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Just read this item
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm
We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.
I would never have had some of my best employees if I took much notice of
school exam results. These days they are little more than an exercise in
ensuring that everyone leaves school with a bit of paper.
Colin Bignell
Really. That's interesting. What industry are you in?
Currently:
http://www.bignellsurgical.co.uk/
http://www.davidsemporium.co.uk/norscreen/
http://www.colourfill.co.uk/
but I am looking to diversify.
However, the main point is probably that they are small enough for every
employee to have been interviewed by me personally.
I know exams seem
to have been devalued with the recent grade inflation phenomenon, but I
wonder is it generally the case that employers are starting to
disregard exam results. Would it be so bad if our child didn't have any
conventional exam passes? That's the question I'm wrestling with.
I would say it depends on your child's aspirations [or your aspirations for
your child :-)]. If they are to become a cog, even an important cog, in a
large organisation, then bits of paper are necessary. However, there are
lots of businesses in the small and medium enterprise range and, in those,
persuading the boss that you are the person for the job is often far more
important. If you own and run a business, your qualifications don't matter
anyway. My guess would be that anyone who went to a school like the one you
are looking at would be temperamentally more suited to the last category,
rather than the first, and probably better equipped than most to get there.
Colin Bignell