Crunch raises state school demand

SingleSue

What the weird and errr weirder like me? :rotfl:

mumps

natalie1974 wrote: »

Sorry , not come across very well , the more work they do the further ahead they get , my daughter is in year 4 but doing year 7 work , the stuff my mates kids are learning , all at different schools , is stuff my daughter has done at least 2 years ago . I personally couldn't give a monkeys wether she gets homework or not , so long as she keeps learning in school is all that bothers me .

I don't think what they are doing at this age relates to where they will be in the future. I didn't send my daughter to school until year 4. She left school last year with 6 A's at A level, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, History, Psychology as well as General Studies. I think playing and enjoying life till she was nearly 9 was a great start in life and it doesn't seem to have done her any harm. Oh, when she did start school she went to the local primary school and then to the nearest state senior school I'm not sure what more she could have achieved if she had been sent to a private school or pushed at an early age. I'm not knocking your daughter, good for her if she's doing well, I just don't think it is necessary for kids to have to work too hard too young.

Sapphire

StevieJ wrote: »

Or maybe we have forgotten ( or due to age, never known) how bad a normal recession is :eek:

I've lived through two, and can assure you that they were nothing like as bad as this one is – and my gut feeling is that this is just the beginning. And all because of human greed from bankers, government and individuals, all of whom should have known better – it ain't rocket science. Now the individuals who were not involved and were prudent are paying for others' crass stupidity, if not downright criminal behaviour. :mad:

torontoboy45

lady_lucan wrote: »

Yep, a number of private primary schools operate ability screening.

let's ignore the obvious objections re 'social division'. let's not unduly concern ourselves with silly socialist-contrived attacks on educational elitism.

instead, let us concentrate our minds on 5 words that comprehensively sum up this approach to primary eduction: pathetic and destined to fail.

neverdespairgirl

stapeley wrote: »

Yes Private school children will have to start living in the real world .

In what way do they not?

neverdespairgirl

churchrat wrote: »

I would have thought the answer is "no" because the child will leave at 11, and so therefore started at 4+??

are there schools which have an academic entrance requirement for 4yr olds?? (its been a while since mine were 4!!)

The primary school I went to, a private girls' school in SE London, had a screening interview, looking at interest and ability to learn rather than existing acheivement.

silvercar

Most of the private schools are doing Ok where I live by what I have heard. There are also some excellent state grammers, but they are very selective and hence only get the very brightest and those able to buy into the housing around.....very expensive!

Selective state grammers select on ability not on catchment area. My son's state grammer school had pupils travelling across London to reach it. WHat was very common was that the families of the boys were interested in their son's education.

neverdespairgirl

torontoboy45 wrote: »

instead, let us concentrate our minds on 5 words that comprehensively sum up this approach to primary eduction: pathetic and destined to fail.

they were doing it in the early 1980s, and it's not failed yet.

before_hollywood

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

In what way do they not?

never mixing with 'ordinary' kids?
parents that wont let them have state educated friends?
stuck up idiots as parents that look down on everyone else?

yes, i was state educated, and i cant say i enjoyed that much either, i had 2 years of being battered by someone who would have been privately educated had his parents stuck their hands in their pockets (they lived on one of the poshest streets in the town and had brand new large cars- no shortage of money), and i was nearly expelled when one day i had enough and punched him in the face because the school didnt punish kids of governers

poet123

Your experience is not typical of all. And maybe the reason the "posh" kid didnt go to a private school was one of principle? people are allowed to spend their money however they see fit.