DON'T EXPECT CHILDREN TO BE INTELLIGENT.

In the early forties, during the second world war, a certain educationalist, A. R. Barnes, approached the Nottingham Education Department with a suggestion, that when hostilities ceased, we would need young craftsmen, with a view to rebuilding Britain. The forward thinking folk in the City's Education Committee agreed. So was born a technical school for the building and allied trades; People's College. The first Head was A. R. Barnes. The author is a former pupil.

What a stark comparison therefore, when the pathetic Headteachers in modern education consider that the best example to their charges, within a world that has gone economically, 'belly up', find time to give the impression that striking is always the best way. Perhaps they will advise the rest of us which part of the £5 trillion debt we use for their excesses; it's probably assumed that the rest of the public, the ones that have, and had to do proper jobs to survive, will produce the necessary cash. A letter in the national press from Christie Nelson of Torfaen, Wales, a retired maths teacher, gives us a clue; pointing to the difference in quality of trainee teachers. When the colleges receive comments regarding the students, who are frankly not good enough, all such advice is ignored to ensure a 100% pass rate. We can rest assured that they will all be on strike.

Perhaps we could debate these subjects in the House. However, something tells me that this again is far too important for politicians to decide. Some serious card marking is called for.

RE-TRAINING FOR ALL STRIKING STAFF MUST BE COMPULSORY.