Decisions, decisions

Well it appears that choice in school is the issue of the day. I can't really remember if it was an issue when it was decided what secondary school I would be going for. My parents had rejected sending me to a public schools nor were there any Grammer schools in the local area. The local comp it was then. It was a decent one with nice facilities and decent teaching.

There's a feeling in the country, at least one you can pick up if were to happen to read The Guardian, that choice in public services is a bad thing for some reason. I think the tacit admission that public services are different for different people sits uncomfortably with some people and I'm not entirely sure why, if you have an organisation of 300 people it's unreasonable to assume it's going to have its own culture and its own identity and what's more reasonable than for a parent to what culture and identity its own child should grow up in.

I think it's reasonably healthy in all walks of life that people are able to consume differnet product s and thus make a decision about what's good or bad. I'm sure there was time when being discriminating was to show good judgement. It's good to discriminate of certain grounds-people will reject what they don't want and there will be more of what people want.

People want good schools. they want poor schools to be shut down, they want rubbish teachers to be fired and children to spend time in a productive, challenging and improving place.

The idea that some children will flourish in a poor school is probably true, some will, most won't. Children, like adults want to fit in to a culture and are easily impressed with poor behaviour and morals. If they are in a culture of poor behaviour only the very best will ignore it however most will just go with the flow begin to copy. What wrong with talking while the teacher does if everyone else does it, does it really matter if I don't do my homework, nobody will really notice what's really wrong with telling the teacher to 'fuck off'? Particularly if they know a teacher is so busy or incompetent they won't say or do anything in return.

So let schools close, it's a good thing, lest people decide what's best for thier own children, and lets not condemn parents for making these choices.