Comments by "iggle" (@iggle6448) on "The New Culture Forum"
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I entirely agree. I went to a grammar school. Except for picking up a smattering of useful Latin and enjoying a great music teacher who kindled my love of classical music, It didn't benefit me at all. All my substantive learning was had at private schools from age 3 and then at university.
The reason that grammar schooling failed me and likely a huge cohort of pupils for several years? Before I went to grammar school, the gvt had a year or so previously declared the demise of such 'elitism'. Looking back, my grammar school at least was in disarray and trying to work out its new identity, its new curricula to meet the new one-size-fits-all diktats, amidst a slump in staff morale and alacrity. I imagine that this 'anti-elitist' edict had the same effect on state grammar schools all over the country.
With that experience and having taught age16+ students at college (young people who'd been brutalised and diminished by their comprehensive experience - their fear and loathing of education and teachers was palpable and I recall it very clearly even now), I made sure to send my own children to public schools where they each flourished. (Thankfully, they all earned scholarships!) I became a comprehensive school governor in my own little bid to do what I could to raise horizons and standards. Of course, it was a forlorn project: the rot was well-entrenched by then, the 2000-odd pupils were largely commodities being processed through the machine . And that school was officially classed as a 'good' comprehensive. Come hell or high water, my grandchildren will be going to public schools, even if I have to sell everything I own.
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@vonryansexpress What a well put overview and counterpoints, thank you.Good point about BI v AI . Though, we still have the glorious example of the Soviet Union's demise: the grand central soviet had cast iron control throughout soviet-world of all media internally and foreign imports, the schools, universities, every nanometer of life was locked down by soviet permit, decree and diktat. The masses had very little inkling of what the rest of the world was like and the freedoms many enjoyed. Yet still, those ordinary people in the soviet hegemony managed, with alacrity, to provide grist to the mill of change. The first generation of young soviets was just as zealous and fervently committed to the vision of communism as today's wokeists are to their fantasy world of safe spaces everywhere, poly-gender loos on every corner, free almond milk and vegan cookies for all members, Victims' Leagues, ad nauseum - and they loathe white people with the same viciousness as the young soviets despised Westerners! Perhaps we might give ordinary humans a bit more credit, it's my guess that they'll surprise us yet...
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