TelBoy

Which to my mind is shocking. I wish i could say i was surprised. But i'm not. However, it doesn't really matter, because lots of people keep telling me it doesn't.


Tens of thousands of 11-year-olds leave primary school practically illiterate - Telegraph

stilover

Clid im knot 1 off the iliterate peeple.

Boro

iTrader: (1)

It's been a downward spiral since well before 1997. Low IQ breeds people who don't contribute to society and just drain the resources and money this country has.

Then they have kids, who end up just as thick as the parents who also have kids and you end up with 3 generations of losers.

You just have to watch TV to see how 40 year old parents are as dumb as a box of frogs. What chance do their kids have!

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Time to sterilize the stupid brats , although some of the teachers are nearly as thick as the kids these days.

TelBoy

Teachers can't teach the offspring of pondlife though

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Tankfully I left sekundary skool in 1995 so dat mayks me pratakally liteerererate

warrenm2

This is for the transfer from primary to secondary school - not for school leavers. The figure for leavers is approx 20-25% "functionally illiterate" the test is to read a concert poster and be able to answer questions such as who is playing and where the concert is.

This is after 11 years (soon to be 12) of compulsory education.

LABOUR = FAIL

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Nah, you went to school when the Tories were in power and everything was perfect. It all went wrong mid 1997, before then we lived in a utopian paradise

PaulC72

Some would argue they must be quite clever after all these people bleed the system dry without doing ajot of work and allot of them are 'earning' more than working folk.....makes you wonder.

Although I do think they need 'clipping'.

dpb

Prolly doesnt stop um becoming *ankers

TelBoy

The thing is, f1 fan, no Tory that i can remember, got up and proudly announced "Education, education, education" as one of their main initiatives.

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Yeah I know and I hate this government as much as... the last one and there lies the problem.

I just get a bit fed up with reading how everything went wrong mid 1997 whereas the truth is the previous government were just as bad and when we vote Cameron in the next one will be just as bad too. They are all greedy self serving career politiicians with no real interest in the country and it doesn't matter which party they are from.

PaulC72

Now I think that is a quote most people can agree with they are ALL as bad as each other and only out for themselves fact.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Its not always the goverments fault, the onus should be on the individual to be numerate, literate and socially competent. Nobody should allow themselves to go through a full day without adressing such a problem, most of these people spend more time evolving ways to mask their problem than getting rid of it.

There are loads of courses, the government throw tonnes of money at this, surely any individual would want to not have the shame, the practical benefits and the enjoyment of reading.

It seems to me that a fair chunk of this country revels and wallows in being crap, we shouldnt let it be ok, there there, dont worry about it unless someone is of abnormally low intelligence or is mentally disabled, all humans have the capability to learn, bet a lot of the illerate can operate a mobile, Sky Telly, PC, Xbox etc

TelBoy

Adress the illerate, that's what i say


I was pleased that the Government recently announced plans that a certain level of competence in English itself would now be necessary for dealing with officialdom. People who make NO effort to learn our language make me seethe. Be British or bugger off.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

HAHAHAAHA

PaulC72

Souhlasím s Vámi

Will

I agree 100%, learn welsh or **** off

MJW

It's not just the education system that's to blame for the appalling standard of literacy today. If more parents took an interest in their kids development instead of relying on the state then the country might not be as full of retarded f*ckwits.

SwissTony

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Bet at least 500 of them are on here




















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MJW

Woefully misjudged !

SwissTony

iTrader: (19)

The corner was there for someone else you plank

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

You have hit the nail on the head there. Half the parents I see don't seem inclined to do any parenting and then blame everyone else when their sprogs turn out to be ill-disciplined uneducated thugs.

The parents are the retarded f**kwits in my book!!!

cster

What do people expect when they leave any such important task to the state?
Mixed results with failure to those most in need is all I would expect.

yoza

I dont see what schooling has to do with kids being born out of wedlock.

And how do you become practically born out of wedlock ?

GlesgaKiss

wOtz up m8,, u gt a prob wit iliterasy?

unclebuck

It's OK - I heard a Nu Labour minister tell me that the reason results are down is purely to do with the influx of children who don't have English as a first language.

So that's good...

mykp

it doesnt help when the education system is bias towards "inclusion" not "exclusion" for the most roudy, badly behaved children. This means that all the other children get dragged down to the lowest common denominator which is usually the badly bahaved child because teachers cant remove some brat from the class.

It also does help when kids hand in essays written in text speak and the teachers have to mark them as they "have handed in work". Seen it on a regular basis, in my part time job and with the papers one of my mates has to mark as a teacher. In my view this is unacceptable but the system lets it happen!

I've even had job applications written in text speak sent to my business when i've advertised jobs, if they write like this then what hope is there?

TelBoy

Roudy?


But i know what you mean, mykp. Text speak goes down as the worst invention of the past fifty years in my book. Utterly detest it. Ur. No thanks.