Sabitlenmiş Tweet
PiqueABoo
29.3K posts
PiqueABoo
@NetNym
Old-school truth-seeker. Distrusts consensus. Pro-reality.
England Katılım Ocak 2011
1.4K Takip Edilen543 Takipçiler
English
@GrusTopGuy @x3notrope I know everybody says ‘intelligence is just g and g is applicable to all subjects’ but this ignores personality and interests. There were clever guys at school who have done maths and physics phds and they just didn’t care about English or modern languages.
English
Lots of variations on I-did-well-in-[subject]-but-not-maths-in-spite-of-being-smart.
realhansard@realhansard
At 14, you’re two years from completing your GCSEs. You’ve already been streamed into appropriate classes for English, Maths and Science. Personally, I think if you’re in the bottom set for Maths, that’s a really good indicator that an academic pathway won’t be for you.
English
PiqueABoo retweetledi
Truly insane numbers.
The % of population growth in these areas accounted for by net migration in the 2020-2025 Boriswave:
Norwich 607%
Leicester 376%
Birmingham 317%
Coventry 280%
Luton 274%
Southampton 227%
Middlesbrough 208%
Sandwell 191%
Derby 175%
Slough 170%
Southend 144%
Entire areas of the country completely transformed by a policy nobody ever voted for.
Analysis by @MalvernianKarl
English
Merde!
Which is also a hint that this is French "authorities".
GB Politics@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Authorities claim the three women who died aboard an illegal migrant dinghy all passed away from heart attacks
English
@ben__h @francesweetman @CromRedoubt Tell me about it... daughter started tutoring maths & physics as her side-hustle in the first year of her maths degree.
Mostly GCSE & A-level kids, but she also had an Eng. 1st year which surprised me: you'd think they'd have more stringent entry standards.
English
@francesweetman @CromRedoubt Maths in school is barely above basic sums, you might touch on linear algebra, calculus or matrix transforms but the vast majority of universities have to teach remedial maths classes as teachers aren't up to it
English
"I'm really smart, did well in school & university but always struggled with maths"
realhansard@realhansard
At 14, you’re two years from completing your GCSEs. You’ve already been streamed into appropriate classes for English, Maths and Science. Personally, I think if you’re in the bottom set for Maths, that’s a really good indicator that an academic pathway won’t be for you.
English
No, a default association with "astute" is dead to me now. Too many counter examples have killed it.
The Spectator@spectator
I've always admired Jimmy Carr's line on the distinction between old-fashioned communism and the newer, woker sort. 'Instead of trying to redistribute wealth, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to want to do, they want to redistribute status,' he explains. 'And that is a recipe for… madness.'. Perhaps one shouldn't be surprised at Carr's talent for the astute given his educational pedigree. Before becoming Britain's leading offensive comedian, Carr graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, with a first-class degree in social and political science. ✍️ Jimmy Nicholls Article | spectator.com/article/blue-a…
English
PiqueABoo retweetledi
"Set up a passkey!"
Shut up and fuck you.
Just. Shut. Up.
No.
English
@cholatera @CharlesJSturge @jfwduffield Yes. My 23yo is a solid > 99th percentile & quite inoffensive. It varied for her: some great, some notably spiteful.
Labour's "Gifted & Talented" was in play during her days in a state primary & quite a few edu-progressive [head]teachers said all their kids were gifted etc.
English
@CharlesJSturge @jfwduffield If you are lucky you get a good clear-sighted teacher. But the opposite sort can cause a great deal of difficulty for some individuals.
English
Wrong. 75% of the population is not suited to a academic tertiary education. The denigration of skilled manual labour & skilled manual occupations by successive governments since 1992 has played a major role in successive immigration crises.
Michael Gove@michaelgove
Because it’s the soft bigotry of low expectations
English
@heatherthefair @drianpace 5 years ago Middling Comp daughter's A-level History NEA was essentially a long project essay, but in strict academic paper form.
Don't know if exam board or school pushed that, but it was apparently essential if you wanted to obtain top marks.
English
I'm interested in those students that arrive with this knowledge, certainly not from your average comprehensive school in my experience. Plus some of the first lessons you get on any uni course is around citing your sources, again if your too stupid to understand what is being asked of you then I'd probably suggest you shouldn't be at Uni in the first place. Accountability for your own actions seems to be sorely missing as well these days.
English
‘Some students arrive at university already familiar with … the “hidden curriculum”: accepted citation practice, understanding when collaboration becomes collusion, the ability to paraphrase appropriately.’
Tiny few, of all backgrounds, in my experience.
timeshighereducation.com/opinion/academ…
English
@whtwldbabsdo @John_Stepek Was briefly tempted to quarrel w. that, then remembered all the paragraphs dotted around daughter's art in the portfolios etc.
Not in a separate exercise book, but yes it's there in non-trivial amounts.
PiqueABoo@NetNym
@commontruth_ @SebMilbank Daughter did the maths for that & didn't select art for A-level. Has the patient detail focus & became very good at it. Acquired a lot of technique via the KS3-4 framework: essentially copy this artist's work (or some part of it), then do your own thing inspired by it.
