| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re Brillian article - | |
| Posted by: | Tina Pemberton | |
| Date/Time: | 11/11/10 22:56:00 |
| Totally agree with what you say Michael. Did you know that to be a social worker you have to have level 4 maths - I did not have this and so could not get the training. When I asked if the maths was used for anything I was told no, but the government wants you to have this! This is one area where life experience and the person would be far more important than qualifications alone. On further issues in this debate - What is a Mickey Mouse course exactly - many of these courses may lead to jobs whereas I know young graduates who cannot get jobs in their field of work. I totally agree that anyone in a service in this country i.e. doctor, nurse, teacher, all hospital workers etc etc should not be paying for courses at all. Perhaps they should have to pay if, say, they try to take themselves abroad after having been trained here for free. There should be a rule that you pay a fine before a set amount of years are given to this country (maybe five years after you have qualified?). We need to bring back far more training courses for jobs which can be learned whilst working. Nurses do not need degrees - the best nurses I worked with in '79 did not have them and those who went to University taking their degrees did not want to get their hands 'dirty' actually nursing. My own experience of hospitals generally is that standards have definitely fallen overall. Re the dumbing down of syllabuses and pass marks - having a child doing A levels I can only say that I struggled to even understand her English literature at GCE level let alone some of the work she is doing for her A's. I found things a lot easier to understand when I was younger as it was in plain English - this was definitely not. Different examiners do things in a different way and some are easier to understand then others which I think is grossly unfair and believe it should be the same right across the board. My own education was secondary modern barr one grammar school and I can say, without doubt, that the grammar school had a higher level of teaching. I am absolutely positive that some of the young bright people in our local schools would have excelled in the private schools given the quality of teaching and the excellent results right across the board. This is definitely not just because they have pupils who happen to be more clever but because of the whole culture of these schools towards homework, learning, discipline etc, judging from other parents I know whose children went private as opposed to state schools. As for going abroad, many people I know would if they could afford to and many have, never to venture back to our shores again. We will definitely be heading for a brain drain if things continue as they are doing. Funny your mentioning of corporations after the news on China - Our country was meant to be attracting business over here instead of which some of our bigger businesses are now attracted to moving over to China. There's an ironic situation for you. Incidentally, I am referring to several posts in one go here so if you are wondering why I might have mentioned some things it is because I am taking on board what others might have mentioned too!! |