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Education

Many young people traipse through our education system for many years and then leave unable to read, write or understand simple arithmetic. Employers are complaining, but we should all be complaining. Something is wrong. The system is controlled by targets, statistics mean everything to our politicians, who shout over any criticism by blabbering on about the increasing percentage of children entering university, or obtaining higher GCSE grades.

None of this matters. Bright children will succeed, come what may and most millionaires have mediocre academic records. We should be concentrating upon the percentage that fail - for they should not be allowed to slip through our education system without being able to read, write and do arithmetic. It's a national disgrace if they do.

This stupid state should be laid firmly at the feet of our politicians and educators because these failures tend to be the most disruptive elements in our society. They become the burglars, the street reprobates, the drug-dealers because the wider society has nothing to offer them. They make our world a less attractive place to live. Collectively we should take steps to ensure that every child reaches an acceptable standard. Our own lives depend upon the education of these young failures.

Until that happens we are likely to face more disruption. The political party that recognises these simple precepts will garner support. While they continue to believe that more university places will help us - we will continue to slide downhill.

posted by Suffolk Notes @ 10:24 am