Comments on: Timmy Elsewhere http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Newman http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/comment-page-1/#comment-11671 Tim Newman Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:01:50 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/#comment-11671 I went to both a mixed school and then an all boys school. As an environment purely for academic learning, the latter was by far the better. I went to both a mixed school and then an all boys school. As an environment purely for academic learning, the latter was by far the better.

]]> By: Monty http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/comment-page-1/#comment-11665 Monty Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:31:56 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/#comment-11665 My primary school was streaming too, if we weren't crying, wetting our knickers or spilling our school milk we were being sick on the parquet floor. Plenty of sawdust.... I think splitting them up by gender might help to sort out the differentials in language and numeracy. But traditionally, schools have used the influence of the girls to squash some of the worst excesses of the boys behaviour. My primary school was streaming too, if we weren’t crying, wetting our knickers or spilling our school milk we were being sick on the parquet floor.
Plenty of sawdust….

I think splitting them up by gender might help to sort out the differentials in language and numeracy. But traditionally, schools have used the influence of the girls to squash some of the worst excesses of the boys behaviour.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/comment-page-1/#comment-11653 dearieme Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:31:23 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/#comment-11653 “Bring back the 5+!” Of course: my Primary school was streamed. Bloody sensible, especially with classes of about 45. “Bring back the 5+!” Of course: my Primary school was streamed. Bloody sensible, especially with classes of about 45.

]]> By: Matthew http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/comment-page-1/#comment-11644 Matthew Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:06:21 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/28/timmy-elsewhere-337/#comment-11644 "Bring back the 5+!" Maybe you can get it into the UKIP manifesto? “Bring back the 5+!”

Maybe you can get it into the UKIP manifesto?

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