British people 'among the stupidest in the world' - report

The UK's education system was left lacking after a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said that over the last three years education in Britain had "stagnated'.

The study showed that almost a fifth of Britain's 15-year-olds were operating below the required reading level set by the OECD to enter further education or the job market, while 20 percent of students were below in maths and 15 percent in science.

Meanwhile countries such as Estonia, Poland and Norway saw a rise in their own levels, surpassing those in the UK.

Britain fell from 17th in 2006 to 25th for reading skills among 15-year-olds, according to the OECD's study.

In maths, the UK dropped from 24th to 28th place.

Around half a million 15-year-olds from more than 70 countries took part in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study 2009.

The study assessed how students could use their knowledge and skills in real life, rather than just repeating facts and figures.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/216028/British-teenagers-among-the-most-stupid-in-the-world

I'd agree wioth that assesment....

all of which is down to lefty liberalist ideas of teaching and educating and lefty "experiments"

NON of which have shown any benefits (except to create equality ...the equality of the lowest common denominator) have over the years cost a fortune, and MOST of which have eventually been abandoned or changed in favour of the latest lefty nutters idea

Lord Foul wrote:I'd agree wioth that assesment....

all of which is down to lefty liberalist ideas of teaching and educating and lefty "experiments"

NON of which have shown any benefits (except to create equality ...the equality of the lowest common denominator) have over the years cost a fortune, and MOST of which have eventually been abandoned or changed in favour of the latest lefty nutters idea

Not all of it -- it's also the fault of the British who supposedly know better but are apparently too impotent to do anything besides cry on the Internet about it.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I'd agree wioth that assesment....

all of which is down to lefty liberalist ideas of teaching and educating and lefty "experiments"

NON of which have shown any benefits (except to create equality ...the equality of the lowest common denominator) have over the years cost a fortune, and MOST of which have eventually been abandoned or changed in favour of the latest lefty nutters idea

Not all of it -- it's also the fault of the British who supposedly know better but are apparently too impotent to do anything besides cry on the Internet about it.

They also voted for the Tories. If Corbyn gets in next time, everyone will be brain dead.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I'd agree wioth that assesment....

all of which is down to lefty liberalist ideas of teaching and educating and lefty "experiments"

NON of which have shown any benefits (except to create equality ...the equality of the lowest common denominator) have over the years cost a fortune, and MOST of which have eventually been abandoned or changed in favour of the latest lefty nutters idea

Not all of it -- it's also the fault of the British who supposedly know better but are apparently too impotent to do anything besides cry on the Internet about it.

They also voted for the Tories. If Corbyn gets in next time, everyone will be brain dead.

So if the left did so many things to make British people among the stupidest in the world, why didn't the Tories do anything about it?

He's gorn into one ...

Raggamuffin wrote:He's gorn into one ...

What does Star Trek have to do with this?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

They also voted for the Tories. If Corbyn gets in next time, everyone will be brain dead.

So if the left did so many things to make British people among the stupidest in the world, why didn't the Tories do anything about it?

they are doing ...slowly, but they have to fight the lefty teachers unions and "educationalists" all the way...

things like reintroducing the simple concept of competition in sport and the idea of winners and losers (forbiden under the lefties). things like prioritsing and requiring a knowlege of "times tables" (also lost under lefty mayhem in education)...MUCH needs repairing

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:He's gorn into one ...

What does Star Trek have to do with this?

LOL but  suspect over her head

When Victor says Lefty he means British
 
Really if you rewrite his posts swapping the words they make much more sense.
 
Other Left wing nations don’t have the issues so there is no correlation to left wing these are British/European issues so there does seem to be a correlation to decrepit old world nations.

yeah well the british lefty does seem to have a fair monopoly of stupidity

but what would an antipodean hobgoblin know about education...

australia...one of the first countries to start churning out single subject mentats with no knowlege outside of that one subject??

(and most can only count to keep a check on how many beers are in the fridge)

Hmmmm, sorry Ben, but at least we don't have 'tick the right answer' exams lol.  Am I wrong that your High School exams are multiple choice answers?

That being said, there are some people on here that rather prove your point.

besides veya, I only know of the "british experience"...unlike YOU I dont pretend to know whats going on in places i dont visit for extended periods, or have close ties to.....

