Secular Café: Back in the Jug Agane

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Back in the Jug Agane Apr 18th 2013, 20:50 http://childrensbookshop.com/images/...s/84/84499.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Molesworth WHAT is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? asked W H Davies in his poem Leisure. But Education Secretary Michael Gove asks no such thing: apparently his world view a life of organised work is a life fulfilled. And the sooner we get used to this idea the better. Quote: Education secretary Michael Gove has called for longer school days and a cut in the length of holidays, which he said would improve performance and make life easier for working parents. The reforms could allow state schools to choose to stay open until 4.30pm and introduce a shorter, four-week summer holiday for pupils from September next year, representing a profound change for parents used to tailoring their working hours to the classroom timetable. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...l-day-holidays Is it really good for youngsters to spend so much time in the company of a narrow group of people (children their own age, teachers and other staff) mostly in the confines of a single building, conforming to a regime imposed by the state? My own youngsters, like myself a long time ago, emerged with good qualifications, but mostly attached more value to things they learnt in their spare time - reading, playing musical instruments, discussing all kinds of things, using the computer, baking, playing games and exploring the local area. One of them spent a lot of time thinking while standing on her head or swinging in the garden.

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