Category Archives: education

Kier Starmer’s Cabinet ~ Shirkers and Strivers, October 2024

Posted on October 2, 2024 by odeboyz

George Osborne divided Britain into ‘Shirkers and Strivers’.1 Keir Starmer is a Super-Striver, who has had two stellar careers. Firstly, as a senior lawyer and latterly as Prime Minister. He’s a Super Striver but what is his cabinet like? The test: … Continue reading →

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Disadvantaged Students and Educational Innovation

Posted on February 14, 2024 by odeboyz

“…in 2014, only 36.5 per cent of disadvantaged pupils achieved 5 A*-C including English and maths GCSEs, compared with 64.0 per cent of other pupils.”1 Bright Futures Educational Trust2 controls South Shore Academy, Blackpool. Achieving 5 Grade ‘A*-Cs’ is remote … Continue reading →

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Woody Allen quip

Posted on November 18, 2023 by odeboyz

“I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.”

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A Paul Merton quip

Posted on October 25, 2023 by odeboyz

“My school days were the happiest days of my life, which should give you some indication of the misery I’ve endured over the past 25 years.”

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Two footballing greats comment on modern footballers

Posted on October 12, 2023 by odeboyz

“I have to adapt to what young players are now. Lampard at 23 was a man. Players now at 23 aren’t men, they’re brats.” Jose Mourinho   (2)  Today’s young players think first of cars, contracts with their sponsors, and … Continue reading →

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Sex education in the 1950s

Posted on October 9, 2023 by odeboyz
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Education, Education, Education

Posted on October 9, 2023 by odeboyz

Ask me my three main priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education and education. Tony Blair’s speech at the Labour Party Conference, 1 October 1996 “[Gove] apologised, however, when the list of terminated school-building projects he had released … Continue reading →

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A Comprehensive Analysis

Posted on August 31, 2023 by odeboyz

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget’s Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, … Continue reading →

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Miles Davis on *White Music*

Posted on August 24, 2023 by odeboyz

“…I’m quitting Julliard1 because what they’re teaching me is white and I’m not interested in that….before I quit Juilliard…I took some lessons in symphonic trumpet playing…Trumpet players from the New York Philharmonic orchestra gave me lessons, so I learned some … Continue reading →

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An anatomy class for veterinary students

Posted on August 7, 2023 by odeboyz

First-year students were attending a class on a cow. The professor began his lecture, “Vet’s need two important qualities. Firstly, they shouldn’t be disgusted by anything involving an animal’s body.” The professor stuck his finger in the cow’s anus, withdrew … Continue reading →

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