| Castell Howell 18:10 - Jun 23 with 9069 views | raynor94 |
Bad news coming from there tonight, looks like a lot of jobs going to go. |  |
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| Castell Howell on 13:09 - Jul 3 with 1081 views | Kerouac |
| Castell Howell on 13:07 - Jul 3 by Professor |
I'm fortunate my kids went to an excellent primary. My experiences were of Parc Primary (Cwmparc) in the 1970s. Our education was dire. We were a long way behind those from Treorchy or Ton Pentre. I made this point last week as an external examiner for another university. They are leaders in new teaching theory and I had to comment on "student as producer'. Meaning the students producing their own education via research/performance etc. This is fine in the latter stages but like anything in bioscience you need the basics-to speak the language before writing poetry. |
I 100% agree. |  |
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| Castell Howell on 16:37 - Jul 3 with 1008 views | waynekerr55 |
| Castell Howell on 13:09 - Jul 3 by Kerouac |
I 100% agree. |
Spot on and great points.
Yet we have Dante's Fireplace top salesman Williamson saying kids should sit in rows facing the teacher and doing English and maths only.
These people are exceptionally fúcking Dim and incompetent. British exceptionalism at its very best (worst) |  |
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| Castell Howell on 17:02 - Jul 3 with 972 views | taffpunk |
| Castell Howell on 13:07 - Jul 3 by Professor |
I'm fortunate my kids went to an excellent primary. My experiences were of Parc Primary (Cwmparc) in the 1970s. Our education was dire. We were a long way behind those from Treorchy or Ton Pentre. I made this point last week as an external examiner for another university. They are leaders in new teaching theory and I had to comment on "student as producer'. Meaning the students producing their own education via research/performance etc. This is fine in the latter stages but like anything in bioscience you need the basics-to speak the language before writing poetry. |
My Mrs is a teaching assistant in Penrhys Primary. The stories I hear on almost a daily basis about the pupils, and more regularly about their parents, are horrendous. The staff there deserve at least 6 months off a year, and to have their wages doubled! [Post edited 3 Jul 2020 17:04]
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| Castell Howell on 17:20 - Jul 3 with 951 views | Professor |
| Castell Howell on 17:02 - Jul 3 by taffpunk |
My Mrs is a teaching assistant in Penrhys Primary. The stories I hear on almost a daily basis about the pupils, and more regularly about their parents, are horrendous. The staff there deserve at least 6 months off a year, and to have their wages doubled! [Post edited 3 Jul 2020 17:04]
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As is mine-although we live in a'nice' area there are still plenty of stories. It's an outstanding school but also chews up teachers. Had about 4 newly qualified teachers get the bullet within a year.
Hope you are keeping well and get to open the shop soon. | | | |
| Castell Howell on 20:53 - Jul 3 with 901 views | majorraglan |
Parental support and good teachers are essential for children to thrive.
I have a relative who was formerly a head teacher at a comprehensive school in Cardiff. The establishment drew its pupils from a mixed catchment area, some semi affluent neighbourhoods while other areas were much poorer. The afore mentioned relative was determined to deliver the best education they could for the pupils, during school holidays and in the evenings extra classes were provided to ensure the kids who needed that extra bit of help to get the grades got the support they needed and the school started hitting an upward trajectory. Kids who would have failed passed.
I am aware of a similar tale at a primary school down this way, but this time it’s totally the opposite. The driven, caring highly motivated head of a top performing school in what is a very deprived area retires, within a few years the school is close to or in special measures.
Eldest attends a Uni which makes use of contextual offers. He has come through the comprehensive school system but he is very much in the minority as most of his colleagues are from Grammar, Private or Academies. Some of the kids on his course have been to private schools where their parents have paid £40k pa fees - it’s cheaper to send the kids to Uni than school.
Education should be life long and not limited to Universities, we should be investing in more vocational courses, top quality training so we can have a modern highly skilled workforce. I don’t agree with what Tony Blair did when he expanded the number going to Universities so significantly, but I can see the reasoning behind his thinking. | | | |
| Castell Howell on 00:15 - Jul 4 with 851 views | Gwyn737 |
| Castell Howell on 20:53 - Jul 3 by majorraglan |
Parental support and good teachers are essential for children to thrive.
I have a relative who was formerly a head teacher at a comprehensive school in Cardiff. The establishment drew its pupils from a mixed catchment area, some semi affluent neighbourhoods while other areas were much poorer. The afore mentioned relative was determined to deliver the best education they could for the pupils, during school holidays and in the evenings extra classes were provided to ensure the kids who needed that extra bit of help to get the grades got the support they needed and the school started hitting an upward trajectory. Kids who would have failed passed.
I am aware of a similar tale at a primary school down this way, but this time it’s totally the opposite. The driven, caring highly motivated head of a top performing school in what is a very deprived area retires, within a few years the school is close to or in special measures.
Eldest attends a Uni which makes use of contextual offers. He has come through the comprehensive school system but he is very much in the minority as most of his colleagues are from Grammar, Private or Academies. Some of the kids on his course have been to private schools where their parents have paid £40k pa fees - it’s cheaper to send the kids to Uni than school.
Education should be life long and not limited to Universities, we should be investing in more vocational courses, top quality training so we can have a modern highly skilled workforce. I don’t agree with what Tony Blair did when he expanded the number going to Universities so significantly, but I can see the reasoning behind his thinking. |
This really resonates with me.
I was the first in my family to go through university and thank goodness I had a grant (I think the last year to have one in 1996)
It’s become a money maker now. All can go as long as they pay, which in essence means taking a loan. | | | |
| Castell Howell on 00:19 - Jul 4 with 850 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Castell Howell on 00:15 - Jul 4 by Gwyn737 |
This really resonates with me.
I was the first in my family to go through university and thank goodness I had a grant (I think the last year to have one in 1996)
It’s become a money maker now. All can go as long as they pay, which in essence means taking a loan. |
A loan which most never repay so essentially a grant, unless the system has changed. |  | | |
| Castell Howell on 00:25 - Jul 4 with 846 views | Gwyn737 |
| Castell Howell on 00:19 - Jul 4 by Treforys_Jack |
A loan which most never repay so essentially a grant, unless the system has changed. |
That’s probably the case now but when I did it you automatically paid it back when you earned a certain amount. In my case that meant it was payed back by the time I was 26.
Und you, I never paid tuition fees and for that I’m eternally grateful or I’d never have gone on to Uni. | | | |
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| Castell Howell on 01:15 - Jul 4 with 831 views | majorraglan |
| Castell Howell on 00:19 - Jul 4 by Treforys_Jack |
A loan which most never repay so essentially a grant, unless the system has changed. |
Tuition fees are £9k per annum, accommodation is about £6k and then there beer money on top. The APR on student loans is around 5 or 6 per cent, kids are being set up to fail and carry huge debt throughout their lives. | | | |
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