'Essential Thruths and Basic Skills'

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The Tory Education policy, teaching 'Essential Thruths and Basic Skills'. This scares me more than teaching creationism as and 'alternative theory'. OK somethings are basically true, 2+2=4; but what about history, literature, science even, surely something are a matter of enquiry and debate or at the very least to be demonstrable by empirical proff, which I don't think is what the tories are getting at.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 7 March 2005 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Conservative education the world over just = someone running "basics" drills and responding to all questions with "never mind about that." Inquiry breeds hedonistic individuality and moral relativism.

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 7 March 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll use it as a song title.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 7 March 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

sounds like how we teach except our "basic skills" are determined on a state level. We have "Essential Knowledge and Skills" and we must teach only those things, in a prescribed order.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Monday, 7 March 2005 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

At least this means they clearly intend to remove religion completely from schools, so there is some consolation.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 7 March 2005 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

That sounds a bit optimistic, Martin. I wouldn't be surprised if "Essential Truths", as far as the Tories are concerned, includes "R. E." classes which are purely about Christianity.

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 7 March 2005 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Essential Truths and Basic Skills" sounds like:

A. A techno full-length that might be quite good but won't live up to the title.
B. A turntablist record that would be no different from any other turntablist record, e.g. exciting or amusing at first but aggressively mediocre after 2-6 listens.
C. A rap album that would be absolutely boring, horrid, and awful in every way.
D. A tongue-in-cheek roman à clef by a "clever" twentysomething who has had no particularly remarkable experiences yet and probably never will.
E. A beginner's guide to the martial arts techniques most likely to help you survive in the aftermath of an apocalyptic catastrophe, presented as a comic book.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 8 March 2005 00:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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