Pupils to get educated on gypsies
Pupils in the west midlands are to be taught about the alternative lifestyle that gypsies have chosen to live. This will be spearheaded through the gypsy awareness month and followed up by a leaflet that goes by the title “Myth Busting”.
Education officials have put together a forty page report that explains why the gypsy community [...]
Pupils to be taught how to think
In an attempt to make the adults of tomorrow better thinkers and debaters, the government are planning to introduce a new style of subject aimed to teach pupils the difference between a valid argument and a rant.
The lessons will cover many controversial subjects such as the existence of UFO’s, life after death and the reasons [...]
Women out perform men at Uni
It’s been a long coming but recent research has found that women are now doing considerably better than their male counterparts at university are.
The study compiled by the Higher Education Policy Institute shows that places at the top universities are likely to go to women, who are going on to get better grades too.
This [...]
Teachers reluctant to comfort children
Not having any contact is difficult for teachers, especially those involved in the primary school area. They will often see a child who is upset for one reason or another, but this is a situation where even the slightest hand on the shoulder can be seen as something else.
It seems that the best thing a [...]