I don't know whether to laugh or cry, my granddaughter got upgraded to 3 - A*, though she did not put pen to paper in an examination room but was upgraded to her predicted result. Of course I am happy, boasting in granny fashion but my thoughts are with all those youngsters who are now awaiting their fate as they go through other assessments.
Where does the problem lie? incompetent government, a system screwed to the right, class, social needs or how the media reads the news. Perhaps I read the wrong social chitchat but it seems to me that when you are called a professor it means something.
My heart wept yesterday, as a young black student was so desperately disappointed in her downgraded marks, whilst I cannot believe any government would so be flagrant in marking down schools in poorer areas but marking up in the independent schools, I am not sure about this but part of me believes it.
Yesterday I threw away the Guardian not reading about the 20 new ideas for a different answer to how we should act from now on because basically I believe as a nation we are not prepared to fight for a fairer deal for everyone. But one idea, let the 16 year old vote for their future, we might see a different approach and the back of a government that is so incompetent.
As a retired teacher Thelma you can imagine that selfishly I just thank my lucky stars that I am no longer a member of the teaching profession - I could not look any of my students in the eye after such a fiasco. The whole business of exams - the culmination of years of work - has suddenly been made to look so worthless. I despair.
ReplyDeleteAs a retired teacher I was so angry last week at the thoughtless incompetence of the Education Secretary and all those involved in making a whole year group utterly miserable. The U turn is a relief, but at what a cost, emotionally and financially ( and if there’s any justice, politically! )
ReplyDeleteThis is heartbreaking. Another retired teacher, here.
ReplyDeleteThree retired teachers, and many more out there frustrated by decisions that are miserable for the majority of students. What I don't understand though is a government who dictates for one thing, then, when there is an uproar immediately changes. All those people, intelligent obviously, civil servants working out the problems, are then thrown aside by incompetent politicians who can't face disgrace.
ReplyDeleteThe algorithm had downgraded many potential medical students too, at a time when we have to import doctors and nurses from other countries to keep it all going.
ReplyDeleteIt is all a mess, we need more doctors and nurses but a small algorithm skews eligibility.
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