In other words, you have plenty of people competing to provide education. And it works well for you.
Paul On Apr 7, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > We have private schools, public schools, grant-maintained schools, > state-funded religious schools, privately-funded religious schools, city > academies, 6th-form colleges, private tutors, community colleges, reform > schools, schools of art, technical schools, schools of dolphins, seminaries, > madrassas and football academies. > > They are run by boards of governors, bursars, parent-teacher associations, > local authorities, central government, the Football Association, Opus Dei, > the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Tony Blair's creationist > chums, and Abu Hamza. > > There are four national curricula. > > External examinations are set by the Joint Matriculation Board, Oxford > University, Cambridge University, McDonalds university, AQA, OCR, CIE, > edexcel, CCEA, Lord David Beckham VC, ICAAE, WJEC and Sue Perkins. > > Internal examinations are conducted by the Catholic priesthood, and Sir James > Savile (deceased). > > The examination boards are themselves examined by OFWAT, Ofsted, Father Ted, > and half a kilo of kumquats. > > Each of these is overseen by the Secretary of State for education, who in > turn is responsible to the Bullingdon Club, who answer to no-one. > > It's no wonder we're all so feckin' intelligent. > > Dr. Prof. Bob, MA, D. Phil., STD, Milk Marketing board (Hon.) > > > On 7 Apr 2013, at 17:18, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What the British & I guess India call "Public Schools" are what we in >> the U.S. call private schools. >> >> I'm not sure what they call actual public schools, except they call the >> kind of private schools we call Charter Schools "free schools". >> >> From: Paul Stenquist >>> All U.S. public schools are non-demominational. >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>> On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 6 Apr 2013, at 16:01, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> In an effort to inject a bit of levity into this discussion.. >>>>> >>>>> On 4/6/2013 10:12, Bipin Gupta wrote: >>>>>> ... >>>>>> I am a Hindu, but went to a Roman Catholic Boarding Public School, so >>>>>> I fully understand Western Values. >>>>>> ... >>>>> What's wrong with this sentence? >>>> >>>> Spurious logic. >>>> >>>> B >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
