LGTL

Teachers are not babysitters. Parents are only concerned about finding child care for the day as their regular care will be removed. Tough, quite frankly.

I expect he has made a U-turn. Oh no, sorry, I mean "shown strong leadership skills and reconsidered the position of the government."

Danns was never a realistic target after his agent confirmed at the start of June that he was looking for Champions League football!

This is The Lounge, we only deal with hearsay, crap media and personal opinion, not facts!! You have a point though...

I certainly don't think many Championship strikers will be too worried about facing Pearce. That includes ours too.

Norwaysaint's post was indeed ironic. He is Deppo/Atticus Finch of Maycomb/Kardeem Hardison. All one and the same.

Dawn really was extremely helpful, what a lovely lady! I have sorted him Notts Forest away in January. She's sending the paperwork to me so it'll be a nice xmas surprise for him.

Whether he is worth it or not, at least it will shut up the people saying we haven't got any money to spend.

It looks like you're the only person getting bothered...

It makes fantastic Tory propaganda though.

What's the age limit? I've a 13 year old cousin who would still absolutely love it who is going through a very difficult time at the moment following the passing of his mother. It would mean alot to get something happy organised for him.

Equal prize money is OK but it should be best of 5 sets these days not 3. Some of them are more manly then the men!

If they think it will stop anyone drinking the HC are sadly mistaken. Will be an early start that morning now, that's for sure.

£4 million for Maynard?? He might be good but blimey, Hernandez was only £6 million. I don't blame Cortese for not getting involved in these ridiculous deals.

It's extremely hard I think to judge a "poor teacher" as it's so subjective. It can't be based purely on exam results, as for some children not even the greatest teachers of the world would have any bearing on their results. Of course if OFSTED rate you as inadequate then their is a problem, but once again that is only the opinion of one person and shouldn't be taken as gospel on the first occasion. Perhaps it's due to unsupportive management teams or a lack of options for behaviour management. They without doubt exist, but it's much harder to weed them out then it would be a Tesco manager with ever decreasing people going to his shop.

Mike, pick the 4 off this thread that you prefer/the general concensus of this thread prefer, and then hold a forum wide vote for the best one. Then that will be accepted and you won't bear the grudge of people who don't like it.

In a nutshell. Academies also mean the Headteacher can set their own pay scale, which is very much in Gove's interest.

I'd shut the whole forum down during pre-season, only to open it up for a day or two when there is big news such as ST prices etc. I think judging by this thread we could all do with a pre-season getaway.

Positive. Well it is in Hampshire anyway. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/schoolholidays.htm

This thread has proved that you are never going to please everyone, and that there will always be somebody smug (like Dune) who will criticise the flag without putting in any effort whatsoever himself. It's a sign of the times that we are all worrying what everyone else will think of it. If Saints fans generally like it then what is the problem. It's the thought that counts in these things and that is plain to see.

I just hope we aren't already pretty much out of the mix after the first 10 games.

That clip is funny because Thatcher totally mis-interprets what he says. Why can't the rich still stay rich, rather then getting richer, to enable the poor to get richer? Thatcher just wanted the rich and the poor to stay where they were. They'd still have kids up chimneys if they could get away with it.

Dan Harding will be absolutely devastated.

Tough sh*t. I hate these local non league clubs thinking they are god's gift. Saints owe them nothing.

The problem is, Gove doesn't have a clue about Education, has never spent any real time in a proper school since he was about 16, and therefore if he has an opinion, the opposite is more often then not correct. In regards to exams, blame successive governements who have made "league tables" and "5 A-C grades" the be all and end all, not teachers or the students who have to put up with it.