The children here sell candy bars twice a year to raise money for their school, have a soda machine and eat some of the worse slop on Earth in the cafeteria....
Concur. Time and again we see newbies on this group saying, "if only I'd been taught this stuff to start with", or words to that effect. (Actually, I say it...
Hi Elliot, I join with you in your usual distaste of Dawkins. I thought it might please you to know that you do not have to agree with him on this one. The...
Dear Graham & Group, From my information Frank Felberbaum did compete in the WMC 1995. I got my results from Synapsia (the Journal of BuzanCentres). From the...
I think the benefit system will only work for parents that are already serious about their childs' education. It may coherce noncaring parents into sending...
I don't think religion should be taught in school period. I live in the southern United States and books on evolution are banned here. Religion can be good at...
Silly question: Why does it have to be "junk food" in the vending machines? Seems to me that Power Bars, nuts, juice and water would be a decent compromise. ...
You also have the problem of coming up with "which" religion to pick when teaching religion. In private schools, this is known in advance, but in public...
Hi, Graham, I'd like to simply agree with you, but unfortunately this cuts to the very heart of recent Creationist tactics. Professor Dawkins - and our...
Thanks for all the input on the school funding vs.. junk food issue in schools. I did some preliminary research and cut and pasted it into a MS Word document...
Ken, While sugar may not cause long term hyperactivity in children, I can assure you that whenever Easter or Halloween arrived and my sons ate candy, they ...
Well, you would, wouldn't you! I went to a public school - you can see the subjects I studied on my CV. http://www.bignell.demon.co.uk Several other pupils...
Howdy, It looks like I wasn't clear enough - sorry! Dawkins is an evolutionist - Britain's most high-profile one, at that. He was arguing, with his usual ...
My concern precisely. I fear that, by reinforcing the poverty of families that are already having trouble functioning in society, such a policy will actually...
"Tradition"? Where's your evidence? My memory of the public school I attended is that even a photocopy had to be paid for. The tax I paid in my last year in...
In the early hours of 2nd May 2002 Dominic O'Brien regained his world record for the memorisation of the greatest number of packs of 52 cards all shuffled...
Hi there Just returned from driving +/- 7 000km in 10 days. My feet felt as if they were not part of my body. My husband and I went on a training course from...
Greetings One & All!
For information on the problems of sugar Addiction (yes addiction, like in
heroin!), take a look at the Accelerated Learning Group on...
Dear Ian and all, That's great news. Its really wonderful to know that someone can memorise so many packs of playing cards at a single go. And get away with...
I hope I didn't offend anyone. But then again why should I be careful about making a comment about public schools that are really private schools in Britain? I...
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May 2, 2002 1:12 pm
... lol. No, I meant 'comprehensive school', which is the usual term used for the non-private schools, not that the explaination was not comprehensive. Joe...
Public School UK: A private school - students parents pay a not insubstantial fee. Famous ones include Harrow and Eaton. Public School US; A regular high...
Hi Ian do you know if this event received any press coverage? Regards, Darren Smith ... world ... cards ... cards, ... there ... attempt. ... plainly ... many ...
Joe, Schools here are either public or private.(Philidalphia now has a for profit school system) I am not familiar with the term "comprehensive school". Pardon...
