7/10 teachers believe standards in the classrooms have gone down

Ermmm... Are these the good teachers who are in a minority or the bad teachers that, according to you, are in the majority. You have already said that you belive that the majority of teachers are bad so why the big deal about 7/10 of them saying standards have gone down. I would guess, if they are bad teachers and they don't know what they are doing, then them saying things are getting worse must be a good thing?

Funny how 'facts' can be changed at will to suit the circumstances isn't it. But even if you now say the teachers DO know what they are talking about a 'drop' in standards is very subjective anyway. No indication what they are measuring against for instance. Not that that mens too much to some people.

I think I have just fallen down a rabbit hole.

`I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. `Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'

`But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice objected.

`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

`The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

Not that I am attacking anyone by quoting stories at them...

Cheers

Dave