tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4188100893863130007.post9113507822932744355..comments2023-10-17T14:17:24.953+01:00Comments on PixieMum: Fifty years onPixieMumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717092173188052675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4188100893863130007.post-81558293978421671602012-01-15T15:43:46.018+00:002012-01-15T15:43:46.018+00:00Dear PixieMum,
I've arrived here from Perpetua...Dear PixieMum,<br />I've arrived here from Perpetua's blog. Congratulations on winning her award yesterday. Your posting today interested me because I can see real differences between the educational system in England and the one here in the States. So many of our students drop out. We need a major overhaul of education but some educators and administrators put up obstacles to that. We forget to think of what the children and young people need and how best to teach them. Thanks for getting me thinking.<br /><br />Peacea.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4188100893863130007.post-29420166239381057402012-01-14T11:14:53.944+00:002012-01-14T11:14:53.944+00:00Good morning, PixieMum. Just a quick note to say t...Good morning, PixieMum. Just a quick note to say that I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve chosen you as one of my five blogs for the Liebster Blog award. If you’d like to drop by and pick it up, you can copy the image direct from my post. I hope lots of people enjoy finding your blog.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4188100893863130007.post-34695013282857070412012-01-10T22:07:07.659+00:002012-01-10T22:07:07.659+00:00Nice to see the snowdrops.
I am sure that, today,...Nice to see the snowdrops.<br /><br />I am sure that, today, the diary of a 15 year old school girl would read rather differently. Life has changed enormously over the last 50 years ago.cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4188100893863130007.post-52944421043885716402012-01-10T19:11:01.797+00:002012-01-10T19:11:01.797+00:00PixieMum, I doubt any schoolgirl comments from me ...PixieMum, I doubt any schoolgirl comments from me would have sounded any more mature at that age. We were so very young for 15....<br /><br />My husband (who worked in education) always said that it would have been better to lower the school entry age than raise the leaving age, so as to identify the children with potential problems or unsupportive home backgrounds as early as possible.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4188100893863130007.post-59554527853950101142012-01-10T17:57:16.894+00:002012-01-10T17:57:16.894+00:00At our high school, there is a programme of suitab...At our high school, there is a programme of suitable learning for pupils who aren't academic - we have a specialist, fully equipped skills centre where they teach mechanics, engineering, hairdressing, construction (bricklaying, carpentry and so on) and catering to A level equivalent level. In addition, pupils who can't cope with a full school timetable get work experience for a day or two a week with local businesses. There's also subjects like Travel and Tourism and Outdoor Education which are practically based so that the students can see what they're doing the theoretical work for. EG, for T&T they might lay on a school function and have to work out costings, publicity, marketing and so on.<br /><br />Birds were singing in their spring voices today. They need to wait a bit!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com