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	<title>Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die</title>
	<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman</link>
	<description>Just another Asdfriendly.org weblog</description>
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		<title>Raising Standards in Education: the Political Method</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, under the new school inspection framework, schools that used to be judged as &#8220;good&#8221; have only rated a &#8220;satisfactory&#8221; rating.
This is not because their standards are declining. It is because, as Ofsted confess, they are &#8220;raising the bar&#8221; in order to &#8220;drive standards upwards.&#8221;
This is no different to attempting to improve the health of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/03/10/raising-standards-in-education-the-political-method/</link>
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		<title>Autism blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of starting a flame war&#8230;
Get a life, guys! Get a life!
(Comments are filtered. Trolling will not be approved. Constructive criticism will.)
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		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/02/10/autism-blogs/</link>
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		<title>Greatness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The standard measure of a great life is the achievement of great things.
I have decided that I disagree.
A great life is one that achieves mundane, ordinary achievements &#8211; but does so while carrying a great burden.
Achieving greatness while shoving the burdens of everyday life onto others is not great.
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		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/02/06/greatness/</link>
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		<title>Some Are More Equal Than Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve already had a go at Lord Snooty for his &#8220;brazenly elitist&#8221; ambition for our education system, but I&#8217;ve come round to a slightly different way of thinking about this. Forget the teachers &#8211; let&#8217;s think about the children.
Let&#8217;s just imagine that my wildest dream comes true: the English education system actually does adopt a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/01/24/some-are-more-equal-than-others/</link>
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		<title>Game Theory (Or why I don&#8217;t play war games against my wife.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;d win,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;No you wouldn&#8217;t. You would have a lovely happy time building a peaceful civilisation until suddenly, and without warning, I attacked it from four directions at once and destroyed you. Then you&#8217;d cry and refuse to have sex with me ever again.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;d win,&#8221; she said.
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		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/01/22/game-theory-or-why-i-dont-play-war-games-against-my-wife/</link>
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		<title>Education, education, education.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Snooty has waded in with his Bright Idea. 
Apparently, setting the entrance requirement for a teacher training course to a 2:2 or better will raise standards in education.
Would that be a 2:2 from a Russell Group University, or a 2:2 from a Million+ University?
And yes, there is a difference. A hell of a big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/01/18/education-education-education/</link>
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		<title>Raising standards in education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, a colleague and I found a box of ancient lesson plans &#8211; and we were delighted to pick over them.  Oh, how standards have improved since Tony Bliar won an election by declaring his three top priorities to be, &#8220;Education, education, education,&#8221; and explained, &#8220;Our children will learn more and they will earn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2010/01/13/raising-standards-in-education/</link>
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		<title>Courtesy Car</title>
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Nice, isn&#8217;t it?
Thirty five grand&#8217;s worth of German luxury saloon as a courtesy car for the day while Darling Wifey&#8217;s little hatchback was in for servicing. That&#8217;s what you get when the dealership manager is pleased with the way his daughter was taught. Kudos to DW.
However&#8230;
It is so wide that it was a nightmare to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2009/10/08/courtesy-car/</link>
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		<title>Public Sector Pay: Frozen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice to see that the Government is taking the economic conditions seriously.
They are promising not to make cuts (because only the opposition does that) and, to prove it, awarded themselves a 2.33% pay rise this year.
However, if you work for the Government, your pay will either be frozen or capped at less than 1%. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2009/10/05/public-sector-pay-frozen/</link>
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		<title>Missed the Boat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always knew I wanted to be a consultant, but by the time I get my act together and fill in an application form, this loophole will have been plugged.
Having said that, I&#8217;ll bet my trousers that it won&#8217;t stop the current lot of consultants charging £500 a day to tell me how to do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://asdfriendly.org/blog/grumpyoldman/2009/09/06/missed-the-boat/</link>
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