to ban Christmas plays, time for making decorations and story time at primary school?

[HollyMiamiFLA]

Because it's wasting valuable learning time. All that time spent rehearsing for a 15 minute play. Preparing decorations for the classroom which then got removed. Sitting on a carpet listening to a story. It's all learning time that they are wasting.

From Michael Gove

[SantanaLopez]

YANBU. While you are at it, I think lunchtimes and playtime ought to be out the window as well.

And have you ever seen those videos of Chinese schools on youtube? With the military style exercises in the morning? Oh yes. I think that's cracking.

[HollyMiamiFLA]

I did work at a school where the children marched into class arms folded chanting the times tables.

[fridayfreedom]

Yes ,of course there is no valuable learning in those activities al all!! Tosser!!

[DioneTheDiabolist]

Michael Gove isn't real.

[Binkyridesagain]

Why can't every seat in a classroom be a commode, valuable learning time is lost due to children going to the toilet.

[FoxesRevenge]

Bring back the strap.

[Lottiedoubtie]

Has he actually said this? [boggles]

[anothernumberone]

Does he actually have children. Have they been super super achievers like maybe a top neurosurgeon and a theoretical physicist. He sounds like he has a fundamental lack of understanding of education. But still so long as he is striking a chord with his own constituents it hardly matters.

[HollyMiamiFLA]

He hasn't said it. But a school did ban Xmas because OFSTED were due.

[CheesyBadger]

Cover him in chocolate and throw him to the toddlers!!

[Bowlersarm]

so he hasn't said it?

[DaddyPigsMistress]

I have very little knowledge of the education system and how it works but its like Goves never seen one let alone been in one.

I cant turn away when hes on the news, his stupidity has me sitting there mouth agape.

[DaddyPigsMistress]

**seen a school.
Sorry

[elQuintoConyo]

What a massive wanker.

[insancerre]

He should ban weekends too
and all those holidays

[snice]

But he didn't actually say what your OP said then?

[snice]

Isn't that a bit misleading?

[orangedog]

I think that modelling state education on battery farming is the way forward. Cram as many children as possible into a classroom from birth to age 18 and force feed a diet of timestables.

[guggenheim]

Of course! remember it is a business not a child centered learning environment.I bet you my body weight in chocolate buttons that within a year some twerp decides that children can actually make money while being in school. Perhaps spin cloth while doing pe? sort out accounts for businesses during maths...

[Bowlersarm]

OP - if HE DIDN'T SAY IT - then what a stupid sensationalist thread

You can't just make up things and expect people to comment when they don't know it isn't real.

Why did you just say 'reasons I don't like Michael Gove' or something, rather than making something up?

[FourFlapjacksPlease]

He has said plenty of stupid things and I don't disagree that he is a wanker. However it is a little odd to post with imaginary Gove quotes.

[SantanaLopez]

OP is making a joke, FFS.

[Bowlersarm]

Oh. Very funny. Ha ha.

[SaltaKatten]

I've been told that when I am talking to the class or to a group of pupils, teaching them, then that is learning time being wasted! It seems that unless they are sitting in silence working on calculations or writing, then learning time is wasted.