Have standards improved since you were at school?

NuttySupplier · #1 (**permalink**) 25-01-2006, 10:23 PM

I learned what a verb was, and a noun, as I did A-Level
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and german... my brother was never introduced to these words. Today I was doing sub-ordinate clauses in a Y6 class. Do they need to know this? Are they better off for it? Has my brother missed out because he doesn't really know what the definition of a verb is?

nutcracker · #2 (**permalink**) 26-01-2006, 10:04 AM

I, too, learned grammar at school, I think I was one of the last years that did before it went out of fashion.

On the whole, I think children now learn far more "technical" stuff than they did when I was at school. Much more complex maths and Shakespeare!!! Unheard-of in my day [smilie=rk01_084.gif] (I'm speaking from a primary viewpoint - I have no
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what they learn in big school)

Couldn't really say whether this is makes their education better or worse though. Do 11-year olds need Shakespeare or does it ruin it for them in the same way that o-level english ruined Dickens for me for years?

NuttySupplier · #3 (**permalink**) 26-01-2006, 05:50 PM

I think English Lit lessons ruined all books for me! Mum says that I used to read a book a day, loved them, then I went to secondary school and everything changed. Since I left school, I have only read six books for pleasure. And I left school a long time ago!

Footiegirl · #4 (**permalink**) 03-03-2006, 05:31 PM

I love the way maths is taught now - it is so much easier! I used to hate maths as I couldn't do it - long mulitplication and division
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, but give me chunking and the grid method and I am as happy as larry (well as happy as you can be doing maths
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NuttySupplier · #5 (**permalink**) 03-03-2006, 07:22 PM

I'm the complete opposite Footie, hate what they do now, loved the old stuff, but found it easy/logical, so I guess I would... now, it's all over the place, going round the houses to get through the front door!

Footiegirl · #6 (**permalink**) 04-03-2006, 10:13 AM

thats probably why it makes sense for me! don't like to make things easy for myself!

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