Comments on To Miss with Love: To make school better

So glad to have you back!

2009-08-22T17:31:46.113+01:00

So glad to have you back!

Oooh, good stuff. I havent read it yet but its goo...

2009-07-07T21:34:26.915+01:00

Oooh, good stuff. I havent read it yet but its good to see you back.

It's great that you're blogging again. Long may y...

2009-07-06T22:54:30.436+01:00

It's great that you're blogging again.

Long may you continue.

Good to see you back Snuffy I missed you sooooo mu...

2009-07-05T19:53:23.128+01:00

Good to see you back Snuffy I missed you sooooo much you made my day appearing in the RSS reader.

Welcome back Snuffy. In the bad old days, there u...

2009-07-05T18:29:01.420+01:00

Welcome back Snuffy.

In the bad old days, there used to be a thing called "streaming", where the bright went in "A", the diligent went in "B", and the f--kwits went in "C". "C" was always special. Staffed exclusively by men, usually ex-service, often embittered and borderline alcoholic, it was always silent. They weren't working; they couldn't. What they were doing was waiting in terrified silence for their 16th birthdays, so they could get onto building sites.

Worked for everyone else.

These days, the new "academies" have "Achievement Support". At my daughter's school this is a secure unit headed by a perpetually enraged lesbian (ex tank transporters). The mongs are not allowed to mix with the normals.

Still works for everyone else.

Just to say welcome back - you've been missed! Ove...

2009-07-05T03:36:45.787+01:00

Just to say welcome back - you've been missed!
Over here, teachers get some say over class distribution and try to put a similar number of gifted/hard-working/bored/disruptive 'pupils' in each class, EXCEPT when there's a new (or unpopular) teacher, when they get all the flack.
Logistical nightmare, but would it be at all possible to get the majority of these 15 in with just 2 or 3 of the trouble (on a rota even). Any chance of any good rubbing off, rather than the usual of bright kids being led astray.
Appreciate that I'm not making an awful lot of sense. I share your feelings about dumbing down, especially since the only way for the country to make any money is "value-added services" as manufacturing is no longer viable.
j

Good to see you back. I think you have identified...

2009-07-04T22:54:57.421+01:00

Good to see you back.

I think you have identified the problem. I just wonder why you think it is Ed Balls' fault? It is not as if schools use all the powers they currently have to stop bad behaviour or that the problem began with him, or his party, or indeed any particular act of any government. Of course politicians get in the way, but when it comes to discipline schools aren't usually doing anything much for politicians to get in the way of.

But how?

2009-07-04T19:44:07.965+01:00

But how?

Good to have you back, Miss. Seems to me those 15...

2009-07-04T18:06:20.425+01:00

Good to have you back, Miss.

Seems to me those 15 could get organised and beat the crap out of... sorry, reason with the disrupters, thus solving everybody's problems. If subtly pointed in the right direction.