms go, roughly correct.

[vetran]

actually might be interesting how being at a boarding school affects the hereditary social factors on education issues.

maybe it might even prove that its the environment not the genes.

They need to separate race & culture if they are going to solve things like Pakistani or Bangladeshi outcomes.

[doodab]

Interesting reading but they are not very recent. I would love to see how the figures are changing year on year over the last decade or so..... I am guessing it won't be hard to spot trends....

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...3-2013.pdf.pdf

[northernladuk]

Here are some facts:

http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgatewa...r34-2009v2.pdf

An appropriate question might be "why do certain groups ethnic groups do better than others".

https://www.education.gov.uk/publica...-03MIG1734.pdf

The culture of application may be a part of it, so might education of and respect for women, although the predominant factor appears to be the socio-economic background of the children concerned.

I look forwards to seeing him taken to court. It could be an interesting case, if the reactionary zealots can wind their necks in for long enough for facts to emerge.

BBC News - Sussex Police probe Councillor John Cherry's race remarks

Interesting reading but they are not very recent. I would love to see how the figures are changing year on year over the last decade or so..... I am guessing it won't be hard to spot trends....

[doodab]

There was a prog on the box a couple of years ago which showed how really really really unfortunate such a legacy can be.

Prime ministers questions?

[doodab]

Here are some facts:

http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgatewa...r34-2009v2.pdf

An appropriate question might be "why do certain groups ethnic groups do better than others".

https://www.education.gov.uk/publica...-03MIG1734.pdf

The culture of application may be a part of it, so might education of and respect for women, although the predominant factor appears to be the socio-economic background of the children concerned.

I look forwards to seeing him taken to court. It could be an interesting case, if the reactionary zealots can wind their necks in for long enough for facts to emerge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-22262117

[DodgyAgent]

Thing is, according to the examination results, he's being factual. Chinese and Indians, in that order, are top of the GCSE pile, Muslims (mainly Bangladeshi and Pakistani) are at the bottom.

was cybertory one of your sockies?

[MyUserName]

Thing is, according to the examination results, he's being factual. Chinese and Indians, in that order, are top of the GCSE pile, Muslims (mainly Bangladeshi and Pakistani) are at the bottom.

That just makes it worse - the last thing people want are facts entering the equation!

[doodab]

Facts are racist. Ban them!

[sasguru]

"He told the paper: "Ninety-seven per cent of pupils will be black or Asian. It depends what type of Asian. If they're Chinese they'll rise to the top. If they're Indian they'll rise to the top. If they're Pakistani they won't"

Thing is, according to the examination results, he's being factual. Chinese and Indians, in that order, are top of the GCSE pile, Muslims (mainly Bangladeshi and Pakistani) are at the bottom.

[Pogle]

It gets better than that! Read on to the bit where he expects all the pupils to run away into the forest and it all becomes a sexual volcano...

Yes, i think that says more about his fantasies than we really want to know!

[cojak]

It gets better than that! Read on to the bit where he expects all the pupils to run away into the forest and it all becomes a sexual volcano...