Chavs n Chaps
I hate the term Chav, it makes my flesh crawl. It stinks of little more than the Middle Classes herding those they believe their inferior into one convenient box. When i was a kid it was a derogatory term for Gypsy Kids, i even got called it myself, despite not being a Gypsy
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There isn't a lot of choice for some kids regard to education. Where i used to live, upon passing my 11+, there were NO grammar school places available except at what was possibly the worst school in the world.(since closed) This was of course the 1980s when most of the major industry around our way was being disappated and replaced by... fuck all. The sense of despondency was wildly apparent with even our teachers adopting a "What's the point kids, there's no work" stance. I was fortunate enough to change schools else i might've carried that attitude to adulthood.
I feel these days education offers no voice to kids. There's no room for debate odr discussion, just patronisation. Ambition seems curtailed.So it makes me sad to think of all this untapped talent, for every group of kids making havoc on a Hackney estate, i just see lost plumbers, lost artists, lost nurses...
Probably because Labours got the teachers doing so much paperwork they can't give kids individual attention. I don't know, i see definitely middle-class journalists unleashing their venom at people who frankly, didn't get anywhere near the oppurtunies said journalist recieved, and this attitude winds me up.
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Thats basically on the same wave-length as what the self-proclaimed "Chav spokesgirl" [yes, she did exist!] was saying on radio 4 the other week - why become educated when there is nothing to be educated for? I definately thought she had a point, despite the fact that I'm basically an ARSE [arrogant self educated] :)
I think society reaps what it sews - and in this case the vested interests want people more skilled but less educated. They want robots who perform tasks without thinking.
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