Thorpe-le-Saint

Yes but there is this remarkable thing called 'evidence'. This is what we use to prove we are right: You make your point and you analyse that point using evidence and conclude if it is correct or not. No matter how hard you try dune you will never ever 'out do' me with regards to the study and application of history. Until you show me your PhD that is.

Don't get me wrong, facts are a necessity of history for example, but without suitable and appropriate analysis and interpretation they are worthless.

Dunce and Gove the same person?

Oh my days, the paranoia you display is staggering! Have you been to see someone about it? Analysis is a higher level thinking skill on the Blooms taxonomy, identifying facts is at the bottom end. I think we can all see what is going to happen, a generation of young people being unable to think outside the box. All robots...sounds rather Socialist to me dunce, shouldn't you really be advocating the old curriculum? What job do you actually have by the way while were judging peoples capabilities? Ok dunce, you're in a classroom and are told this fact: Britain, although playing a major part in it's abolition, was a huge advocate of the slave trade which, although made Britain wealthy, caused untold suffering to generations of Africans." How would you privately respond?

dunce, facts are my bread and butter. I'm more concerned about the effects it will have on a generation growing up knowing that the Industrial Revolution took place between 1750-1900 yet not being taught the skills to utilise this knowledge, i.e. analysis, which the new curriculum makes no provision for. But never mind eh? As long as your political dogma is satisfied.

Simply an observation dunce you paranoid fool.

Your new years resolution didn't even last in to February...

And once again you play the 'I was trying to wind you up' card. It's a shame for you that everyone can see that unfortunately for human civilisation, you're deadly serious and not being ironic. I really do pity you you sad pathetic little man.

What political correctness? I thought referring to those people who we dragged across the Atlantic kicking and screaming as 'African Slaves' instead of '******s' was just the truth. How wrong I was. Gove is your weakest link dunce and will end up being the Tory's downfall.

Ah, I see I'm not the only one who has some issues with that App. Cheers trousers :-)

Yes dear, "lol @" me. Honestly. I thought cunstervatives hated this 'modernisation' of the English language?

This! They've been doing this for years and years and years and years and years and years.

It is time for us to get the razor blades out yet?

Credit where it is due trousers, I do love a good pun!

Don't blind dunce's agenda with facts please.

No. ****ing. Chance I'm working beyond 65.

I still don't know what his lisp has got to do with anything of relevance...care to venture a guess?

This. I think we need to get a life more than that freak show does!

I was hoping I would see trousers re-tract he sleazy sounding statement that the thread opened with seeing as it truly was a personal matter, but never mind eh?

Adapt the 'Lallana-Messi' song to: "That boy Le Tissier made Eric/Beckham look ****e"?

The only time we were even close to being 'witty' last time around was after they went one up and sang "1-0 in your cup final" to which we responded with "1-0 in the cup final". Was 'funny' for about 12 seconds.

Remember Diamond, Garnett was a caricature, dune is serious.

You're opening a can of worms here though arn't you? What about those who have 'smoking breaks' at work? Before I was teaching and working for NFDC I never had these odd 15 mins breaks when I felt like it for a cig.

This needs to go in Golden Threads - It's what the Internet was created for.

Oxo goes close.