themarkscheme

Mark. Maths teacher. Here for education, maths, whisky, Formula 1, data science, politics, vibes, and cheese recommendations.

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I'm Mark - maths teacher, 10+ years - currently in FE in North East England (primarily A Level + adult learning). Interested in Maths, ed policy, teaching and learning, and social mobility.

Began blogging last year (link in bio), another mediocre white man yelling into the void!

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It's clearly judge of popstar to opera star, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Who's this iconic musician?

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@Number10cat @Katie_Lam_MP Man City had a squad of 25 players ten years ago. Man City have a squad of 25 players now! Clearly Man City have signed no players in 10 years!

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Trust the vision!

[HK @HKFinalThird]

There are 48 teams in the World Cup.

24 go through. Then 12. Then 6. Then 3.

Can someone explain to me how a FINAL is supposed to work with 3 teams? 🤔

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@HKFinalThird

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@RadishHarmers It all comes from the root basics that people don't understand the difference between *number" and "value" and it has mutated from there.

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@MoneyTelegraph You better have also paid them twice for this, or you are directly contributing to their acute financial hardship

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@MoneyTelegraph Why on earth has this piece with the bloke who's missed a trick not playing the part of Kier Starmer in Dear England been dug back up again?

Like, why?

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@ShakinthatChalk Decided to write quite a bit about it, felt it needed more than 280 characters - https://t.co/BLoGjKD1IG

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https://t.co/DoQDGJYQvW

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Edexc-HELL? Is the fallout to A Level Maths Paper 1 justified?

We're talking accessibility, the fourth round of the FA cup and what do the reactions tell us about how we would be best to help students prepare for their exams?

Link in next post

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@BaxterThom @ShakinthatChalk The sinx = sin(pi-x) will have caught a lot, and the fact ptb wasn't possible without it has upset people. But the parametric question 2qs before set the scene by explicitly asking for the 2nd solution for sine, so actually quite well constructed as a prompt really

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@LancasterManage @lpoolcouncil There is just 1 entry-level vacancy for every 3 NEET young people in the UK. In the North East, this falls to 1 vacancy for every 6 young people, and 1 in 5 in East Midlands. Competition is even greater when students, job changers & older workers are included. (4/8)

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Two tier ____ (fill in the blank) lands well, and part of it is because people can just use it where they perceive that someone else other than them is the benefactor of something. A perfect voxpop for stirring anger, and a quick label to justify a viewpoint without rationale.

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@janlevinson69

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@ProtonInspector Can we talk about celebrity chefs saying chorizo "properly" next, and how it's actually painful?

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https://t.co/teH5Q9hUuR

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1) How will NEET young people cost the UK £125billion?
2) Is the situation getting worse? Is it unique?
3) Are 27 non-EU under 25’s hired for every young brit since 2020?
4) Is the report critical of schools and does the school system fail to prepare pupils for work?

Link below

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How can the UK simultaneously have a crisis of young people not in education or work *and* a shortage of staff in the health, care, construction and IT sectors?

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@DeepHouseBear @katellie @afneil No...about 3,000,000 young Brits have been hired since 2020.

That stat is like saying, Man City had a squad of 25 players in the year 2020, they had a squad size of 25 in 2025, Man City have not signed any players in 5 years

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@philsharrock Been banging this drum for a while. The KS4 and the post-16 reforms around vocational and occupational education are so not aligned it's ridiculous

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I'm writing again - https://t.co/teH5Q9hUuR

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1) How will NEET young people cost the UK £125billion?
2) Is the situation getting worse? Is it unique?
3) Are 27 non-EU under 25’s hired for every young brit since 2020?
4) Is the report critical of schools and does the school system fails to prepare pupils for work?

Link below