Comments on: The Anonymous Questionnaire: Part 1 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/ A Blog About Teaching in Tough Schools in the UK Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: oldandrew http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-867 oldandrew Mon, 26 May 2008 15:57:48 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-867 Further comments can be found here: http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/02/07/reloaded-the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/ Further comments can be found here:

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]]> By: News is Good http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-372 News is Good Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:03:44 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-372 What fascinates me is the rich psychology that must underlie the decisions of SMT. Do they really believe that doing nothing about such problems is best? Have they had some conclusive experience to show that meddling is in fact a bad idea, and that, like acne, if you leave this stuff alone it dies down? Or do they just like concentrating on a fantasy world of figures and marketing, leaving all the tricky stuff for teachers to deal with? Enquiring minds need to know (because they're enquiring in the first place, it's a tautological statement). What fascinates me is the rich psychology that must underlie the decisions of SMT. Do they really believe that doing nothing about such problems is best? Have they had some conclusive experience to show that meddling is in fact a bad idea, and that, like acne, if you leave this stuff alone it dies down?

Or do they just like concentrating on a fantasy world of figures and marketing, leaving all the tricky stuff for teachers to deal with?

Enquiring minds need to know (because they’re enquiring in the first place, it’s a tautological statement).

]]> By: darth tater http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-371 darth tater Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:10:51 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-371 Some of the kids you write about are so much like my year 9s it's uncanny. I suppose I'm lucky that it's only a significant minority in my school that are like that but that just makes me feel really sorry for the ones who are desparate to do some learning and never get the chance. We seem ot be importing a lot of families from other parts of the country at an increasing rate so I suppose your tales are providing a vision of the future. Some of the kids you write about are so much like my year 9s it’s uncanny. I suppose I’m lucky that it’s only a significant minority in my school that are like that but that just makes me feel really sorry for the ones who are desparate to do some learning and never get the chance. We seem ot be importing a lot of families from other parts of the country at an increasing rate so I suppose your tales are providing a vision of the future.

]]> By: lilyofthefield http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-370 lilyofthefield Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:14:44 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/11/14/the-anonymous-questionnaire-part-1/#comment-370 I can't help wondering if our paths have crossed. Did the race riot involve a child being knocked out with a baseball bat? I can’t help wondering if our paths have crossed. Did the race riot involve a child being knocked out with a baseball bat?

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