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May. 11th, 2004 08:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulroA healthy reminder why, if I ever had kids (which is never going to happen), I'd never allow them go be educated in the UK is here. Apparently allowing children to develop and work at their own pace is bad. I take it as a given that what every government fears most is a truly educated and thinking populace, but occasional reminders are welcome.
And if anybody answers "there's always private schools", enough of the people I work with send their kids to private schools that I've heard more than sufficient horror stories about those.
While I agree with this one in principle, I doubt it would have helped me when I was lumbered with the Unwanted Real Estate. If they'd charged me any more council tax for the empty property I would have got to go bankrupt that much faster. OTOH, if they'd helped me find a tenant, it might have been a Good Thing.
I've lost the one which was (I think) from the Guardian yesterday about why trade with China is morally reprehensible (human rights, sweatshops, etc). Which I feel is obvious, but reminders are good, especially with various business types on The World Tonight last night talking about what a great idea investing in business is China is.
Book reviews one day, honest. When I'm feeling less like death. Thanks to last night's extreme humidity, I'm more arthritic than ever. Firework season also appears to have started in earnest last night. Combined with the extreme pain, it was very much a "kill me now" night.
And if anybody answers "there's always private schools", enough of the people I work with send their kids to private schools that I've heard more than sufficient horror stories about those.
While I agree with this one in principle, I doubt it would have helped me when I was lumbered with the Unwanted Real Estate. If they'd charged me any more council tax for the empty property I would have got to go bankrupt that much faster. OTOH, if they'd helped me find a tenant, it might have been a Good Thing.
I've lost the one which was (I think) from the Guardian yesterday about why trade with China is morally reprehensible (human rights, sweatshops, etc). Which I feel is obvious, but reminders are good, especially with various business types on The World Tonight last night talking about what a great idea investing in business is China is.
Book reviews one day, honest. When I'm feeling less like death. Thanks to last night's extreme humidity, I'm more arthritic than ever. Firework season also appears to have started in earnest last night. Combined with the extreme pain, it was very much a "kill me now" night.
