Of course @jeremycorbyn would know all about how important it is for teachers to inspire their pupils. He left his grammar school with just two A levels, both at grade E.https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1048244264570957825 …
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You had a pop at someone , who, with 2 O levels, is leading her majesties Opposition. A bit lame of you , that is all. Well done to anyone that bucks the trend & cycles of shitty parenting, & teachers wasting their time doffing their caps to gender fluids & the like
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The best admission of wrong.. Thanks JHB. Love your work generally.pic.twitter.com/9xFVl8rxcz
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The main argument against grammar schools is secondary moderns. Grammar schools are great, it's just that if you have a bad day when you do your 11+ you get consigned to the secondary modern scrap heap.
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Yet another classic! A blanket judgement (again) of all Grammar Schools as being "great". This time all Secondary Moderns are "scrap heaps”?! How insulting to the hardworking teachers in Sec Mods (on World Teacher’s Day too!).
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Secondary modern teachers were very good. The issue is that children are streamed at the age of 11, and there's no going back. I am in favour of streaming regularly within the same school. Doing it once at age 11, and by school instead of class is educational apartheid.
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I don’t think the phrase “scrap heap” is consistent with saying that the teachers in those schools are very good. Also - you seem to be using past tense. Sec Mods exist today.
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Sure it is. In fact lower ability children may need better teachers than those with high ability. My issue is not the teaching, it's the permanent streaming at such a young age. Mess up the 11+ and you are immediately deemed 'not worthy' of a grammar school education.
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The school in question is entirely different to the school as it was when Corbyn was a pupil there. You're not comparing like for like and conflating two different periods in time.
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Nope. Resources yes, best teachers absolutely not.
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