The wisdom of Mr. Gove.

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  • JimD
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 267

    The wisdom of Mr. Gove.

    'Teachers can dispense "tough but proportionate" punishments to tackle bad behaviour in schools, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.
    Possible sanctions include weeding school grounds, tidying classrooms, writing lines and reporting to the school gates early in the morning.'
    (BBC news website)

    Ah, the voice of experience. Or was that 'void'?
  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    #2
    they don't sound particularly tough punishments to me, but perhaps the word has changed its meaning

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    • muzzer
      Full Member
      • Nov 2013
      • 1190

      #3
      Perhaps errant pupils [as they once were] could be given copies of Mr Gove's speeches to read, or better - if you're him - to memorise...

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      • Eine Alpensinfonie
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 20569

        #4
        Teachers can already dispense "tough but proportionate punishments". But I like muzzer's suggestion. :winkeye:

        (This thread might well migrate to the Politics forum.)

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        • MrGongGong
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 18357

          #5
          Mr Gove was extraordinarily arrogant. Painfully arrogant. He believed that he knew how everything should be done. He believed that everyone else in the world was stupid and ignorant. The problem wa…


          The acute sensitivity of some of the delicate flowers in here prevents me from saying what I think about this man

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          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20569

            #6
            Me too. I'm a host and have to set a good example. :whistle:

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            • MrGongGong
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 18357

              #7
              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
              Me too. I'm a host and have to set a good example. :whistle:
              So i'm off for a long walk in the sun
              to curse and splutter while kicking the dried horse turds on the common and imagining.......


              :biggrin:

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              • Flosshilde
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 7988

                #8
                Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                (This thread might well migrate to the Politics forum.)
                It really should have started there - there are threads there rather less political than this one :whistle:

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                • DracoM
                  Host
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 12955

                  #9
                  An ambitious vote-loser, IMO.

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                  • gamba
                    Late member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 575

                    #10
                    What would be suitable punishment ?

                    I had to complete a certain number of words in' The Telegraph ' crossword. Very useful & enjoyable. Get the required minimum ( which I now forget ) & you can go home.

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                    • mangerton
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 3346

                      #11
                      "The wisdom of Mr Gove". I read that this morning, and thought, "That'll be a short thread, then". But this will be the tenth reply, as I feel that I too have to make my views clear.

                      But like Messrs GG and EA, I'll be good, and leave my thoughts to your imagination. :yikes:

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                      • Flosshilde
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7988

                        #12
                        Perhaps there should be a companion thread - 'The wit of Mr Gove'. That would definitely be a short one!

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                        • Eine Alpensinfonie
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 20569

                          #13
                          I doubt whether the words "wisdom" and "Mr Gove" should appear in the same sentence, particular in view of his blatently political move over the already partisan Ofsted.

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                          • Ferretfancy
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 3487

                            #14
                            It wouldn't be so bad if he was the only one, but there are many others who I'll refrain from naming. We all have our lists, I just hope the prison wall is wide enough for them to form a single row blindfolded in front of the militia for mine.

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                            • Serial_Apologist
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 37560

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                              I doubt whether the words "wisdom" and "Mr Gove" should appear in the same sentence, particular in view of his blatently political move over the already partisan Ofsted.
                              I've come to a pretty pass to find myself having to defend a Labour (disap)peer. :blush::steam:

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