tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post6119228317319587006..comments2023-05-10T16:38:37.925+01:00Comments on Stockwood Pete: Learners and Customers v2Pete Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-54517076632259656382009-10-16T15:20:36.097+01:002009-10-16T15:20:36.097+01:00Not wise. Especially when they bite the hand that ...Not wise. Especially when they <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220140/Tesco-chief-raps-woeful-education.html" rel="nofollow">bite the hand that feeds</a>Pasquanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-11348841835225595952009-09-27T22:29:51.454+01:002009-09-27T22:29:51.454+01:00A week ago, I posted a comment on Kerry's blog...A week ago, I posted a comment on Kerry's blog after <a href="http://kerry-mccarthy.blogspot.com/2009/09/update.html" rel="nofollow">she mentioned</a> presenting this 'award' to the Tesco Tots:<br /><br /><i>"Kerry, do you really think it's wise to be associated with such a blatant intrusion of corporate marketing into primary education?"</i><br /><br />No answer yet...Pete Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-72458027507028494542009-09-26T12:25:03.532+01:002009-09-26T12:25:03.532+01:00Same goes for Labour.
How many of those kids will...Same goes for Labour.<br /><br />How many of those kids will end up being functionally illiterate and incapable of independent thought but having a pile of quack "qualifications" after they've been spoonfed through one of Labour's institutions.<br /><br />Typical to see so-called Labour cosying up with Big Business too.Pasquanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-66421071528412924322009-09-22T09:22:46.892+01:002009-09-22T09:22:46.892+01:00Re Computers for Schools, may I quote Muriel Spark...Re Computers for Schools, may I quote Muriel Sparks' 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie':<br /><br />"<i>Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.</i>"<br /><br />Nowadays it's also termed vendor-lock-in.<br /><br />Tesco's tactics of exploiting kids to promote their sales (and profits) could also be regarded as child abuse.woodsyhttp://www.bristolwireless.net/news/noreply@blogger.com