One of the worst things that a government can do to its people is to deny them education. Education is the one thing that allows people to change their lifestyle and be something that they want rather than something the state wants. Lucky lottery winners excluded of course.
Of course denying education is something that in the West we would be quickly up in arms, or sporks in the UK, about. It clearly just can’t be done in the open. However as we have seen the education system can be compromised slowly, by filling the schools with teachers that have political agendas and corrupting the curriculum so that instead of schools producing self reliant and capable, well educated members of society they produce a years worth of barely literate and workshy young people with chips on their shoulders.
Now to be honest it has been apparent this has been going on for several decades but has been accelerated and hidden well under a mountain of paperwork and statistics. There have been a few holdouts, schools which are not controlled by the government, home schooling etc., but these areas are all now under attack even when it is recognised that the general education system is not fit for purpose. The socialist mantra seems to be we cannot have some people being better than others and so we need to make sure everyone is at the same level. Barely literate.
It is time we brought this under control and returned UK education back into one of the best in the world.
Sadly, it is not going to be an easy task. For one thing our schools are full of these socialist teachers who actually believe that what they are doing is right. For another the current education system is full of people already into this process and for many it is already too late. But the main issue is that we don’t actually seem to have anyone in charge who will recognise these facts and can do something about it. None of them have even thought about the options available because this requires more than tinkering around the edges and for politicians that is a risk they are unwilling to take.
So what could be done? I hear talks of vouchers which sounds good. It would also require all schools to go private and become cost centres just like businesses. Business would actually step in and pick these up fairly quickly and with incentives there to pick up inner city schools everyone would join in. The theory being that the market decides but I just can’t see any of our major parties doing that, accepting failure and losing control. It doesn’t matter to them that they are trying, and failing, to control a double decker bus careening down a steep slope what matters to them is the photo op of being seen at the wheel. They won’t be there when the bus hits the bottom. I was hoping that the LPUK would make a good showing next year but so far I’ve not seen any real policies from them outside their website and although I like what they are saying it is going to be too much for a generation brought up on the governments teat.
So what can be done with just tinkering until someone gets in who actually has some decent policies. Well, it seems to me that the last generation that actually got educated was those who were educated in the 1980s. After that the socialist cancer had set in quickly followed by target setting and lies over statistics. Although I must temper that with some irresolvable facts. Our current government is made up of people from those generations. Clearly the education policy then was not perfect either.
So, if we were to make three rather *cough* simple changes; Tinkering if you will.
1) Take the curriculum from the 1970s. Over the next four years for the duration of those currently near the end of the system we need to tailor their classes to ensure that they have the basics of the 3Rs.
2) Purge the revolutionaries and shoot them. Ensure the teachers can and are teaching the subjects required. Removing all those that have agendas. It seems culturally acceptable to sack BNP members so we need to sack any teachers who are Labour party members and anyone that goes on about Climate Change, Big Corporation outside business economics and Socialist agendas. Give teachers the power to discipline pupils and expel them if necessary and make sure the rules support them in their roles.
3) Make the examination board independent. Adjust the scores to reflect the exams if necessary. Peoples IQs don’t jump from year to year. If more people pass then its likely that your exams are easier. However, big hope here, if our education system does improve (It has to eventually, its almost rock bottom now) then we need to adjust our expectations up via the grades awarded. We should be adjusting them down at them moment but that would have blown the whistle a while ago.
So, just tinkering and nothing that even established politicians could complain at but still improves the education system.
Now the only thing that can’t be changed quickly is the kids themselves. This is a problem because we don’t want to write them off but at the same time we need to recognise that many of them will be beyond help. Cold hard fact. Although I am a fan of compulsory education I accept that at this time many people are not interested in educating themselves and are expecting state handouts for the rest of their lives. They will be in for a shock like many have had before. Also we are unable to adapt in the way that school vouchers would for those who find the regime of education not to their liking. Perhaps we could set up something to cater for these or actively encourage home education or some other alternative. However, we need to accept that disruptive pupils will need to be handled differently to the way they do now. They need to be able to be kept in classes where they cannot disturbthose getting an education and in a way it does not encourage others to copy them. Perhaps staked out on the school playing field or something. (Mmmm, bang goes my career in education)
In my view education should be available to all up stages to degree level on vouchers. One voucher for each year at school, X vouchers for A levels etc., One for a degree course. You want more, then you need to pay for it yourself. If you want or need to stop education and work for a while then fine, the vouchers are still there for you. One trip through the system courtesy of all the tax payers who you need to thank by looking after in return by paying taxes.
One contentious area where I also have an opinion is when you leave school. I agree that to keep someone in school who does not want to learn is a waste of time. However, I think that kids are too young to make that decision and should only be allowed to leave when they reach whatever age is deemed acceptable, 14, 15 or 16, certainly not 18, and they must have passed the basics of the 3Rs plus anything else deemed necessary to live nowadays. Year 5 (or whatever) you can sit as many times as you need to gain those skills.
We need to create new generations of self reliant, capable, well educated members of society starting now because when the last well educated generation starts popping off we need someone with an IQ over 80 to take over otherwise we will end up with clones of the current bunch with no real experience of running a business but plenty of experience whining about how life is unfair and a population that agrees with them and neither unable to do anything about it.
Over the years we have learnt new techniques for educating people. New areas where we should be looking to include in the curriculum which reflect changes in our technology and capabilities. We should avoid social issues like the plague as they tend to be subjective being variable and so changes from year to year but technological and capability issues allow us to learn economics by running virtual businesses or countries to actually learn how to make a profit. Just look at our current governments party accounts to see they could have done with that. Yet I find that moving backwards seems to be the best way forward. Who would have thought?
