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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
At the risk of incurring Maggy's wrath i totally agree with this woman i think education has been horribly dumbed down and all for the sake of politics. We have been so chart and statistic obsessed in the last deacde that all that was concentrated on was those not the standard. Having a brother who routinely employs people for a whole range of positions from very low to very high i have heard him comment more then once on how standards have dropped over the last two decades.
Now no he isn't a teacher but he is a businessman and often finds himself frustrated by the lack of people at the younger end of the spectrum he looks to give a chance too. We do have a problem in this country with our education system but i don't believe the problem lies with the teachers so much as the complete overkill of beaurocracy that surrounds it. As with many other departments in this country we need a major cull on the desk warriors and get the services back to what they once were, operated in all ways by the professionals that work in them not by some faceless clueless desk hero who only cares about his paperwork.
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I don't think things are as bad as she makes out but they have worsened.
My main complaint is that each and every qualification that our children have to acquire to get a decent job has gradually been eroded in value and meaning.
The last government's mantra seems to have been 'We must have more children getting A-C in GCSE.We must have more students attending college.They must get more A-levels at a higher grade.Everyone must go to university and get a degree.'
Now graduates must have a first class honours degree to become teachers was one recent suggestion of the Coalition.Well only if the remuneration is good enough sonny..
My concern is that all the public examinations have been cheapened as just bits of paper to fit an employer's criteria and not for the sense of achievement that they should imbue to those that take and pass them.A degree should mean much more than it does at present..At the moment getting a Masters degree is just about still does have the cachet it did but I can see a time coming when it's just one more bit of paper to gain in a bid to get the most basic of employment.