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2009-08-14 Britain

Teenager given 'council certificate for getting on bus in Greater Manchester'

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-08-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "It just seems really silly to me," said Bobby,

Me too.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-08-14 01:33|| 2009-08-14 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Modern education.

Bet the unit and lesson plans for this fill a binder.

Posted by john frum 2009-08-14 08:42|| 2009-08-14 08:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Entitled "Using Public Transport (Unit 1)" it recognised, amongst other skills, his ability to:

*Walk to the local bus stop.

*Stand or sit at a bus stop and wait for the arrival of a public bus.

*Sit on the bus and observe through the windows.

Let's hear it for the British Education system. This type of faux educational accomplishment may soon be coming to our country.

Posted by WolfDog 2009-08-14 10:58|| 2009-08-14 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4 "I can only suppose this comes from some box they have to tick in order to get funding."

Hamy immediate thought - exactly.

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-08-14 12:18|| 2009-08-14 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 What? No award for wiping himself after going poo-poo? Slacker!

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-08-14 13:28|| 2009-08-14 13:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Building self esteem. Earnt esteem, after acting so independently, but faux esteem silliness, for the certificate, which the lad has not bothered to frame and hang on the wall. My mother used to run similar exercises for her trainable mentally retarded students, when she was the program designer for the sheltered work shop. I think she aimed that one at those with a mental age of 11-12 years.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-08-14 14:24|| 2009-08-14 14:24|| Front Page Top

#7 "I think she aimed that one at those with a mental age of 11-12 years."

Well, that explains it then, tw. That's the apparent age of the clowns giving out the certificate....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-14 14:32|| 2009-08-14 14:32|| Front Page Top

Let's hear it for the British Education system. This type of faux educational accomplishment may soon be coming to our country.

you seem pretty optimistic that the US system will improve to that level...

Posted by abu do you love ">abu do you love 2009-08-14 23:13|| 2009-08-14 23:13|| Front Page Top

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