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Category: Technology Author : Steven Hodson Posted: January 3, 2009
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No wonder edjamucation is such a joke


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Part of my youth was spent growing up during a time when the education system was suffering the first of its modern upheavals. I was even given the opportunity to go to one of those free schools – the kind where teachers were your friends and schedules were something the other schools had. Thankfully my parents came to their senses and I ended up going through the standard public school system.

However even that didn’t save me from the inanity that has become our education system. Increasingly it is being built around what is politically correct and what isn’t. Good teachers are being hamstrung by the warm and fuzzy crowd that has invaded their ranks. Kids are being floated through a system that apparently from the picture above can’t even spell. It has gotten to the point where even the idea of calling themselves schools is passé.

Why else would we have a school in England that has banned the use of the word school in its name. Apparently the reasoning is that the word school has negative connotations and these bastions of education should be known as a place of learning. No ringing of the bell at the end of class for these students (are they even called that anymore?) and students are encouraged to wear soft shoes indoors all to make the place more welcoming.

Mind you the price tag for this new center of learning was a cool £6 million so I imagine they didn’t want the floor of their fancy learning center to get all scratched.










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7 Archived Responses to “ No wonder edjamucation is such a joke ”

  1. ontarioemperor
    Jan 3, 2009

    The saddest part of this isn't the political correctness that is becoming prevalent in education. The saddest part is the fact that I, who enjoyed a rigorous education, completely missed the spelling error in the picture in the post until Hodson pointed out that there was one.

  2. StevenHodson
    Jan 3, 2009

    ROFL .. don't worry I almost missed it myself when I first looked at the photograph

  3. Chris
    Jan 3, 2009

    Without taking away from the humor of the picture or the point the author is making in his post, he may wish to check his own spelling and grammar (i.e. the first sentence – should this be 'my' instead of 'you'? and upheaval should probably be plural. The use of the word 'gotten' is also a little awkward). I guess it only goes to support the author's primary argument.

  4. StevenHodson
    Jan 3, 2009

    Chris your point is well taken and thank you for the corrections.

  5. Chris
    Jan 8, 2009

    I agree that education in this country is a joke. Students or learners as they are now known now are spoon fed through their qualification just to meet school and colleges targets. 100% achievement means colleges have withdrawn learners from courses that are not guaranteed to pass. Statistics can and are manipulated so government ministers can quote them and claim education is the best in the world. Learners gain no useful skills or knowledge, just learn how to pass an exam or a course. Teachers now seem more concerned with offering counselling to youngsters, whether they want it or not, that teaching the core subjects.
    What is this teaching our young people, is this preparing them for the real world?


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