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Thread #79055 Message #1429633
Posted By: John MacKenzie
08-Mar-05 - 09:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: our increasing racist government
Subject: RE: BS: our increasing racist government
Azizi I can't answer all of your 'shopping list' but I believe the idea is 'whole' education to try to increase the number of black kids passing their school exams. I can tell you however that it is unlikely that any activities would be undertaken in vacation times, as those activities do not happen in any schools in the UK, where the summer camp thing is only now beginning to happen in a small way. Extra curricular activities like taking classes out for day trips to museums, or outdoor courses in term time is not going to happen either. This is because fewer and fewer teachers are willing to take kids for on school activities. Firstly this increasingly litigious society has made the insurance cover now required too expensive, and secondly teachers don't get paid enough for the hours they have to work now, without volunteering to do more unpaid work. There was an item today on BBC radio about parents sending black kids to school in West Africa where they believe they will get a better education. > This link Giok