💛💙 Kath Woods-Townsend 💙💛

Professor, Uni of Southampton. LifeLab Programme Director-engaging young people for lifelong health. School governor, MAT Trustee, Parish Cllr. Views my own

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

It's ironic that the people who most often make claims about The World Outside Education have no experience of it.

But let's try and educate Tom one more time...

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[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

British kids are not only more unhappy than all their European peers, but more unhappy than peers with more access to smartphones.

Time to crack open this thread again:
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[Jim Gamble @JimGamble_INEQE]

My response to Tom’s thoughts. https://t.co/3iPlOqVPZb

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[💛💙 Kath Woods-Townsend 💙💛 @KathWT]

This is the most hilarious response - ‘actual science’ 😂🤣 where do these people exist - and why do they think any of us have any interest in what they think or have to say - utter and complete b******s

[Ian Botes | DPU Founder @RealIanBotes]

I have some time, so let's destroy Juliet's argument using actual science real quick:

If everyone in your surrounding area tells you they believe something, and most of the media as well as literature you consume affirms that belief, you will eventually incorporate it into your identity

And once you do, anyone who disagrees with your new found identity you are highly unlikely to listen to, due to your confirmation bias, and the echo-chamber you reside in

Like how telling a mother with a rare psychological illness that makes her believe she's pregnant, when its her brain playing tricks on her, she's not pregnant, will be psychologically traumatizing, because it contradicts her entire identity

So too will someone who went through the initially explained social phenomenon, not be able to change their mind

This is a result of confirmation bias, not objective fact

Religion, Polyamory, Consumers of a product, Swifties etc.

And ofcourse, getting a PhD falls into this category as well

Which means if you decide to do something (anything), its not because you thought about it logically and analyzed all possible consequences for your actions, its because you were influenced by your surroundings to form a certain frame of reference for your purpose in life (or whatever you're doing since this does not only talk about the problem at hand)

The rhetoric being spread here is not sexism or "virgins", or "incels", or whatever keywords you're feeding yourself

The real issue men seem to be attacking Juliet for, is not realizing that on average, 60-70% of women who thought they don't want children before 30, change their mind

With 23-33% of women in their 40s regretting not prioritizing it in their 20s (typically after reproduction problems from 30 onward)

This is US and Europe Data

So no, men aren't attacking you, they are attacking your ideology

Which I might add, is a result of societal programming, as I've explained in detail above

List of bias that led you on this path:

Authority Bias
Cognitive Bias
Confirmation Bias
The Illusory Effect
Survivorship Bias..

And a well established echo-chamber that you can clearly see in the comment section in every single post you've made about this argument thus far

Who is right and who is wrong?

Education is important, but so is not being naive thinking you are one of the outliers who will somehow not get the evolutionary instinct to have a child (we've ran the percentages above based on actual scientific research)

And incase your were not aware, thinking you're smart because you have a PhD is also a societal indoctrination

I mean PhDs are a social construct, as are all qualifications + institutional prestige

The only reason we have table manners, or society think degrees are important are the same..

Its because they realized it serves us to believe that, so they started spreading the rhetoric that its expected of everyone

And just like all social constructs, there comes a day it no longer serves humanity to delude yourself into chasing a naming convention people literally made up in the past 100 years to award people with higher social status (and supposed intellect)

The Elites made you think this is a good idea, not your nature

Men are arguing that if you were not programmed by conventional educational institutions and their followers, you would have prioritized having a child

With is objectively correct

No human being can escape their nature in the absence of indoctrination

My advice to you and your little echo-chamber of "yes men", is this..

Use science to determine your next course of action (crazy that I'm saying this to someone with a PhD)

But this is what happens when you are not taught social dynamics at institutions running on cognitive bias

Notice how I made no jab at you (none I didn't scientifically prove)

THAT, is the scientific method

Fascinating how you have no idea how to use it to determine if your behavior is your own, otherwise we would not be having this conversation

Am I attacking you?

No, I'm using science to explain why you have no idea what you're doing

Regardless, I wish you well, because if you got a PhD, it means you at least have the ability to sit down and figure out how to solve problems, which means you'll be fine

In 10 years from now will you be crying your eyes out because you realized too late you want children?

Only time will tell (you already threw the dice, goodluck)

[💛💙 Kath Woods-Townsend 💙💛 @KathWT]

Actually feel a bit more hopeful about tomorrow then….

[LifeLab @LifelabSoton]

What if we could help young people navigate life's challenges before they face them?

That's exactly what the board game ‘Lemonade ... when life gives you lemons’ aims to do 🍋

Cara Black, a @unisouthampton PhD student, shares how she helped design it 👇
https://t.co/JD2wouK8UO

[LifeLab @LifelabSoton]

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[Children's Commissioner for England @ChildrensComm]

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[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

Today Bridget Phillipson announced that a new target will be set of 90% of 6-year-olds passing the phonics screening check at the end of Year 1. Currently 83% pass at the end of Year 1 and 89% at the end of Year 2.

They also announce a new reading test for children in Year 8 at age 13.

They say that this is because strong reading skills are the foundation for everything else in education.

These measures will backfire, and here’s why.

You can’t make children learn faster by setting more tests. You can’t help struggling readers by putting them under more pressure. You don’t allow teachers to teach better by making them teach to the test.

We are already putting too much pressure on our very young children. There is no evidence that pushing academic skills on them earlier leads to later success.

The result will be a narrowing of the curriculum, more anxiety about reading, and more children who start to see themselves as stupid and inadequate before they’ve even turned seven. How children think about learning is the real foundation for everything else. If they’ve decided that it’s boring and hard before they’re out of the Infants, then no one is a winner.

Yes, reading is important. No, more testing and early pressure isn’t the way to raise standards. It will create more of the problems the government say they want to avoid. Our children need something better.

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[💛💙 Kath Woods-Townsend 💙💛 @KathWT]

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[Children's Commissioner for England @ChildrensComm]

Children as young as 12 have told me about the addictive nature of vapes, so this crackdown on rogue traders selling vapes to children is a vital step forward. For too long vapes have been normalised for children - every child deserves to grow up healthy. https://t.co/bfN8g6R0h2

[💛💙 Kath Woods-Townsend 💙💛 @KathWT]

@Penny_Ten Secondary School Teacher at LifeLab, University of Southampton

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[Scientists for EU @Scientists4EU]

RIP Jane Goodall. 😢