Thursday 31 October 2013

Spot the deliberate mistake...

Here's a good game, boys and girls. Can you see what's wrong with this page:



http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/index.cfm?9B1C0068-C29E-AD4D-0AEC-8B4F43F54A28
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 November 2013 at 01:51

    That starting school is compulsory?

    Or is that too obvious?

    Atb
    Anne

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  2. Simon Webb1 November 2013 at 02:19

    Yes, that is what I meant, Anne. I have seen the same statement lately in various newspapers, even respectable ones. I have a horrible suspicion that people are starting to forget that there has never been compulsory schooling in this country and like to remind folk of this from time to time.

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  3. Anonymous1 November 2013 at 04:36

    I like to remind them that there has never been compulsory schooling in this country to Webb.

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  4. Julie2 November 2013 at 02:53

    Particularly irritating considering that NFER commissioned the research into relationships with home educators back in 2007, didn't they?

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  5. Anonymous2 November 2013 at 05:36

    Goodness me, we're all agreeing! Never mind, I'm sure normal service will be resumed shortly.

    And what I noticed about the NFER was the EU symbol prominently displayed, and given their mania for standardisation it wouldn't surprise me if anything they tried to say would be quietly edited out.

    Cynically
    Anne

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  6. Simon Webb2 November 2013 at 09:10

    'Particularly irritating considering that NFER commissioned the research into relationships with home educators back in 2007, didn't they?'

    Indeed yes, but I am seeing this statement in various places lately. Graham Paeton, Education Editor for the Daily Telegraph recently mentioned casually that children in this country are obliged by law to start school at five.

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