Lambie's Pigeon Feed Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Seems Better Together are issuing their own 'lesson plans' to schools, is this North Korea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 When I was at school the vast majority of my peers were pro union. Mind you most seemed to have the "we'd become a third world country" "my granny is English" type views. They need to be better informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Seems Better Together are issuing their own 'lesson plans' to schools, is this North Korea? I'm presuming it's as part of a Modern Studies class rather than a hour's worth of propaganda? If it isn't, any teacher remotely worth their salt would throw that straight in the bin. That goes for both sides, incidentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm presuming it's as part of a Modern Studies class rather than a hour's worth of propaganda? If it isn't, any teacher remotely worth their salt would throw that straight in the bin. That goes for both sides, incidentally. Thats assuming the teacher isnt a hardcore Unionist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thats assuming the teacher isnt a hardcore Unionist... I'm assuming professionalism trumps politics for all teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm assuming professionalism trumps politics for all teachers. Based on what ludicrous assumption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Based on what ludicrous assumption? The insane belief that most teachers are professional and that schools at least have an element of accountability. Preposterous, I know, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm assuming professionalism trumps politics for all teachers. Hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Hilarious Really? Great. We'll see how much of an issue this becomes prior to election day silly season. My guess, not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm assuming professionalism trumps politics for all teachers. It would be tremendously unprofessional for teachers to have sexual relationships with some of their pupils, which is why that never happens either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 It would be tremendously unprofessional for teachers to have sexual relationships with some of their pupils, which is why that never happens either. And the relevance of that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 When I was at school the vast majority of my peers were pro union. Mind you most seemed to have the "we'd become a third world country" "my granny is English" type views. They need to be better informed. Of course the vast majority at your school were pro union. For the same reason that they were in mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The insane belief that most teachers are professional and that schools at least have an element of accountability. Preposterous, I know, but... A cursory glance at the way teachers have responded to Gove's rather modest education reforms shows this patently isn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 And the relevance of that is? How stupid of me. I forgot that professionalism trumps politics, but getting your hole trumps professionalism. It's like rock, paper, scissors really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 How stupid of me. I forgot that professionalism trumps politics, but getting your hole trumps professionalism. It's like rock, paper, scissors really. What are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The insane belief that most teachers are professional and that schools at least have an element of accountability. Preposterous, I know, but... I assume you're working out of the country at the moment? Mars maybe? There is no neutrality. Our papers produce lies, Better Together go into schools and tell people that their family will become ::gasp:: foreigners, our state broadcaster explicitly tells people that they see no need to be balanced, our own Scottish Secretary goes around the world telling people not to invest in Scotland, and nobody, nobody is neutral. And yet you think that teachers will somehow be this bastion of neutrality? The very idea is insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 What are you talking about? I think his point is that there are incidents when teachers are extremely unprofessional, i.e. engage in relationships with their pupils. So if there are a small number of incidents where teachers are prepared to put their professionalism aside for something like that, what makes you think they'll stay neutral on a poxy referendum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I had to laugh at Der BBC Radio Scotland this morning. Gary Robertson was almost creaming himself with the results of a survey which proved that 14-17 year olds were pro unionist/ anti-independence. This was then followed up with a report that a survey showed Scots schoolkids thought cheese came from plants, fish-fingers are made of chicken and tomatoes grow underground. Oh, the irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I think his point is that there are incidents when teachers are extremely unprofessional, i.e. engage in relationships with their pupils. So if there are a small number of incidents where teachers are prepared to put their professionalism aside for something like that, what makes you think they'll stay neutral on a poxy referendum? I think he knew that. He was just being obtuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfect Circle Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Skimmed this story earlier, was it reported the whereabouts of these children? I read 'poll conducted by Edinburgh University', and instantly thought - Watsons, Heriots, Fettes College, Lorretto and Merchiston Castle. Edinburghs version of Madras, St Andrews poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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