Don’t Bother with Education
Speaking in the last entry of half-wits and brain donors, this staggered me today.
I saw a SATS test paper and looked at a question:
There was a spelling mistake in it and a word missing from a sentence rendering it’s true meaning a matter of guess work.
What chance do the youth of today stand if the people compiling their tests cannot spell or even put a sentence together - lets not even cover the proof reading ground !
To compound this litany of moronic educational garbage the introduction to the test had this in it - I quote a partial sentence but word for word
Some of the questions may appear dead tricky at first ………
Dead tricky …………WTF !
Who tests these so called educators ? Basic literacy seems to have gone down the pan.
Brings back to life the old adage:
Those that can - do
Those that cannot - teach
Those that cannot teach administrate
No wonder truancy is up !
I encourage all children to play truant - what’s the point of even going?
Rod said,
April 1, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
Now your starter for 10
There’s an obvious mistake above and I trust you spotted it
Hopefully you went …….. aha got him ! until reading this
Best
Rod
PS, if you cannot see it after this prompt - have you considered a career as a teacher
The Watching Invisible Man et al said,
April 1, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
So therefore, we can deduce that the teacher who taught you English, had the inability to teach ?
If you are so intelligent and a member of the hoy-faloy, why do you live on the ‘Wybers Wood’ surrounded by a prodigious amount of moronic people ? You appear to be under the delusion, that one is James Bond, who likes budget toothbrushes and lives in cloud cuckoo land with meals for one, with little or no job prospects …………………of course, with a tad of black hair dye !!!
Wake up and smell the roses, sunshine………you are a small time dude, with a big city attitude, typing from your ‘lair’, living in GRIMsby, who is kidding who here ?
How many degrees and qualifications do you have, to put yourself in a position to judge everybody else and their status in life, when your true intelligence is advocating truancy on a mass level ?
For your information: “Who tests these so called Senior Educators ?” Ofsted and Fento.
Rod said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:45 am
TWIM
thanks for the comment, much appreciated and welcome to the site.
Sadly, you seem to fall into the category of those who miss some of the intended ironic humour, but you are more than welcome just the same and I do hope you’ll continue to comment.
To address just some of your points in order
So therefore, we can deduce that the teacher who taught you English, had the inability to teach ?
He was American I seem to remember and very good too, I don’t really recall much of it, what little I do know I gradually learnt after leaving school I believe.
If you are so intelligent and a member of the hoy-faloy
Sadly, I’m not so intelligent, if I was I would know what ‘hoy-faloy’ meant !
I am only familiar with hoy paloy, so excuse my ignorance
You appear to be under the delusion, that one is James Bond
You mean I’m not James Bond
with little or no job prospects
You’re spot on there !
Thank god I don’t need one
of course, with a tad of black hair dye !!!
That’s an outrageous lie and slur - I deny it totally………………………
It is, in fact, dark brown but you’re right, only a tad
How many degrees and qualifications do you have
Just the one degree I’m afraid
when your true intelligence is advocating truancy on a mass level ?
Shakes head in disbelief
For your information: “Who tests these so called Senior Educators ?” Ofsted and Fento
Thanks for the info, much appreciated. They need to pull their socks up though - seems as though anyone can get into education nowadays.
On a return point, taking the salient point from the post I was making:
Do you find it acceptable that those errors and ridiculous language were in the SATS paper ?
Are such things excusable today ?
Thanks again for taking the time to comment, please feel free to do so again, you’re always more than welcome.
I’ve authorized you to post so you will not have to wait for moderation in future, your comments will go live straight away.
All the best
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
April 2, 2007 @ 11:18 am
Rod,
Wim and Al sound feisty ….. the boys obviously took a wild guess about the possible contents of a 007 bathroom cabinet?
By the way, the old adage should perhaps have ended with …. ‘those who don’t do any of the above, meet on a Tuesday’!!!
WoE
p.s. If we ever open a Greek restaurant, we might call it the Hoi Palloi ….
Rod said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
WoE
WIM does indeed sound feisty, which is why I authorized the post, never let it be said I’m not even handed
possible contents of a 007 bathroom cabinet?
The cabinet fell from the wall due the weight of products in it
As Dolly Parton once said:
You wouldn’t believe how much it costs to look this cheap
Best
Rod
PS Hoi Palloi - thank god someone’s tuned in and spots the hidden gems, I was beginning to think it’s me after all.
PPS: On second thoughts if you are spotting the things I drop and are on my wavelength, humour wise, I suggest you seek professional help
Witches of Eastwick said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
Dear Wim and Al,
If what you say is true then we poor old Witches have been duped, as for some considerable time now we believed we had been taking tea with Daniel Craig every Tuesday. Naturally we must give him the benefit of the doubt but will interrogate him tomorrow as he sits unwittingly on the seatless chair! If he continues to bluff, then we’ll have no choice but to withhold his gougere …. for once Mr Collins may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Yours sincerely,
WoE
p.s. with all this in mind, we have asked Rod Damon to be present as he is best qualified for dealing with matters of this nature.
The Coxeman said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
Did someone call for Rod Damon ?
You’ll not need the seatless chair and knotted rope, I’ve said this many times before Rod Collins is a nancy-boy and will cave well before any torture !
This Watching Invisible Man seems to have sussed the site owner, I agree with everything WIM said
Keep it Up !
The Coxeman
The Watching Invisible Man said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
Humour does not come into my equation just yet but it will do soon !!!
For your interest, educators do not set papers, QCA and other awarding bodies set papers, by a form of norm referencing and criterion referencing, set to the average specification across the country.
So therefore the educators never get to see the papers as they are externally set and the educators are NOT allowed to invidulate the exams themselves. The teacher cannot wear two caps and become the teacher and the assessor, this would not allow for fairness in testing across the spectrum. Only outside awarding bodies set and mark papers, so this is your answer to your questions, on who makes the spelling and grammar mistakes.
Previously mentioned on your website, that you were over the moon you did not need to work for another year, £5.50 per hour, yet you state you have no need to work? Only one degree? it takes 360, to make a full circle?
Also, you did not answer the other question? If you are of a superior intelligence to everyone else. Why do you live on a god forbidden estate like the ‘Wybers’ buying budget toothbrushes, surrounded and interacting with lesser moronic beings ? Surely you should live in a far more affluent and inteligent area ?
And lets be honest, hair dye, its a 70’s / 80’s throwback / midlife crisis thing, is it not ?
If we open a hairdressers, we could call it the Silver Fox or Back to Black !
I’ll be back
Rod said,
April 2, 2007 @ 1:08 pm
WIM
I changed the name you used as using a different one each time means you cannot post live. If you are happy with the above name all is well, if not I’ll go with the next one you use and change the above.
What you say makes perfect sense about the exams, this is what confused me.
I knew exams were usually set by boards etc, I presumed this one had been done in-house as it were by teachers. I could not see anything so sloppy coming from an examination board.
It’s certainly nice being out of the rat race, though I sometimes think a part-time job might, and I stress might, be nice. It would have to be something I found interesting or really wanted to do though.
Previous efforts and current business interests that more or less run themselves allow me a certain freedom, hence the situation.
I’m not at all, far from it in fact, though some of the things I see and hear suggest I may be brighter than some - not really much of a claim though
Wybers Wood is the Belgravia of Lincolnshire
I’ll take 2 for One special toothbrushes any day, not budget ones though.
As to the hairdressers I tentatively suggest The Silver Streak, though Le Spa d’Wybers area is, tonsorially speaking, already well catered for