Good point, might not succeed so don't bother trying.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

exactly
i mean, kids like my cousin, who's been given a free education in a good school, and who still managed to leave it with a clutch of U's and N's, and is now studying A-levels in photography and media studies... was up smoking and posting on facebook at 3am most nights during her exam period.... yeah, let's chuck more money at kids like that eh, they appreciate it so much. i even bribed her with £50 an A, £40 a B and £20 a C, and she didn't manage to win a lousy purple note.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 10:44, Reply)

You always bring up an isolated example, usually from your pikey family, as to why increased funding in education might be a waste of time.
It might work that way in law, where one example of precedent is sufficient, but it's not very scientific.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 10:57, Reply)

Also, for what it's worth, research shows that the most beneficial way to spend on education is to pour it into early years.
Your teenage cousin was already a lost cause by the time you tried to bribe it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 10:59, Reply)

she was top of the class then
she got badly bullied by kids who weren't as bright and thought working was for "gays"
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 11:03, Reply)

Those kids know everything!

( Peej, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 11:10, Reply)

no, tangles knows everything!
can't you keep up?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 11:12, Reply)

I'm struggling to see how you have made this assumption based on what I said.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 11:16, Reply)

did you wake up on the left side of your bed today?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 10:45, Reply)

My bed has no right hand side.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 10:46, Reply)