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Taf · 03-10-2011, 16:03

School education should be variety of subjects that prepare but also give a taste of what certain jobs could demand. And they should be interesting to capture the attention of young minds, and help develop any skills they show promise in.

I showed promise in Mathematics and Tech Drawing, so was guided by helpful teachers who were not just there to treat everyone the same. I was therefore able to rise to an exam level never before seen in that school.... the first of many until the system was changed again, losing all the vocational subjects, and dumbing down the academic ones.

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Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 70 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,539	Re: Cut school leaving age to 14, says Sir Chris Woodhead School education should be variety of subjects that prepare but also give a taste of what certain jobs could demand. And they should be interesting to capture the attention of young minds, and help develop any skills they show promise in. I showed promise in Mathematics and Tech Drawing, so was guided by helpful teachers who were not just there to treat everyone the same. I was therefore able to rise to an exam level never before seen in that school.... the first of many until the system was changed again, losing all the vocational subjects, and dumbing down the academic ones.