Tag: criticism

• Perseverance

  

  “They’re back!” “Sorry – what do you mean?  Who’s ‘back’?” “They are.  The Zog people!” “Oh, them!  I thought you had some fresh news, Tybalt dear.  One of their little mixed-meta things is crawling all over my ancestor-in-law’s left promontory even as we communicate.  They are a bit of a nuisance, I agree.  My relative…

  frederick anderson

  February 18, 2021

  Opinion, Uncategorized

  criticism, Discussion, Earth, exploration, history, humour, life, Mars, Planetary, Rover

• Standard Assessment Tests

  Today the nation’s 6-7 and 10-11 year olds (years two and six) will set off for school knowing they have got ‘exams’. Whether it is reasonable to ask that children so early in their educational development should be subjected to pressures associated with standard assessment testing is an open debate.  It certainly deserves a carefully…

  frederick anderson

  May 9, 2016

  Social Comment

  Academia, age, childhood, children, criticism, education, examinations, government, home life, parental ambition, pressure, school, schooling, targets, testing, work-life balance