Sunday, January 07, 2007
New Labour and Education
I have noted that a New Labour mp has withdrawn her son, Cosmo, from one of those new fangled Blairite 'Academies'. She said that she was concerned about the standard of education that her son was getting at said 'Academy'. From my knowledge of these establishments, they are merely shopping malls with classrooms - everything sponsored, everything brought to you by...
Other Academies seem only to serve the function of day prisons housing extremely unruly youths who would be otherwise on the streets terrorising the neighbourhood.
They are not schools, they are commercial ventures designed to make the owners money not turn out young people with a decent education. Any business treats profit as the priority.
Now, what is this woman calling a member of her progeny "Cosmo". Does she not realise that she is killing this young person's chance of forming normal relationships with his peers. The name smacks of nerdiness with a hint of weasle thrown in.
Other Academies seem only to serve the function of day prisons housing extremely unruly youths who would be otherwise on the streets terrorising the neighbourhood.
They are not schools, they are commercial ventures designed to make the owners money not turn out young people with a decent education. Any business treats profit as the priority.
Now, what is this woman calling a member of her progeny "Cosmo". Does she not realise that she is killing this young person's chance of forming normal relationships with his peers. The name smacks of nerdiness with a hint of weasle thrown in.
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