What is wrong with this government?

Increased tuition fees
Cutting maintenance grants

There's your two, but there are a million more.

So we can't criticize this government because all governments make unpopular decisions? What kind of logic is that?

What, increasing the school day? Where's the evidence that's going to improve the outcomes of children. For secondary school, I actually find it more likely keeping the same length and shifting the start to later in the day would improve performance.

The majority of kids get out off school without a single GCSE to their name "Last year, four-in-10 teenagers failed to achieve five A* to C grade GCSEs, including English and maths" - They either cant be bothered, and if they cant be bothered to increase their own job opportunities why should we have to pay for their upkeep did the tax payer ask them to fail their education and now be un-employable? I think not.

There is a STRONG correlation between the uneducated and the ones on benefits. Which makes the "immigrants are stealing the money" quite comical as most of the ethnic minorities are some of the highest achievers in the country. "the University of Bristol points out that only 34 per cent of Year 11 pupils (studying for GCSEs) are white British, the lowest performing ethnic group, compared to 84 per cent for the rest of the country."

So before you say people dont need longer schools hours, i think you will find it is only going to make people more competent in the job market. But hey i guess you can blame the tories for everything including your own failings - seems to be what everyone is doing.

I would disagree with your statement about extending school hours. Finland, acknowledged as the best system has reduced their school day to five hours. The notion that longer hours equates with greater success is just nonsense and shows little understanding of the complex social issues that underscore the failure rates of the social group you mention. If you consider the background of the failing groups you might find poverty, inadequate housing and residing in areas with little if any employment opportunities as significant factors in poor performance. And please, no nonsense about moving somewhere else. That kind of response displays another equally simplistic answer to the serious social problems in the UK

There is no "complex social issues" people here know they wont be left to starve and will always have the welfare state to save them. Go and visit countries were kids are walking 5 miles to get to school, sleeping rough just so they are not late, spending hours revising. By the way, i find that there are also kids from the same "social group" who are some of the hardest working, most ethnic minorities have only been here for a short while and their kids are some of the poorest in the country - yet they are some of the highest achievers. Lets not blame someones "poverty" as education is free. I attend a private school, there is a Indian girl - she is on a scholarship and she barely has £1 to her name for food, yet she is one of the brightest and most motivated kids in our school. She lives 30 miles from the school as the area she lives in is quite deprived yet she is here on time and often spends hours after school in the library. So you were saying about "complex social issues" more like complex sob stories to cover their failings.

Of course there are complex social issues! Are you for real? Which bubble universe do you inhabit? Don't you understand the relevance of contextual poverty?

Bedroom Tax: Are you joking WHY do you need a bedroom when no one is living there? If you need the tax payer to pay for your house what gives you the right too own a 5 bedroom house with 3 people?

Cuts to tax credits: Lets discuss child tax credits, the welfare state is TOO big, you can not sit and expect the rich to pay for everything for you. If you cant afford to have kids why are you having them? The taxpayer did not have your kid why should they pay for it?

Ongoing cocking up on benefits system: Lets be honest, the welfare state is too big, the benefits as they were just a breeding ground for people to be lazy and not go to work as there was no/is no incentive too work with the amount of thing available to those on benefits (most people on JSA DO NOT want to work lets just be honest). Yes some people genuinely need it and those people should get MORE but some people were stealing a living. However i do not blame them if i was getting £15k on benefits and £13k in a 40 hour week job i wouldnt pick the latter either.

Cuts to social care, underfunded mental health services: I have done work experience with Psychiatrist, the things people come in there for i am suprised the doctors dont get pissed off, one lady came in saying "im going to kill myself tonight doc" lets be honest you arent you just want somewhere to stay for the night - And i was right, she came back 2 weeks later, shock.

No you are right there probably are, using that as an excuse though is a choice. Just because your family is poor does not mean you can not achieve highly. Just because you dont have a nice house does not mean you can not revise at home. Just because the area you live in is high in employment does not stop you from getting a great job and moving elsewhere.

These issues are all around the world, and many people have them. Look at countries like Pakistan, India. They are considered "third world countries" plagued by poverty, yet SO many of the kids when they come here dont use their poverty as an excuse. Why? Because back home they knew that they either work their socks off or they starve, here its alright the tax payers got you.

The majority of kids get out off school without a single GCSE to their name "Last year, four-in-10 teenagers failed to achieve five A* to C grade GCSEs, including English and maths" - They either cant be bothered, and if they cant be bothered to increase their own job opportunities why should we have to pay for their upkeep did the tax payer ask them to fail their education and now be un-employable? I think not.

There is a STRONG correlation between the uneducated and the ones on benefits. Which makes the "immigrants are stealing the money" quite comical as most of the ethnic minorities are some of the highest achievers in the country. "the University of Bristol points out that only 34 per cent of Year 11 pupils (studying for GCSEs) are white British, the lowest performing ethnic group, compared to 84 per cent for the rest of the country."

So before you say people dont need longer schools hours, i think you will find it is only going to make people more competent in the job market. But hey i guess you can blame the tories for everything including your own failings - seems to be what everyone is doing.

For some children, home is noisy, damp, cold and crowded. They cannot work there because they have nowhere quiet to work.

You try doing quadratic equations when you're hungry, you've got a cold, your asthma's playing up, your siblings are playing loudly next to you and you don't really understand the work.

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consider the question "if students are feeling disengaged with schooling, would forcing them into doing more schooling per day make them better off?".

You and your brother fighting is the problem of you and your parents not the taxpayer lets not get this twisted. If you cant even be taught to care for your siblings your upbringing was MAJORLY the problem. As i mentioned before, i have done work experience in the mental health - with psychiatrists, they worked 9-5 (2 of the team were also on-call at night) and there was constantly people coming in just wasting time. Infact out of the 50 or so patients i think 1 of them actually was what you call "mentally unwell" the rest well they were just extending the ques. So dont blame the government blame the people wasting time they are the ones extending the waiting time.



Schools have libraries, most places have libraries. Lets not make excuses for kids failings. There are many kids who live in worse conditions yet still managed to revise and pass with flying colors.



The reason kids are not bothered about school is simply because they are either content with working on minimum wage or know that the country will always be there to give them handouts. Why do you think ethnic minorities ALWAYS perform better than British kids? Answer that question - it will answer most of your queries.

The reason kids are not bothered about school is simply because they are either content with working on minimum wage or know that the country will always be there to give them handouts. Why do you think ethnic minorities ALWAYS perform better than British kids? Answer that question - it will answer most of your queries.

I just think this picture of underachievement is purely speculative and based on an extremely elitist view of society that in the current decade is fundamentally incorrect.

Well answer my question and it will prove why it is not incorrect.