Educashun, Educashun, Educashun
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
6 December 2024 08:42386295Congratulations to Keir Starmer's old school, Reigate Grammar School - Times Independent School of the Year.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
6 December 2024 08:45386296victor matcham wrote:NOT TRUE,
What is not true?
The majority of call centre calls I get seem to originate in India going by their scam content.
BTW. Most manufacturing companies that still exist have fewer employees in comparison to years ago, machines and computers rule the factory floor
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,087
6 December 2024 11:35386298victor matcham wrote:NOT TRUE,
Well, I thought I'd got away with that little joke, VM, but you caught me out there.
I own up, I never met a German and a Greek in Peking.'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
27 January 2025 23:14386573'Coastal communities ' ( dread phrase!) continue to underperform.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/revealed-the-kent-schools-struggling-to-attract-pupils-afte-319173/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
17 May 2025 09:5438716011 members of staff from Goodwin Academy in Deal told they will be laid off.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/difficult-decisions-as-school-tells-11-members-of-staff-th-324450/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
17 May 2025 10:22387161“We are continuing to work closely with the small number of staff affected to provide support throughout this process.
Over 10% of the workforce? Not that small a number
Arte et Marte - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
17 May 2025 11:29387162"the impact of falling birth rates".
Yet we are building housing over farmland all over the district ?Arthur likes this"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 17 May 2025 13:49387163Think we’re building for London Boroughs shipping out their clients!
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
30 May 2025 18:37387214In Deal it's 'Everybody out '! https://x.com/kelvmackenzie/status/1928055901052670335
Wheras in Sandwich, in spite of a head who "impressed with her enthusiasm, passion and commitment all of which is underpinned by a clear understanding of the challenges that face our young people in the 21st century.” https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/new-head-teacher-at-sandwich-23737/
Our Tracy takes an early, if gold plated and index linked, bath:-
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/how-new-head-is-turning-around-troubled-school-324686/
Our coastal communities (dread phrase) continue to underperform:-
https://www.educationopportunities.co.uk/news/new-report-shows-coastal-and-rural-young-people-missing-out-on-higher-education/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
3 June 2025 11:36387227'While 40 years ago, London was an education disaster zone, today it is the highest-achieving part of the country and the lowest levels of achievement are found in shire and coastal areas'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14768293/White-working-class-pupils-secondary-schools.html"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,166
8 June 2025 23:15387251
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