English
@John_Stepek Even those subjects have been made more academic: eg in art, students write essays about their inspiration etc. Home Ec is v science heavy. There are v few subjects where the practically gifted but non-academic kids can shine. It's demoralising for many kids.
English
Maybe I'm being naive, but this strikes me as a better approach than fullblown streaming at 14. Why did we get rid of things like woodwork and home economics in the first place? (Or was that just my school?)
Nerina Pallot@ladychatterley
Here’s a radical thought: how about every kid gets taught at least one technical skill to a high level? Why make kids choose to narrow their futures at 14? Why see trades as lesser instead of an equal qualification? Especially when AI is coming for white collar jobs.
English
@ryandal @oldandrewuk Thornberry claiming she's absolutely definitely in favour of comprehensives & sending her sprogs to a partially super-selective which "sends" roughly 30 kids to Oxbridge each year (or did). Then trying to claim it is an normal, unremarkable comprehensive.
English
@oldandrewuk I’d add that revealed preferences also works for their children and grandchildren. Underpinning the push towards vocational (for other people’s children) will be aspects of intraelite competition as it removes rivals for your own children and increase status of the academics.
English
This is a good comment. Overwhelmingly, the people who say that degrees and technical education should be seen as of equal value have themselves opted for a degree.
Edward Gibbon@EdwardEGibbon
@jhallwood This is not that far from the intention of the Butler Act! The problem is that while people always say ‘we want technical education’, their revealed preference tends to be for more academic.
English
@Fr2962Free @botzarelli @englishspecial Don't know about effectiveness, but ask an AI about national reference tests & their purpose.
English
@botzarelli @englishspecial Yes that bell curve process fails a third
English
The fault of the one third who ‘still’ cannot pass their GCSEs lies at the door of teachers who ‘don’t teach properly’.
(Michael Gove, 2026.)
Stephen Pollard@stephenpollard
So much wisdom in this @michaelgove piece, but this especially stands out as the fundamental reality. spectator.com/article/burnha…
English
@commontruth_ @SebMilbank Daughter did the maths for that & didn't select art for A-level.
Has the patient detail focus & became very good at it.
Acquired a lot of technique via the KS3-4 framework: essentially copy this artist's work (or some part of it), then do your own thing inspired by it.
English
@NetNym @SebMilbank Post 16 you should really be thinking about what can get you a job. I was silly i did art up until uni. I dropped out after realising it didnt have much economic value, i do not regret my decision.
English
This invites the question: when are children old enough to choose? 16? 18? 21? When do we start making choices and trade offs?
Rebecca Paul MP@Rebecca_SPaul
This is terrible for social mobility. 14 is far too young to know whether a child is most suited to a technical or academic pathway. This is Labour all over - keeping everyone in their place.
English
@commontruth_ @SebMilbank Middling Comp contributed a few things to hers.
She learnt a few new things via the GCSE Music desk-work & gained more, more varied, ensemble & solo performance experience.
English
@NetNym @SebMilbank I play a few instruments. School had no input whatsoever in my musical education.
English
@commontruth_ @SebMilbank Daughter did both GCSE Art & Music & they're overwhelmingly based in home-time, plus some after-school groups etc.
English
16 is enough. Primary and secondary should be to learn to read, write, do maths and understand basic science. Everything an average person really should know to a certain level. Post 16 it needs to move from education for educations sake towards being prepared for a role in the economy.
If you want to do art or music or write about whiteness there is nothing stopping you doing that in your free time.
English
@amwilson_opera Daughter was expected to do that, & did it perfectly, for her A-level History NEA. The long essay for that project was essentially a paper.
English
Academic referencing isn't difficult. You *can* use someone else's words, verbatim! All you need to do is put them in inverted commas and add a footnote. It takes only a couple of minutes and avoids so many headaches further down the line...
English
@BarryNSmith79 Not realistic. A couple of teachers knew my daughter a little via after-school activities.
English
Teacher teaches 300 kids. Each twice pw. 30 kids in class. Large portion rarely contribute. Most responses very brief. Attendance patchy. Teachers REALLY expected to know their pupils? Realistic?
Evidence Based Education@EvidenceInEdu
4 in 10 students feel their teacher knows when something is upsetting them. A sense of belonging underpins almost every aspect of wellbeing and learning. It’s not a school-specific construct; it’s part of being human. We all need to feel connected to people, to places, to something bigger than ourselves. Based on 120,000 learner surveys completed on the Great Teaching Toolkit platform, only around four in ten students feel their teacher knows when something is upsetting them. These findings should give every leader pause for thought. @ProfKime explains why belonging matters and isn't a "nice-to have" in this blog hubs.la/Q04qsyjX0
English
@thefish64 Yes, although had the regular Guardian column in mind w. references to his kids.
Didn't read many, but recall SPaG was targeted a few times.
theguardian.com/education/2013…
English
Either I missed something, or this is stupid.
I got the impression it was about the *grammar* not the spelling.
Labels that sound scary but concern not too difficult elements e.g. subordinating conjunctions.
I blame Rosen for much of the adult hysteria around this.
The Telegraph@Telegraph
Plaque, Knight, Flourish... Did you know what these words meant as a child? The Education Secretary is worried they might be 'too obscure' for children in Year Six ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/2…
English