He's experimenting with political dogma, probably something he read in a book at University - problem is that those kids who's lives he affects will be affected for the whole of their lives, the Secondary Modern system was bad but its saving grace was that the country needed lots of manual workers in those times and Secondary Moderns were ideal at churning out hundreds of thousands of potential manual workers every year to businesses that were far more prepared to actually do some training of those school leavers into something that could possibly develop into a career, not to mention formally approved trade apprenticeships where your employer would pick up the tab for your five year training scheme.



Somehow we seem to have lost sight of those facts.

Anyway, seems that student debt will be privatised - but to do so will require upping the interest rates the poor buggers are paying. Nothing like taxing the strivers is there?

[url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cash-for-classrooms-michael-gove-plans-to-let-firms-run-schools-for-profit-8682395.htmlGove considering leting schools run for profit[/url



It now looks like the prat is seriously considering allowing hedge funds and vulture capitalists to take over or open schools. So we are basically comoditising our children's education.



As each day goes by, I despair if we will ever get to the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm frankly amazed that the British public now seem to have become so emasculated that they blindly follow the Judas lamb onto the slaughterman's knife

It will improve education standards by introducing competition and will mean it doesn't soak-up tons of taxpayer's money.

You know, like it did on the railways and water provision.

I did wonder yesterday if this business of MPs being "unable" to reject the recommended pay rise would actually be that. While we're all taking one for the team, they aren't joining us.

If Waterloo Road has taught us anything, it's that the philanthropy model of education doesn't work.