Lord Foul wrote:yeah well the british lefty does seem to have a fair monopoly of stupidity

but what would an antipodean hobgoblin know about education...

australia...one of the first countries to start churning out single subject mentats with no knowlege outside of that one subject??

(and most can only count to keep a check on how many beers are in the fridge)

we have the better education standards than the UK
We have already embraced technology in education,
we are currently implementing post-startrek style classrooms

And yes you do besides it doesn't take a genius to read and articles or 2

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/global-school-rankings-interactive-map-shows-standards-of-education-across-the-world-10247405.html

Singapore	1
Hong Kong	2
South Korea	3
Japan	4
Taiwan	5
Finland	6
Estonia	7
Switzerland	8
Netherlands	9
Canada	10
Poland	11
Vietnam	12
Germany	13
Australia	14
Ireland	15
Belgium	16
New Zealand	17
Slovenia	18
Austria	19
United Kingdom	20

USA is 28th

Lord Foul wrote:besides veya, I only know of the "british experience"...unlike YOU I dont pretend to know whats going on in places i dont visit for extended periods, or have close ties to.....

Exactly Why your nation is such a failure
 
The Misguided Belief that the 'British experience' is a thing
Brits are just people like everyone else
Stop being dumb and thinking your special snowflakes.  
You are just a particularly inbreed group of hairless apes


confronting the fact that the stagnation of your culture has rendered you close to obsolescence

veya_victaous wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:besides veya, I only know of the "british experience"...unlike YOU I dont pretend to know whats going on in places i dont visit for extended periods, or have close ties to.....

Exactly Why your nation is such a failure
 
The Misguided Belief that the 'British experience' is a thing
Brits are just people like everyone else
Stop being dumb and thinking your special snowflakes.  
You are just a particularly inbreed group of hairless apes


confronting the fact that the stagnation of your culture has rendered you close to obsolescence

And he's off on his daily rant about the Brits.

Seriously, you're just so jealous of Brits - you need to get over not being British.

veya_victaous wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:besides veya, I only know of the "british experience"...unlike YOU I dont pretend to know whats going on in places i dont visit for extended periods, or have close ties to.....

Exactly Why your nation is such a failure
 
The Misguided Belief that the 'British experience' is a thing
Brits are just people like everyone else
Stop being dumb and thinking your special snowflakes.  
You are just a particularly inbreed group of hairless apes


confronting the fact that the stagnation of your culture has rendered you close to obsolescence

unlike YOU I dont pretend to know whats going on in places i dont visit for extended periods, or have close ties to.....

sassy wrote:Hmmmm, sorry Ben, but at least we don't have 'tick the right answer' exams lol.  Am I wrong that your High School exams are multiple choice answers?

That being said, there are some people on here that rather prove your point.

There's really no national "way of doing it" over here. Some lazy teachers give multiple choice exams, but I had plenty of "answer in the form of an essay" nightmares.

Oh, and I refuse to believe that they don't keep score at UK high school (or whatever you call it) sporting events, as Vic claims

Ben_Reilly wrote:

sassy wrote:Hmmmm, sorry Ben, but at least we don't have 'tick the right answer' exams lol.  Am I wrong that your High School exams are multiple choice answers?

That being said, there are some people on here that rather prove your point.

There's really no national "way of doing it" over here. Some lazy teachers give multiple choice exams, but I had plenty of "answer in the form of an essay" nightmares.

Oh, and I refuse to believe that they don't keep score at UK high school (or whatever you call it) sporting events, as Vic claims

Of course they do, that's how they send kids to represent the school at County contests, which then go on the UK contests.    And of course the inter-school contests.  Load of rubbish but it keeps Victor happy lol



Here's some of the results lol  http://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-in-schools/english-schools-athletic-association/esaa-results

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9420771/Top-universities-forced-to-introduce-remedial-maths-classes.html


Only in a leftie labour education system can so many be 'winners' for being lowers...!

yeah sassy...thats why some schools stopped "competative games"
thats why its now virtually impossible to "fail" an exam....
thats why the incentive to learn is all but gone
thats why far too many kids dont know their basic number bonds and need a calculator to add up their bus fare
thats why kids (older ones at that) cant even do basic trig in thier heads...

There you go, Tommy just decided he's prove you right Ben lol

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yes yes sassy we know whats potentially available

but whats available and whats used is another matter......

Sassy... please explain how so many can pass enough gcse and a level exams and gain entry into university but then need to be taught remedial level maths and English...!?