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[kenny]

19 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Smoking costs society £17bn – £5bn more than previously estimated

 

https://ash.org.uk/media-centre/news/press-releases/smoking-costs-society-17bn-5bn-more-than-previously-estimated

I saw that. It's reaching hard isn't it?

 

It includes all costs, including £12bn spent on the cigarettes themselves. 

 

Even if you include all costs to the state it would be under £4bn.

 

[Daggers]

 

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[Jon the Hat]

3 hours ago, Daggers said:

 

****ing cyclists.  That is quite the helmet though.

[Daggers]

4 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

That is quite the helmet though.

Women tell me that all the time.

[Lionator]

14 hours ago, Brizzle Fox said:

Wow the ex Minister for "Common Sense" is very special indeed....

 

This is of course not offensive at all.

 

Stick to doing Cilla Black impressions you extremely unserious woman.

 

Hahah bloody hell, what a head case. 

Edited 30 August by Lionator

[Trav Le Bleu]

6 hours ago, Daggers said:

Women tell me that all the time.

When you say all....?

[Daggers]

Just now, Trav Le Bleu said:

When you say all....?

Literally, there are four of them who follow me everywhere, never sleeping, never stopping. I’ve got used to it by now, but the wife still struggles from time to time. Makes it awkward at the cinema and funerals so I don’t tend to go to them anymore, and it causes arguments when we go for a meal for two and have to request a large table. And some people think their lives have problems.

[Trav Le Bleu]

44 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Literally, there are four of them who follow me everywhere, never sleeping, never stopping. I’ve got used to it by now, but the wife still struggles from time to time. Makes it awkward at the cinema and funerals so I don’t tend to go to them anymore, and it causes arguments when we go for a meal for two and have to request a large table. And some people think their lives have problems.

Ok Bosley.

[kenny]

[Vacamion]

 

Oh Thüringen. 

 

I may never* eat one of your delicious Bratwursts again.

 

 

 

 

 

*ok, I will, but still....

[leicsmac]

55 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

Oh Thüringen. 

 

I may never* eat one of your delicious Bratwursts again.

 

 

 

 

 

*ok, I will, but still....

I don't want to make the point about history being cyclic, but, well...

[Super_horns]

Do those involved in Education think this is a good move?

Are Ofsted too harsh in their grading ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gv0ydj62no

[Jon the Hat]

8 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Do those involved in Education think this is a good move?

Are Ofsted too harsh in their grading ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gv0ydj62no

It always seemed clear to me that drawing a line and saying if you are a tiny bit above you are outstanding, and a tiny bit below you are satisfactory etc was a bad idea.  Should be shown as a score on a box plot across different categories so you can see the different areas and how they perform vs other schools in the UK.  

[Jon the Hat]

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Edited 2 September by Jon the Hat

[kenny]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

It always seemed clear to me that drawing a line and saying if you are a tiny bit above you are outstanding, and a tiny bit below you are satisfactory etc was a bad idea.  Should be shown as a score on a box plot across different categories so you can see the different areas and how they perform vs other schools in the UK.  

Its already broken down into different areas with a detailed 5-6 page report that tells you about the school. The reports are a very detailed summary IMO.

 

 

The issue with the case in the BBC article is as follows which makes it different from the regular grading system.

 

Under the current system, concerns about safeguarding lead to an automatic bottom grade, and often the head teacher losing their job.

[Jon the Hat]

17 minutes ago, kenny said:

Its already broken down into different areas with a detailed 5-6 page report that tells you about the school. The reports are a very detailed summary IMO.

 

 

The issue with the case in the BBC article is as follows which makes it different from the regular grading system.

 

Under the current system, concerns about safeguarding lead to an automatic bottom grade, and often the head teacher losing their job.

Agreed that is ridiculous.  Still though in the bucket you mentioned above, those RI ratings could be 1 point off good and this simplified view doesn't help.  It should be a score out of 100 imo.

[kenny]

4 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Agreed that is ridiculous.  Still though in the bucket you mentioned above, those RI ratings could be 1 point off good and this simplified view doesn't help.  It should be a score out of 100 imo.

The 3-4 pages of detailed reporting is more useful than a pointless score.

[Daggers]

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Edited 2 September by Daggers
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[Daggers]

On 30/08/2024 at 02:54, Jon the Hat said:

****ing cyclists.  That is quite the helmet though.

[Daggers]

But in real news (in Ireland):

 

[Daggers]

Hey @Raj - I see your group is having a special museum night. 

 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

19 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

It always seemed clear to me that drawing a line and saying if you are a tiny bit above you are outstanding, and a tiny bit below you are satisfactory etc was a bad idea.  Should be shown as a score on a box plot across different categories so you can see the different areas and how they perform vs other schools in the UK.  

I've always found the "outstanding" classification strange. By definition of the word (you're standing out against the rest), only an elite few can surely have that epithet. If everyone is outstanding, then precisely no one is.

 

Also, outstanding doesn't really mean good either... I mean, you could say LCFC's 2022/23 season was outstanding in so many ways.

 

It's ironic that this is(was?) a classification used by a system judging educational standards.

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 hours ago, Daggers said:

Hey @Raj - I see your group is having a special museum night. 

 

 

So New Walk is getting a bigger cafe when this is the kind of thing that will bring more people through the door!

[Wymsey]

This is the best opportunity to arrest him..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy527yex0no