In article ,
Derek ^ wrote:
It's a symptom, it's not the disease. The disease is the British
attitude to the people that do the actual, tangible, productive work.

Agreed. [and almost back to relevance for the group!]
As a Technology teacher I had many arguments with people who thought that the
subject was there to let less capable kids shine after all the clever ones had
been creamed off to do academic stuff. My attitude was that the cream were the
ones capable of combining skills and knowledge across the curriculum.

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