MarkAnthony

@2836P @jonnybraham @ZackPolanski I'm not saying zero inspection, at all, but the Ofsted culture is rotten to the core, and centralised control actually inhibits the development of regional excellence

@MarkKclassical1 @jonnybraham @ZackPolanski I’m not saying Ofsted is good. But if you think zero inspection (which is what he’s implying) would improve overall standards then you know nothing of human nature. (Yes, there will be exceptions) Maybe I’m wrong. What do I know.

Abolish Ofsted. theguardian.com/politics/live/…

Recale (Campania). Amazing stuff.

@2836P @jonnybraham @ZackPolanski Not according to most modern builders...

@MarkKclassical1 @jonnybraham @ZackPolanski “What gets measured gets done”

@bigpicturepol @Mad48285088 @ZackPolanski @CordeliaAppleb1 10 yrs between inspections is very rare indeed, and usually reserved for those schools that are demonstrably outstanding without inspection.

Presumably because often many years go by between inspections and standards clearly slip. If you aren’t inspected for the best part of 10 years half your teaching staff might have turned over. This is clearly an area where there is room for improvement. Perhaps it should be annual?

@bigpicturepol @Mad48285088 @ZackPolanski @CordeliaAppleb1 Quite, why DO we have failing schools when the rigours of Ofsted have been all pervasive for decades? Pray, do tell.

@Mad48285088 @ZackPolanski @CordeliaAppleb1 A school clearly cannot inspect itself and expect it to be objective. Why do you think we have failing schools and poor teaching in some places? If schools were doing this job themselves, and doing it properly, that shouldn’t be happening.

@jonnybraham @ZackPolanski You seriously think that Ofsted has genuinely improved education standards in this country? What do you actually know abt it?

So let’s be clear You’re abolishing educational standards and just let every school get on with it Taxing all “ rich”people which effectively abolishes capitalism Nationalising every business, Piling more money into the NHS Abolishing our military, notably our nuclear capabilities Opening our borders to everyone Legalising prostitution ( your mother will be pleased) Legalising drugs Promoting Jews are racist if they support Israel’s right to exist That’s just off the top of my head Green Party in power = bankrupt, third world, defenceless Britain Who is seriously voting for this ?

@solace_eternal @MelanieLatest @grok Lol, what a load of bollocks. Try reading some history books and then actually thinking for yourself.

@MarkKclassical1 @MelanieLatest @grok Some more musings on post-modernism aka subjectivity of truth

How the west came to accept lies as truth.

@solace_eternal @MelanieLatest @grok Or just look up how the established church was abandoned by break-away groups through time, and how those grew, and often, declined again.

@MarkKclassical1 @MelanieLatest @grok what's the difference between non-conformism and anarchism?

@EuropeMytical youtu.be/K487fOXNOyk?is…

@PK_Pajak @EuropeMytical Symbolism, symbology is the study of symbolism.

@EuropeMytical It’s awesome, but I genuinely ask…

The Scoppio del Carro is one of the oldest and most spectacular traditions of Florence, celebrated every Easter Sunday in front of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

@solace_eternal @MelanieLatest No, it's non-conformism, nothing to do with left/right or anarchy. It's being going on for centuries, usually when embedded institutional energies become stale or politically inconvenient.

@MarkKclassical1 @MelanieLatest I think that time it was right-wing anarchism, and today it's left-wing anarchism that pushes for it.

@HieronymusScott @spectator Whee folk get off their backsides and tend the garden, it grows. Too much reliance on stats is meaningless

@spectator No-one believed it anyway at the time, and those that thought there might be something in it, put it down to a handful of church-going immigrants bobbing around occasionally amongst the rest of the Boriswave.

Secularists are cock-a-hoop at the news that the “Quiet Revival” in British Christianity may just be a thing of nought. On Thursday, YouGov announced that a survey they had conduced last year which had found a striking increase in Christian observance, particularly amongst the young, had been flawed. Controls to filter out fraudulent responses had not been properly put in place. Thus, the results, which have driven a debate about a national return to faith, could not be trusted. ✍️ Bijan Omrani Article | spectator.com/article/why-ge…

@liturgicalben They just don't care, it's classroom management, nothing more.

They just don’t get it.

HM crew here, about to wake up the congregation via 'Hosanna to the son of David', starting our Palm Sunday service in a appropriately splendid way. Later in the same service: Bruckner: Christus factus est. @HullMinster @HullMusicHub @RSCMCentre

Such a joy to welcome 4 new choristers into the team. All doing really well! @HullMinster @HullMusicHub @RSCMCentre

Maybury School choir, performing at Music for Youth. They sang 3 pieces beautifully. Wiegala (Ilse Weber), The three Ravens (Ravenscroft), and Sea Fever (Ireland). Wonderful stuff. @HullMinster @HullMusicHub

Ilham Farah was 84. She was a Christian. She was a pianist. She played for her congregation at the Baptist Church in Gaza. Israel sniped her. Left her bleeding. Then a tank rolled over her body This is life in Palestine if you are not Jewish. Your existence is a crime

An appalling interview in so many ways. Silberman's narrative is intentionally simplistic and dangerously amorphous. Having a distaste for the behaviour of the Israeli gvmnt is not tantamount to antisemitism.

@TimeWaveZerO_67 @TheDefiantGhost Ah, a drone belonging of the state. Go lick boots.

@TheDefiantGhost Only children think that privacy is a human right. You don't live in the real world, you live in fantasy fucking oriented world

Edward Snowden said it the best: "When you say 'I don't care about the right to privacy because I have nothing to hide,' that's no different than saying 'I don't care about freedom of speech because I have nothing to say.'" "Simply because you are following the law, doesn't mean that you'll be exempt from governmental interference in your private life."