Educatshun
One of the worst things that a government can do to its people is to deny them education. Education is the one thing that allows people to change their lifestyle and be something that they want rather than something the state wants. Lucky lottery winners excluded of course.
Of course denying education is something that in the West we would be quickly up in arms, or sporks in the UK, about. It clearly just can’t be done in the open. However as we have seen the education system can be compromised slowly, by filling the schools with teachers that have political agendas and corrupting the curriculum so that instead of schools producing self reliant and capable, well educated members of society they produce a years worth of barely literate and workshy young people with chips on their shoulders.
Now to be honest it has been apparent this has been going on for several decades but has been accelerated and hidden well under a mountain of paperwork and statistics. There have been a few holdouts, schools which are not controlled by the government, home schooling etc., but these areas are all now under attack even when it is recognised that the general education system is not fit for purpose. The socialist mantra seems to be we cannot have some people being better than others and so we need to make sure everyone is at the same level. Barely literate.
It is time we brought this under control and returned UK education back into one of the best in the world.
Sadly, it is not going to be an easy task. For one thing our schools are full of these socialist teachers who actually believe that what they are doing is right. For another the current education system is full of people already into this process and for many it is already too late. But the main issue is that we don’t actually seem to have anyone in charge who will recognise these facts and can do something about it. None of them have even thought about the options available because this requires more than tinkering around the edges and for politicians that is a risk they are unwilling to take.
So what could be done? I hear talks of vouchers which sounds good. It would also require all schools to go private and become cost centres just like businesses. Business would actually step in and pick these up fairly quickly and with incentives there to pick up inner city schools everyone would join in. The theory being that the market decides but I just can’t see any of our major parties doing that, accepting failure and losing control. It doesn’t matter to them that they are trying, and failing, to control a double decker bus careening down a steep slope what matters to them is the photo op of being seen at the wheel. They won’t be there when the bus hits the bottom. I was hoping that the LPUK would make a good showing next year but so far I’ve not seen any real policies from them outside their website and although I like what they are saying it is going to be too much for a generation brought up on the governments teat.
So what can be done with just tinkering until someone gets in who actually has some decent policies. Well, it seems to me that the last generation that actually got educated was those who were educated in the 1980s. After that the socialist cancer had set in quickly followed by target setting and lies over statistics. Although I must temper that with some irresolvable facts. Our current government is made up of people from those generations. Clearly the education policy then was not perfect either.
So, if we were to make three rather *cough* simple changes; Tinkering if you will.
1) Take the curriculum from the 1970s. Over the next four years for the duration of those currently near the end of the system we need to tailor their classes to ensure that they have the basics of the 3Rs.
2) Purge the revolutionaries and shoot them. Ensure the teachers can and are teaching the subjects required. Removing all those that have agendas. It seems culturally acceptable to sack BNP members so we need to sack any teachers who are Labour party members and anyone that goes on about Climate Change, Big Corporation outside business economics and Socialist agendas. Give teachers the power to discipline pupils and expel them if necessary and make sure the rules support them in their roles.
3) Make the examination board independent. Adjust the scores to reflect the exams if necessary. Peoples IQs don’t jump from year to year. If more people pass then its likely that your exams are easier. However, big hope here, if our education system does improve (It has to eventually, its almost rock bottom now) then we need to adjust our expectations up via the grades awarded. We should be adjusting them down at them moment but that would have blown the whistle a while ago.
So, just tinkering and nothing that even established politicians could complain at but still improves the education system.
Now the only thing that can’t be changed quickly is the kids themselves. This is a problem because we don’t want to write them off but at the same time we need to recognise that many of them will be beyond help. Cold hard fact. Although I am a fan of compulsory education I accept that at this time many people are not interested in educating themselves and are expecting state handouts for the rest of their lives. They will be in for a shock like many have had before. Also we are unable to adapt in the way that school vouchers would for those who find the regime of education not to their liking. Perhaps we could set up something to cater for these or actively encourage home education or some other alternative. However, we need to accept that disruptive pupils will need to be handled differently to the way they do now. They need to be able to be kept in classes where they cannot disturbthose getting an education and in a way it does not encourage others to copy them. Perhaps staked out on the school playing field or something. (Mmmm, bang goes my career in education)
In my view education should be available to all up stages to degree level on vouchers. One voucher for each year at school, X vouchers for A levels etc., One for a degree course. You want more, then you need to pay for it yourself. If you want or need to stop education and work for a while then fine, the vouchers are still there for you. One trip through the system courtesy of all the tax payers who you need to thank by looking after in return by paying taxes.
One contentious area where I also have an opinion is when you leave school. I agree that to keep someone in school who does not want to learn is a waste of time. However, I think that kids are too young to make that decision and should only be allowed to leave when they reach whatever age is deemed acceptable, 14, 15 or 16, certainly not 18, and they must have passed the basics of the 3Rs plus anything else deemed necessary to live nowadays. Year 5 (or whatever) you can sit as many times as you need to gain those skills.
We need to create new generations of self reliant, capable, well educated members of society starting now because when the last well educated generation starts popping off we need someone with an IQ over 80 to take over otherwise we will end up with clones of the current bunch with no real experience of running a business but plenty of experience whining about how life is unfair and a population that agrees with them and neither unable to do anything about it.
Over the years we have learnt new techniques for educating people. New areas where we should be looking to include in the curriculum which reflect changes in our technology and capabilities. We should avoid social issues like the plague as they tend to be subjective being variable and so changes from year to year but technological and capability issues allow us to learn economics by running virtual businesses or countries to actually learn how to make a profit. Just look at our current governments party accounts to see they could have done with that. Yet I find that moving backwards seems to be the best way forward. Who would have thought?