Carole Ford

Passionate about education, mathematics, Eurovision song contest and knitting; all major cultural activities.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@ArmstrongMFL Thank you.

[Scotland in Union @scotlandinunion]

New polling: 60% say Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom.

People want cooperation across the UK, not more division.

Read more from the latest polling published today:
https://t.co/cIV7jEgQIN

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@karlmehta Maximum heart rate

[Jake Broe @RealJakeBroe]

Zelensky is a genius. He started his 1v1 meeting with Trump by thanking Melania Trump for sending Putin a letter asking for Ukraine's children to be returned. Zelensky then gave trump a letter for his wife from the First Lady of Ukraine.

Trump was pretty mild after that.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@drchriscarson UK trained doctors owe the public a great deal. The cost of their university education is many times higher than the fees they paid. I support higher salaries for doctors but their achievement is not all on them.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@SonyaDouglas It was popular in Glasgow primary schools in the late 60s, early 70s. My cousin had to work very hard to overcome the handicap of phonetic spelling. Education is still bedevilled by teaching strategies which are introduced despite the total lack of evidence to support them.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@afneil Absolutely agree. Not only a comprehensive historical education but also chronological, unlike the scatter gun approach in the current Scottish curriculum. Pupils can’t tell you if the Vikings invaded before or after the battle of Culloden.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@LesleyRiddoch @IndyForumScot Absolute nonsense. I learned Scottish chronological history from primary one onwards, from Skara Brae to WWII.

[Stuart Farmer - stuartphysics.bsky.social @stuartphysics]

I am excited to be working with @dnleslie on the Talking Scottish Education podcast and having already had some good conversations with several guests I hope that it will make a good contribution to the educational debate in Scotland #talkscoted

[Janine Leonard @janine_leonard]

@RhysWilliamsTV @Bruce_NextLevel @CaroleFord1 if you read one twitter thread today, please read this. Reform Scotland is making waves in Scottish education. Please sign a light on this issue too.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@michaelpforan Your contributions on behalf of women and rationality are very much appreciated. Thank you for your polite persistence in the face of toxic intimidation.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

I think JKRowling deserves a statue in Edinburgh for her services to women and girls, for her commitment to biological reality as opposed to wilfully mistaken ideology, and for her relentless civility and logical argument in the face of irrational hate and toxicity.

[The Rowling Library @rowlinglibrary]

Do you think J.K. Rowling deserves a bronze statue in Edinburgh for her incredible contributions to literature?

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@MrMcEnaney I don’t care one jot about school blazers but I do care about a Scottish govt which appears to care more about this than the poorer performance of disadvantaged children or the serious disciplinary situation in classrooms. Why are they concerning themselves with such trivia?

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

So we ban Lance Armstrong for taking drugs which will give him a small but important advantage over his male rivals because it’s cheating but we let 51 year old male Valentina Petrillo have a huge advantage with no issue at all against female athletes! Why is this being allowed?

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

⬇️My mother once told me she could spot a teacher at 100 yards. I scoffed. She checked out the people in the street and pointed to a guy and said ‘Him’. Reader, I knew him and he was a teacher. I did not tell her she was right. Omniscient mothers need no encouragement.

[HelenP @learnmesummat]

Been sat at a popular Derbyshire spot and we have been playing, Spot The Teacher. Easy game as I think we are a typical breed this time of year. Bonus point for year group or subject specialism. Anyone else want to join in? @DeputyGrocott @Misterbodd

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@robbystarbuck Completing homework results in better exam grades, particularly in content heavy subjects like maths, science, languages. You take your choice to do it or not, but be aware of the reason why teachers issue it. It would make their lives easier not to bother.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@stuartphysics @MrMcEnaney Exactly.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@MrBoothY6 Volare

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

I could watch Alex Yee winning the triathlon gold medal until the cows come home. Pure determination and unbelievable stamina. What the Olympics are all about. Not men punching women in a boxing ring - horrifying. Shame on Morocco and the IOC.

[Carole Ford @CaroleFord1]

@MathewHulbert @LibDems No. It looks like hubris and that is very off putting to the electorate. Jo Swanson claiming she could be the next PM was a definite vote loser in 2019.