tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post112185013763857468..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Failure BannedKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1122044841284736702005-07-22T16:07:00.001+01:002005-07-22T16:07:00.001+01:00And I always thought that the PAT (Professional As...And I always thought that the PAT (Professional Association of Teachers) was the least loony of the teaching unions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1122044832191792502005-07-22T16:07:00.000+01:002005-07-22T16:07:00.000+01:00And I always thought that the PAT (Professional As...And I always thought that the PAT (Professional Association of Teachers) was the least loony of the teaching unions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121951685488220972005-07-21T14:14:00.000+01:002005-07-21T14:14:00.000+01:00Hmmm! Let's see, I was told I had failed (sorry, h...Hmmm! Let's see, I was told I had failed (sorry, had "deferred success on ") several of my exams many years ago. Did it demoralise me ? Did it make me a useless, workshy skiver who spent his time hanging around street corners drinking cheap cider and wondering what petty, mindless vandalism to visit on the community ? No to all of those. It made me get off my arse and put some work in to pass with flying colours. <BR/><BR/> The only result of this will be generations without drive and persistence who will be unable to handle what the real world throws at them...exactly what nanny wants I suppose.Kaptain_Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625273381318758234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121885840303429342005-07-20T19:57:00.000+01:002005-07-20T19:57:00.000+01:00Wouldn't a picture of Bliar be more appropriate .....Wouldn't a picture of Bliar be more appropriate .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121877159451208792005-07-20T17:32:00.000+01:002005-07-20T17:32:00.000+01:00So instead schoolkids will be calling each other d...So instead schoolkids will be calling each other deferred's now instead of tards?<BR/><BR/>Sometimes you wonder if people can hear themselves speaking. It's just too rediculous to be taken seriously, so obviously it will shortly be official government policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121859198591386242005-07-20T12:33:00.000+01:002005-07-20T12:33:00.000+01:00Kids are not daft anyway. What used to be called ...Kids are not daft anyway. What used to be called below average is now known as "working towards target". Kids know full well this is below average so why waste time and effort making up stupid new phrases.<BR/><BR/>More importantly kids associate this type of stupidity with the teachers and schools and not the higher authorities that are actually to blame. So it further undermines what little respect they have left for their education system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1121857829757663442005-07-20T12:10:00.000+01:002005-07-20T12:10:00.000+01:00Anyone who never fails isn't challenging themselve...Anyone who never fails isn't challenging themselves enough. Why do these idiots imagine that insulating children from failure is going to make their lives better? As soon as they get into the world of work it will become apparent that they have been sold down the river by people trying to protect them.<BR/><BR/>Whatever happened to the idea of persistance and working to overcome weakness? Words deferred success me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com