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The Dizzee Rascal skool for thought.
I was reading about this guy the other day in the paper and he was saying how grateful is that his music teacher supported him whilst he was expelled from school. Rascal by name and rascal by nature, he’d got himself expelled from every lesson at school apart from music. Then the Head deemed that he is able to attend school just to continue his music lessons. Thus Dizzee spent all day every day in the music block whilst the other kids had to do lessons which they probably hated as much as he did.
Is this really fair? If I was allowed to concentrate on one thing at school (particularly in a media field) I too would have become brilliant at it (imagine if you were given access to video cameras, editing suites and so on). Or is this an example of common sense finally pervading its way into education? Young rascal worked very hard in his specialist area and his teacher testifies this. Allow someone the opportunity to develop their skills in an area that they have a great interest in and they will doubtless flourish. His lack of interest in education and his background may have resulted in the all too predictable; stifled creativity and a life of underachievement and poverty.
Should schools therefore be learning centres that offer academic qualifications and also more practical courses like plumbing? Plumbers can earn a lot of money and it is a skilled profession (when they are not ripping you off). If someone is good at sport why net let the play it all day, with some coaching they might just make it.
Specialised educational enterprise?
I was reading about this guy the other day in the paper and he was saying how grateful is that his music teacher supported him whilst he was expelled from school. Rascal by name and rascal by nature, he’d got himself expelled from every lesson at school apart from music. Then the Head deemed that he is able to attend school just to continue his music lessons. Thus Dizzee spent all day every day in the music block whilst the other kids had to do lessons which they probably hated as much as he did.
Is this really fair? If I was allowed to concentrate on one thing at school (particularly in a media field) I too would have become brilliant at it (imagine if you were given access to video cameras, editing suites and so on). Or is this an example of common sense finally pervading its way into education? Young rascal worked very hard in his specialist area and his teacher testifies this. Allow someone the opportunity to develop their skills in an area that they have a great interest in and they will doubtless flourish. His lack of interest in education and his background may have resulted in the all too predictable; stifled creativity and a life of underachievement and poverty.
Should schools therefore be learning centres that offer academic qualifications and also more practical courses like plumbing? Plumbers can earn a lot of money and it is a skilled profession (when they are not ripping you off). If someone is good at sport why net let the play it all day, with some coaching they might just make it.
Specialised educational enterprise?
So the kid gets an easy ride, just doing his music now.
Despite that we all hated it, getting the academic qualifications made it all worthwhile. I now have a future.
And it's always nice to develope some intelligence.
This guy might just make it with his music. If he's willing to take the gamble and work his nuts off for it, then good luck to him. If not, he's pished his life away for a couple of years out of lessons.
Smart move.
Despite that we all hated it, getting the academic qualifications made it all worthwhile. I now have a future.
And it's always nice to develope some intelligence.
This guy might just make it with his music. If he's willing to take the gamble and work his nuts off for it, then good luck to him. If not, he's pished his life away for a couple of years out of lessons.
Smart move.
Maybe not but it shouldn't be too easy to opt out of them-teachers/parents should still make an effort
Not if the children are going to refuse to learn, they're not.
Suppose if students know exactly what they want to do e.g. plumbing. Still think compulsory subjects are important though.
Sod it. Let them do it. It's not like they're going to learn anything anyway.
I bet everyone thinks this is another sag funny...
WHAT?
This is a bloody disgrace. I didn't particularly like science much but I had to do it. i wasn't overly fond of damn Religious Education but, for a couple of years at least, I had to attend.
I did like playing footy, though.
However, if i was to try something he did, whereby I'd deliberately get expelled from every lesson just to play football, I'd get laughed out of school. There's not a snowball's chance in Hades I'd be let back into school expressly to play footy or any specialist subject for that matter.
What about balanced, well-rounded individuals? People who can write, add and speak correctly and have some knowledge of global events apart from what Beckham haircut's like?
If this happens, we'll have a bunch of idiots populating England. Oh hang on, we already have.
This is a bloody disgrace. I didn't particularly like science much but I had to do it. i wasn't overly fond of damn Religious Education but, for a couple of years at least, I had to attend.
I did like playing footy, though.
However, if i was to try something he did, whereby I'd deliberately get expelled from every lesson just to play football, I'd get laughed out of school. There's not a snowball's chance in Hades I'd be let back into school expressly to play footy or any specialist subject for that matter.
What about balanced, well-rounded individuals? People who can write, add and speak correctly and have some knowledge of global events apart from what Beckham haircut's like?
If this happens, we'll have a bunch of idiots populating England. Oh hang on, we already have.
The Dizzee Rascal skool for thought.
I was reading about this guy the other day in the paper and he was saying how grateful is that his music teacher supported him whilst he was expelled from school. Rascal by name and rascal by nature, he’d got himself expelled from every lesson at school apart from music. Then the Head deemed that he is able to attend school just to continue his music lessons. Thus Dizzee spent all day every day in the music block whilst the other kids had to do lessons which they probably hated as much as he did.
Is this really fair? If I was allowed to concentrate on one thing at school (particularly in a media field) I too would have become brilliant at it (imagine if you were given access to video cameras, editing suites and so on). Or is this an example of common sense finally pervading its way into education? Young rascal worked very hard in his specialist area and his teacher testifies this. Allow someone the opportunity to develop their skills in an area that they have a great interest in and they will doubtless flourish. His lack of interest in education and his background may have resulted in the all too predictable; stifled creativity and a life of underachievement and poverty.
Should schools therefore be learning centres that offer academic qualifications and also more practical courses like plumbing? Plumbers can earn a lot of money and it is a skilled profession (when they are not ripping you off). If someone is good at sport why net let the play it all day, with some coaching they might just make it.
Specialised educational enterprise?
I was reading about this guy the other day in the paper and he was saying how grateful is that his music teacher supported him whilst he was expelled from school. Rascal by name and rascal by nature, he’d got himself expelled from every lesson at school apart from music. Then the Head deemed that he is able to attend school just to continue his music lessons. Thus Dizzee spent all day every day in the music block whilst the other kids had to do lessons which they probably hated as much as he did.
Is this really fair? If I was allowed to concentrate on one thing at school (particularly in a media field) I too would have become brilliant at it (imagine if you were given access to video cameras, editing suites and so on). Or is this an example of common sense finally pervading its way into education? Young rascal worked very hard in his specialist area and his teacher testifies this. Allow someone the opportunity to develop their skills in an area that they have a great interest in and they will doubtless flourish. His lack of interest in education and his background may have resulted in the all too predictable; stifled creativity and a life of underachievement and poverty.
Should schools therefore be learning centres that offer academic qualifications and also more practical courses like plumbing? Plumbers can earn a lot of money and it is a skilled profession (when they are not ripping you off). If someone is good at sport why net let the play it all day, with some coaching they might just make it.
Specialised educational enterprise?