Is the "Jeremy Kyle generation" caused by the welfare state and the poor quality of state funded secondary education in many areas?
"Research carried out in Bristol by Wetz (see below) uncovered the fact that many of the children who left school with no qualifications were doing well in their education at the age of 10 or 11 - the turning point came as they joined their secondary schools."
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It happened to my kids. Their primary school - one of the best in the country. Traditional teaching methods, discipline, etc, etc.....
Then they all went to the catchment area secondary - now grandly called a 'Science College'. Needless to say, they went in ahead of their respective intakes - they came out as almost complete duffers.
On one memorable parents' evening, I sat down with the history teacher and asked why my kids were being bored stiff by the subject - when they should have been really turned on and excited by it.
I started to ask her whether she actually knew any important dates in history. She didn't know when the Magna Carta was sealed (1215), she didn't know what date was the battle of Crecy(1346), she didn't know when the Spanish Armada tried to invade (1588)- I'd have taught here a lot more about history, but my wife dragged me away to stop the embarrassment...
Alfie, I bet the history teacher could tell you how slaves felt on transatlantic crossings though!
Simple question, simple answer "Yes".
I suppose those folk who survived the"transatlantic crossing" hoped that their descendants would take the opportunity to visit the "sceptered isle" and introduce its natives to civilisation.
I blame Jeremy Kyle for a lot of things:
http://caughtinthemiddleman.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/i-blame-jeremy-kyle/
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