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"Real life ...
Jobs , Finances , Common Sense , Having Children ...
Basically everything that isn't taught in school  "
The curriculum here is somewhat narrow in any case unlike other countries tjat have for example a baccalauréat or something similar. Tbf most of the above are actually covered at school, just not taken serious or given the kudos they deserve as everyone is chasing the grades on core subjects, important as they might be.
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"Geography....I even have a pair of couduroy trouser 
My niece teaches geography and I'm sure she doesn't own a pair of couduroy trousers  "
Well back in 1987 when I started secondary school teachers wore couduroy whilst us lads wore Farah trousers ...them was the days  |
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over a year ago
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An actual subject? - Maths.
A subject that should be taught better? - Sex education the right way, using the right terminology, not beating around the bush. No pun intended. And teaching kids what it takes to raise a child. |
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"An actual subject? - Maths.
A subject that should be taught better? - Sex education the right way, using the right terminology, not beating around the bush. No pun intended. And teaching kids what it takes to raise a child. "
Beating around the bush IS sex education |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"An actual subject? - Maths.
A subject that should be taught better? - Sex education the right way, using the right terminology, not beating around the bush. No pun intended. And teaching kids what it takes to raise a child.
Beating around the bush IS sex education"
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
Thinking. We are all told what to think, jut look at RE.
But how many people know how to think? The two classic examples are mind maps (and colour boards) and thinking outside of the box/lateral thinking.
Edward de Bono knew about this. He even said comedians were really cleer, as they need to use and abuse information in order to generate a laugh.
If you don't believe me: crack a joke in another language, that uses word play and local sensitivities. |
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"I DO teach a subject in a school. Well, a college. I teach Biology 
Do you ever worry that some of your students might see you on here?"
No. A good portion of my little lots aren't even in the UK at the moment, I feel reasonably safe
I'm much less safe when I go for a mooch around the city centre though - then I see students old and new alike, from post docs to current "beginners".
So far, so unrecognised |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"I DO teach a subject in a school. Well, a college. I teach Biology
Do you ever worry that some of your students might see you on here?
No. A good portion of my little lots aren't even in the UK at the moment, I feel reasonably safe
I'm much less safe when I go for a mooch around the city centre though - then I see students old and new alike, from post docs to current "beginners".
So far, so unrecognised "
I have seen a few of my students in here. The block button is my friend then. |
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By *ad66Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"Real life ...
Jobs , Finances , Common Sense , Having Children ...
Basically everything that isn't taught in school "
Also explain that qualifications don't equal happiness & job satisfaction & that just because you aren't an A grade (by today's standard) student doesn't mean you can't have a well paid job & a great life.
There's far too much emphasis on academia & not enough on creativity and finding out what they're actually really good at.
When I was at school in my last year, we got a day release to a building college & tried lots of different trades. Some of the lads carried it on and now have their own building company.
Let kids know they can probably earn far more with a trade than someone with a degree. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Real life ...
Jobs , Finances , Common Sense , Having Children ...
Basically everything that isn't taught in school
Also explain that qualifications don't equal happiness & job satisfaction & that just because you aren't an A grade (by today's standard) student doesn't mean you can't have a well paid job & a great life.
There's far too much emphasis on academia & not enough on creativity and finding out what they're actually really good at.
When I was at school in my last year, we got a day release to a building college & tried lots of different trades. Some of the lads carried it on and now have their own building company.
Let kids know they can probably earn far more with a trade than someone with a degree. "
White collar versus blu collar snobbery in education needs to be scrapped.
How much are the Cambridge drop outs earning, compared to their former students who did qualify and enter into the expected trades?
Cambridge footlights comedians and Dave Gilmore spring to mind. |
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By *lan157Man
over a year ago
a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex |
"Geography....I even have a pair of couduroy trouser
My niece teaches geography and I'm sure she doesn't own a pair of couduroy trousers
Well back in 1987 when I started secondary school teachers wore couduroy whilst us lads wore Farah trousers ...them was the days "
Don't you need a jacket with patches on the elbows to be a geography teacher ? |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Geography....I even have a pair of couduroy trouser
My niece teaches geography and I'm sure she doesn't own a pair of couduroy trousers
Well back in 1987 when I started secondary school teachers wore couduroy whilst us lads wore Farah trousers ...them was the days
Don't forget the squeaky Hush Puppies.
Don't you need a jacket with patches on the elbows to be a geography teacher ? "
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"Geography....I even have a pair of couduroy trouser
My niece teaches geography and I'm sure she doesn't own a pair of couduroy trousers
Well back in 1987 when I started secondary school teachers wore couduroy whilst us lads wore Farah trousers ...them was the days
Don't you need a jacket with patches on the elbows to be a geography teacher ? "
No, that's Geology teachers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cooking! Or is it called food tech or something now. Anyhow, would love to teach kids basic recipe's, batch cooking and cooking great meals on a budget!
Not baking though... I suck so bad at baking  |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Cooking! Or is it called food tech or something now. Anyhow, would love to teach kids basic recipe's, batch cooking and cooking great meals on a budget!
Not baking though... I suck so bad at baking "
Why do schools have to rename stuff? Cooking is cooking.
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
A world all of his own |
Firstly, I'd make a rubbish teacher lol, I really struggle to explain/put across learned knowledge. If I had to though, it'd be a practical subject, metalwork or woodwork or whatever it's called now (CDT still?). |
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"Cooking! Or is it called food tech or something now. Anyhow, would love to teach kids basic recipe's, batch cooking and cooking great meals on a budget!
Not baking though... I suck so bad at baking
Why do schools have to rename stuff? Cooking is cooking.
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because you don't just cook. You learn about nutrition. And it used to be called home economics not cooking. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Anyone know any hot teachers "
I had sex with my maths teacher. She was 24 at the time, think, blonde with blue eyes. Drive a BMW as she had a rich daddy.
Don't even remember her first name, she was called Miss Montgomery |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"English , lit and language.
A surprise answer maybe , considering my small and uninteresting forum posts "
I would definitely listen and learn in your class , you would definitely have the classes attention  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Anyone know any hot teachers
I had sex with my maths teacher. She was 24 at the time, think, blonde with blue eyes. Drive a BMW as she had a rich daddy.
Don't even remember her first name, she was called Miss Montgomery"
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Arithmetic. It is amazing how many people, young and older, who can't use the basic operators. Or see how fraction, decimals and percentages all tell you the same thing. "
Would you say it's about a quarter of people? Or 25%? |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"Arithmetic. It is amazing how many people, young and older, who can't use the basic operators. Or see how fraction, decimals and percentages all tell you the same thing.
Would you say it's about a quarter of people? Or 25%?"
More like 0.25 |
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