http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15146240

Erm, no.
I'm sorry, no.
I mean, this is flabbergasting. This... individual was once Chief Inspector of Ofsted, and he believes that pupils should be allowed to be released into the real world without any GCSEs, at an age when, to some, quitting school is both the most appealing thing in the world and also ( Read more... )

This is the latest piece of spurious gossip to take the internet by storm, and this angry rant is my reaction (second third draft, because LJ delights in crashing and not saving any of what I've written).

( Rant hidden because of length (Well, this is me...) )

Came across this on the dungheap of stupidity that is Facebook:

"Kids at school keep teasing a girl because she is chubby. One day; she gets fed up so she says: I'm fat, and YOU'RE ugly. I can turn skinny in a month or two, but in a month or two you'll still be ugly. Like if you're against bullying."

WHAT IS THIS CRAP.
First off, this is supposed to ( Read more... )

My last post is good evidence for the fact that I only write these things very late at night, and thus they tend to ramble. There's probably a ton of spelling errors in there, which I can't be bothered to look for, because I'm lazy and it was the incorrect side of midnight when I finished it.

Anyway, to sum up: Sherlock= good. Which is good news, ( Read more... )