[BNM] [OT] Brighton's nuclear power station?

[Oliver Marshall]

Nick,

Being so close to Brighton, whats your view on having a power station on
your doorstep ?

Olly


On 25/5/07 10:14, "Nick Wilsdon" <n.wilsdon at e3internet.com> wrote:

> Alan wrote:
 
>The irony is, that my other half performed far better than I at
> school and
university and she went to the schools I would have gone to had I
> not >gone
through the private sector. At that age it is all about how much the
> child
applies themselves rather than perhaps the educational environment they
> are
in.


Yes true but most children want to Œfit in¹ with the crowd rather
> than be
different. If the majority of people in the class are disruptive or
> don¹t
want to learn then I think it makes it harder for that child to go
> against
the tide. I¹m sure not all comprehensive classes are like that but
> I¹ll
guarantee the odds favouring the public school group. I also believe
> there¹s
a lot more discipline in private schools, tradition, isolation and
> parents
expectations still gives their teachers some powers to control the
> kids. 
 
Anyway I only have my own experiences to go on. My parents could only
> afford
to send me and my brother to private school, my two younger sisters
> went
through the comprehensive system. There is a marked difference between us
> in
terms of world view/education. Both my sisters left school with a handful
> of
GCSE¹s/GNVQ¹s and have worked in secretarial fields, my brother ended
> up
getting a distinction from Oxford/PHD and can literally choose any job
> he
wants. I¹ve always found that interesting as we came from the
> same
family/background. I know my parents regret not being able to send all of
> us
through the public system. 
 
Tom:
> That'll get them ready for The World.

> 
Well maybe. You don¹t tend to learn Œstreet smarts¹ going through the
> public
system. I¹d argue though that a good education opens a lot of doors.
> Our
industry is new and fairly progressive, you can get a long way with
> Œhands
on¹ skills but I¹m willing to bet if we looked at those people in top
> paying
professions (lawyers/barristers/CEOs/Doctors), a larger percentage of
> them
came from the public school system.   
 
Now I¹m abroad I¹ll probably be
> sending my kids to an international/private
school but I¹d certainly consider
> a state school here in Russia. They still
have a strong emphasis on
> maths/science/languages, small class sizes and are
deeply respectful of
> teachers, who are free enough to keep discipline in the
classroom. The kids
> here are reading Pushkin, Shakespeare and other classics
by the age of 10! I
> think we could learn a lot about the school systems of
these Œdeveloping¹
> countries, they still seem to retain qualities we lost
years ago.   
 
Best
> Regards,
 
Nick 
 
CEO
e3internet
http://www.e3internet.com 
 
P please
> consider the environment - do you really need to print this email?
 
 

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