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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Confident kids are shot down from the word go in primary schools so it's entirely unsurprising. They CLAIM to encourage "leadership skills" etc. but it's a straight up lie. They cater to the "average kid" so strongly that the majority end up being totally out of place; brighter kids who could forge ahead are stuck with uninspiring work that bores them, kids at the other end of the scale who are struggling to keep up feel like they are the ones holding everyone back and are embarrassed, and even kids who do fall in the "middle ground" - if they happen to be a bit too chatty or easily distracted then they're punished for that too.
In other words, to thrive in a UK school environment you have to be two things. Average, and quiet. And we wonder why we're currently world leaders in precisely **** all.
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...well..not a great promoter of the school system eh Ts..
..seriously though, you are so, so wrong in all of the schools that I have experience and knowledge of, I mean you couldn't be more wrong but I'm sorry that's been your personal experience and that of anyone you know...