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Education & Politics

[Pete @PeteIn280]

When mere observers can read exchanges between former government ministers & the architect of his exit from politics - 18 months after the fact - it really makes you appreciate how this site has increased our insight into politics, for all the bad it brings with it.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@Moralityrevived Surface level bullshit.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@tbmichael @0Beanie05923291 There are lots of people who are great at their job. Are they all virtuous?

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@0Beanie05923291 Entirely uncontroversial.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@GuruAnaerobic The rise of individualism over the past century has made collective responsibility a frightening prospect for many. “If I have to look after x, y, z, I might lose myself”. Perhaps the more accurate rhetoric is “If I don’t raise a family, perhaps I’ll never find myself.”

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@TheLittlePeopl9 @Headteacherchat Likely a struggling school with huge turnover and this ECT shows real potential.

[Darren Leslie @dnleslie]

I remain unconvinced. Exams should stay pen and paper.

Moving assessment onto screens will inevitably create pressure for more classroom work and exam preparation to become digital. That is a major educational change, yet the case presented here seems to rely largely on short-answer trials and claims of “almost no downside”.

We should need much stronger evidence before redesigning assessment around screens.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@GuffyNicola Both mental positions are the same thing , just using different words.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@RaminNasibov Bilingual people that learnt both languages the same way you learnt your first language.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@keviinvanhove @MMAG33K If he was avoiding putting weight on his right leg then why on earth would he open the fight with of the most weight bearing moves possible?

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@BeastmodeBox @afneil In what way?

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@Northernlady678 @SamStrickers181 Correlation ≠ causation

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@anandcheam @bphillipsonMP You’ve completely missed the point here.

Government is saying that uniform can be bought affordably - like the examples you have - but NOT when schools require lots of branded items with the school crest on, which cost much more.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@lady_valor_07 The Sopranos

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@ABridgen I’m an RE teacher. This is completely inaccurate.

Throughout their 5 years doing RE, our students do one six week module on Islam when they’re in Year 8. Other than that, they don’t do it at all.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@otus1961 @Hector_McNeil @Geiger_Capital If American = someone deciding to live in America, then yes. But AGB didn’t gain citizenship until 6 years after he patented the light bulb.

It’s like saying all illegal immigrants in the US are American.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@itsme_urstruly

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@tombennett71 I wasn’t compulsory in England until 2008.

Regardless of the broader point he’s making - I think his experience of not being taught about the British Empire at school is common among people in their 30s and over.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@Headteacherchat Yes - it’s legal but not best practice.

[Pete @PeteIn280]

@TheLittlePeopl9 @RogersHistory How should the system be changed then?