A Nation of Retards

It is sad to see how Nanny and her acolytes have turned us into a nation of dimwitted retards, as if Jamie's school programme was not evidence enough of this (I have to leave the room when it is on, because it so infuriates me), I had my fears further confirmed recently by research conducted by the British National Formulary (BNF), which advises doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

The BNF has found that labels on medicines that have been used for years, are now too "difficult" for members of the public to understand.

It seems that phrases such as "may cause drowsiness" are not understood, instead it recommends "this medicine may make you sleepy".

"Avoid alcoholic drink" and "take at regular intervals" also seem to cause problems!

We have become a nation of retards!

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Of Mice and Men

Jim Knight, Nanny's schools minister, is drawing up plans to require and enable parents to provide their children with high-speed internet access.

Knight is working with a.o. Microsoft, BT, Sky, Virgin and RM to help close the widening achievement gap between pupils from the richest and poorest families.

Seemingly over one million children have no access to a computer at home.

The drive for online access is part of Nanny's plans to have parents of every secondary school student given access to continuous online updates on their child's lessons, performance and behaviour as early as next year.

Knight wants IT firms to bring down the cost of equipment, so that internet connections are in effect made compulsory for nearly six million children.

Quote:

"We need to get to a point where in the same way when they start school the expectation is you've [the parent] got to find a school uniform, provide them with something to write with and probably these days a calculator, and in secondary school some sports gear - well, you add to that some IT.

Obviously you need to make that affordable, you need to make that universal otherwise you just advantage those who can afford it. To some extent that's the case at the moment, where 50% of homes have got IT broadband, but they are hugely powerful educational tools ... we know from the research evidence the difference that information technology can make."

That's all very well, but shouldn't Nanny and the parents be focussing on ensuring that the kids can read and write basic English first, before launching them into cyberspace?