Tag: pressure

• Why we Ignore the Warnings?

  Australian beaches packed with sunbathers, English parks crowded with walkers taking in the fine March weather, packed tube trains and Sunday markets brimming with bargain seekers, supermarket shelves stripped of merchandise… On the face of it, the populace seem intent upon ignoring the dire warnings of government:  the virus is dangerous;   we must self-isolate, we…

  frederick anderson

  March 24, 2020

  Social Comment

  Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crowds, Financial pressure, Gig economy, National Health, pressure, Skepticism

• 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