feb 24th 2006 - small victory for common sense

A bit of good news floating around in the normal ocean of daftness that we've become accustomed to. A new headmistress of a school in London where 59 languages are spoken has rocked the educational establishment by coming up with the wacky idea that all lessons will now be taught in ENGLISH. Who'd have thought hey? Children at an ENGLISH school being taught in ENGLISH. What will they think of next? Previously many lessons had been taught in foreign languages, a practice that was actually encouraged by the former Education Minister Stephen Twigg. With his finger on the pulse as usual he insisted it was "very much the sort of thing we want to promote". (as long a sit's not at his kids school). Mrs McVittie, the new head, stated that the system was harmful to integration and threatened to damage the prospects of those children taking part.