hypochondriac

Did you even bother to read the post above yours?

Because nickG is slagging off the Echo for reporting that he was going to be sacked.

WIFRM is the way forward.

Come on people WIFM, now is the time.

It really isnt. As someone who is involved with teaching children, you can see the effect that league tables have. Schools offer so much more than just something you can see in a results league table. A school may be "failing" yet be one of the best schools I have been to. Results are better because schools generally teach to pass the exams and that's it and that is the fault of the government.

On the other hand, schools were increasingly subject to league tables and penalised if they were lower down. This just encourages teaching to pass an exam and gives a purely numbers based rating of a school without looking at other factors.

Agreed. Don't forget.

Pardew was going to be sacked. That's what was going to happen until Cortese changed his mind.

Must be true then. Says so in the American paper!

So is calling the winner of an american football league world champions.

But pancake, seeing as you asked so nicely I will be nicer to Alpine.

You know my feelings on you and your attention seeking, rudeness to other posters and lack of respect for someone elses opinion. You have done it for many years. Equally I hope for your sake that whatever causes this resolves itself.

I shall take your comments on board for future additions (and it's flawed not floored)

Reply sensibly perhaps?

That isn't what he said.

Don't flatter yourself. The blog is about more than just you. Just so happens that you have contributed a lot of guff in the past week or so.

And he can't exactly say "they will be supporting us" unless he knows that for definite. Seems obvious to me that they will be.

I agree with this.

and will you do the same by not calling me a troll?

For the last 5 years we have also had a BBQ and fundraiser for myeloma. I'm glad others are fundraising too.

My Grandma has this and has not long to live. I will donate.

Yeah but what practical use does studying baby speech patterns and writing phonetic poetry have? Give me Orwell, Blake, Shakespeare and Chaucer any day!

Only by you dibden and gingeletiss. I wonder if we took a poll who would be the poster considered most likely to be on a wind up?

I saw some of the homework that a relative was given for language. English for me should be studying classic literary texts andbeing inspired by it. Just my opinion you understand.

I lol'd