A wonderful insight into the system
It is not known if the author of this BBC article sat the 11-plus, let alone if they passed it. But something seems a little poorly written1 about it…
Caitriona Ruane’s plans to reform academic selection cannot go ahead without DUP and executive support, Ian Paisley has said.
The first minister said her education proposals were not the basis for a way forward.
Ms Ruane brought her proposals for the future of primary school transfer to the executive amid claims they are unworkable.
The executive meeting ended without a full discussion of the plans.
She brought her proposals for the future of primary school transfer to the executive amid claims they are unworkable.
The full discussion she had hoped for did not take place.
Now, my feelings about Ms Ruane and her fucked up abomination of a lack-of-plan for breaking a working system are well known. And I often repeat them. Much like I repeat lots of things. But is it just me, or is repeating sentences 3 & 4 just a spectacularly lazy way of creating sentences 5 & 6?
Also, the next paragraphs got my goat a little, but for different reasons:
Ms Ruane said there were parties “who were anti-change in relation to education”.
“It is disappointing that colleagues who claimed that they wanted a discussion on the proposals didn’t even engage.
“What happened today was an attempt to frustrate change. I will not be frustrated and I am not demoralised.”
There are people out there who are anti-change in relation to education. In fact, there are a fuck-load of people who are anti-change in relation to education, especially when the changing to hasn’t been published. Plus, when Ms Ruane claims that other people aren’t interested in discussion of options, my irony meter goes way off the scale.
Anyway, who really gives a shit if she gets frustrated, or demoralised. As long as she gets stopped, that’s the main thing…
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1 - Yes, I know that I’m hardly the one to complain about anything being badly written. But then I’m not being paid to write anything, am I?


