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Re: Alleyn's considering scrapping setting essays as homework

Maybe the answer is to ask the pupils to quote sources and insist they list say 10 sources in an essay and quote the source /or in part and say why it is agreeable or disagreeable to the set contention / objective. This would be introducing pupils to a standard usually not used below A-Level standa...
Forum: Schools
Replies: 5
Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:20 pm

Re: Christmas tipping - it won’t be my postman this year

If you have come to conclusion that postal workers are the problem after reviewing how the economy has been managed in recent months and years it might be time consider the world outside of your own house. 
Replies: 10
Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:00 pm

Re: Does being privately educated mean discrimination at job interviews?

It depends. Job applications do ask for your background (ethnicity, type of education, if you got free school lunches, the background (education and professional) of parents etc.) and YES, it does play into their recruitment. Similarly, it applies to universities. Job applications literally do not ...
Replies: 38
Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:59 am

Re: Moving out of SW11 recommendations

Yes! We recently moved out of Balham to Teddington and haven’t looked back. The High Street is like a mini Northcote Road - lots of independent coffee shops/ boutiques/pubs etc and joy of joys, a Waterstones bookstore - plus the other half is the big boys, Boots, Tesco, WHSmith etc etc Trains are f...
Replies: 9
Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:41 pm

Re: How Can anyone vote Tory next week?

There is no point in dissect the comments above regarding Labour policy individually, but I would encourage those commenting to understand how policy (national and local) is developed and how it functions in a complex ecosystem that involves, but is not limited to, individuals, geography, demographi...
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Fri May 06, 2022 4:42 pm

Re: How Can anyone vote Tory next week?

While Boris certainly lies he is not a charlatan which is the more dangerous part of this - the character he plays is one aspect (not the only) of getting away with the lying. 
Replies: 62
Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:06 am

Re: Dont want to invite unvaccinated friends to a party

Why is this thread allowed to continue with misinformation piling up from those who have no qualification to comment on vaccines? Official expert guidence is available, follow it, keep everyone safe, allow us to move towards a a solution as quickly as we can: gov. uk/government/collections/covid-19-...
Replies: 48
Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:12 am