The Emperor's New Clothes


More than anything else, it's a country's educational system what should ensure equal opportunities for all citizens, regardless of whether they are born in Chelsea or in Blackpool. The human mind is a marvel of nature and it works the same for everyone. But the British education system does exactly the opposite. By means of a huge deception it perpetuates class differences and the lack of equal opportunities for everyone. Add deep rooted corruption into the mix and things get as bad as they actually are in the UK. But nobody does anything about it. No one dares to say that the emperor is naked.

According to some it may still take a few decades for the situation to touch bottom. In the meantime whole generations will find themselves let down by the education system, and their futures jeopardized for ever.

This blog will show you how British state education is flawed and corrupt. Beware: the evidence is brutal. Stop reading if you don't want to change your high opinion of the UK's educational system.

If you are new to this site I recommend reading first the 4 unnumbered and/or the numbered entries in their chronological order using the TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Enrichment Week

In other words, yet another week in which pupils will not learn much. 

The official teaching time in a year is almost exactly half the total of days. Weekends, holidays and half-term breaks make up the other half. In addition, many of those days are further lost with "enrichment" acivities, or even whole weeks. 

Whilst extracurricular activities have always been useful and welcome in formal education, in the current circumstances there really seems to be too much of it, especially when one sees what they are used for.

You will disagree with me, of course, if you think that things like these are what students should be devoting the little time they spend at school:






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