http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/23/the-wait-and-arrival-of-my-gcse-results/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/23/the-wait-and-arrival-of-my-gcse-results/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:27:25 +0000 Jack Foden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27723 In the months following examinations, and the days leading up to that ominous 23 of August, entitled ‘Results Day’, there seems to be a constant reminder that GCSEs ‘mean nothing’ in the greater scheme of things by those at university or finishing their A-levels.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/23/the-wait-and-arrival-of-my-gcse-results/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/22/just-about-everything-that%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-education-today/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/22/just-about-everything-that%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-education-today/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:00:08 +0000 Jack Foden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27668 The current education system, under the impression the youth of Britain epitomize stupidity, seems to consist of a condescending series of spoon-feeding stages in a one-dimensional standardisation of children. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/22/just-about-everything-that%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-education-today/feed/ 7 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/21/into-the-meat-grinder-what-does-education-actually-mean/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/21/into-the-meat-grinder-what-does-education-actually-mean/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 03:47:18 +0000 Jack Foden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27561 Okay, I’m stumped. Having sat down to define that phrase, I’ve achieved nothing but writers’ block, despite, at aged 16, being in the middle of my school career. Is education the obvious, sickening haven in which ‘friendships are made’, where we all learn to ‘overcome challenges’ and ‘set goals’- which, quite frankly, makes me want to gag; or is it the more realistic, yet dull, means to create a ‘better society’?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/21/into-the-meat-grinder-what-does-education-actually-mean/feed/ 33 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/20/why-bother-changing-the-gcses/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/20/why-bother-changing-the-gcses/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:00:24 +0000 Jack Foden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27548 If you wish to change something, abolish exams completely, instead of making them more stressful for us.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/20/why-bother-changing-the-gcses/feed/ 24