Yeah the equivalent in computing is “Business and IT”
I think triple science is definitely the way to go. I grew up thinking “I’m good a physics, OK at Chemistry and suck at Biology” which IMO is much healthier than “I’m OK at science” which is probably what I’d have thought with single science. They’re such different disciplines.
I’m much happier just taking my own specialism now but the higher ups are discussing merging it all into ‘science’. If they do that I’ll jump ship again as I think it does a disservice to each of the 3. Same with history and geography being merged into ‘humanities’.
Yeah the equivalent in computing is “Business and IT”
I think triple science is definitely the way to go. I grew up thinking “I’m good a physics, OK at Chemistry and suck at Biology” which IMO is much healthier than “I’m OK at science” which is probably what I’d have thought with single science. They’re such different disciplines.
Is that genuinely something they are talking about doing- merging history and geography?
I’m much happier just taking my own specialism now but the higher ups are discussing merging it all into ‘science’. If they do that I’ll jump ship again as I think it does a disservice to each of the 3. Same with history and geography being merged into ‘humanities’.
All about saving money.... lump stuff together, maximise teaching allocations and lose a teacher here and there. At least thats what they are doing in our school.
It is something that has already happened in quite a few comps. Sometimes RE is also thrown in.
thats abysmal tbh
Yeah the equivalent in computing is “Business and IT”
I think triple science is definitely the way to go. I grew up thinking “I’m good a physics, OK at Chemistry and suck at Biology” which IMO is much healthier than “I’m OK at science” which is probably what I’d have thought with single science. They’re such different disciplines.
The Tories are good at creating an alternative narrative. The last election was easy for them with Brexit but also they managed to convince Northern voters that their underinvestment and decimation in their region was the fault of the incumbent Lab MP’s and not the Tory government that had been in charge for last 10 years.
I always much preferred history at school as all we tended to do in geography was draw and colour in.
I remember the first section of the Geography exam being 'colour in the map'. Last section though was basically doing a simplified planning application without filling in the forms. Choosing a site based on economics, logisitics, geology, topography. What to build and with what methods/materials. Really involved and enjoyable.
I agree, but WHY are they so good at getting away with it? Is it the plum accents? Is it support from media pushing that narrative?
Some people make honest mistakes with the best of intentions and get hauled over the coals for it. Yet others who never intended to do the best for people blame others and get away with it constantly?
How many times have I seen the narrative of 'creating jobs', 'higher wages', 'less tax' etc lapped up when in reality it's nothing to do with that and everything to do with more for the rich? Get away with it every time yet what they're doing is putting a massive joint of meat at the top table and throwing the gristle on the floor for everyone else and claiming how generous they are.
How many times have we seen right-wing economics result in periods of stagnation and depression due to greed yet there is still this notion that they're the only people that can sensibly manage an economy?
I genuinely don't understand why we never seem to learn and keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again.
I gave it up before GCSE. Loved History though and still do
I just don’t know how they manage it. A supportive narrative from the media coupled with some incredibly effective use of Facebook and other social media - especially since 2017. Brexit was also a gold coated gift for them, but the Tories have always tried to hang the ills of the country on someone (immigrants, those on benefits, the EU) and people have bought it.
The right are just better at politics. From courting the media to messaging to campaigning. It’s bloody annoying but it’s what comes from putting winning first and everything else second.
Have a look at those anti-Trump Lincoln Project ads. I wish the left could produce a stuff as effective as that, I really don’t know why we can’t. Too concerned with morals? Trying to win minds rather than hearts? Don’t know.
Should've done history instead of maths at A level. Found it much more interesting and was better at it too. But felt I needed to do at least one 'hard' subject and test myself.
This will be covered in history geography and science in future generations
There were some great fan made videos for Bernie’s campaign, the talent for it is there. But the man himself like many others still believe in policy as the way to win. Too many times we’ve lost to know that isn’t true
That’s the fundamental mistake the left makes IMO. The right get it’s more about “mood” and “gut feel” than reasoned debate on policy. TBF to Bernie I think he’s one on the left that managed to get that a bit and reach across the aisle. Not seen the Bernie fan made ads I’ll take a look.
It’s definitely not a talent issue, the media industry is full of lefties! I think it’s an empathy issue and as I say the belief that everyone votes on policy.
It's easier to give a negative message of what's wrong then the positive message of how to fix it.
It's also easier to sell lower taxes partly because there's an innate distrust of 'the state' and also partly because of the immediate bonus of getting more money in your pocket.
So a lefty negative message of Tories Hate the Middle Class is a hard sell, when they see more cash in their pocket, and that damned inefficient state isn;t worth thinking about anyway, and nor is how we pay for things. The last bits also make a positive message hard to sell, as well.
Overall, the country *is* more lefty oriented than righty, but it really needs a Lib/Lab coalition to agree to stand aside in certain seats for that to bear fruit, and that'll never happen.
The fact that Starmer doesn’t appear to give a shit about the government scrapping free parking for NHS staff tells me a lot about the ‘electable’ face of Labour... I know he raised it in PMQ’s but it’s an easy win for Labour to champion against it.
We had the opposite experience. Went to our local Italian on Thursday. Not usually the busiest of nights, but there wasn't one table free at 6.30pm.Reopening is going to end up as ruinous for restaurants as being closed. I'm in a local Chinese to pick up a takeaway, prime time and there are 2 tables occupied. All down to the utter fuck up of a govt and their herd immunity desires, the party of business allegedly.
OK, this was a Chinese and you do wonder about how much the blame the Chinese rhetoric sticks.We had the opposite experience. Went to our local Italian on Thursday. Not usually the busiest of nights, but there wasn't one table free at 6.30pm.
We know the fella that owns our local Indian restaurant, and he's fully booked this weekend.
Admittedly both places have taken some tables away for social distancing reasons, but still, they seem to have reopened ok.
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NahOK, this was a Chinese and you do wonder about how much the blame the Chinese rhetoric sticks.
That is utterly utterly patheticNumber of people tested for coronavirus (England): 30 January to 27 May 2020 - GOV.UK
If anyone is interested in just how many people are actually getting tested per day it's actually quite shocking
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