Katharine Birbalsingh criticises the UK's failed education system at the 2010 Conservative Party Conference
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@Ytvzoey3 ай бұрын
Anyone else here after watching the interview with Jordan Peterson? Great job 👏
@traveljamaica60393 ай бұрын
Lol yea ,just watched
@melaniemungia86853 ай бұрын
Yep 😂
@sgordon81237 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Katherine. Love your book. All children want fair treatment. Skin colour does not matter unless you teach them that it does.
@ColeHolio229410 жыл бұрын
This is the speech she was sacked for, which was a disgusting move.
@davidcox883810 жыл бұрын
This should be on the national curriculum, not for students education, but for teacher education. The closed system which hates competition and fears being shown it is not working, is called education and is forced on every child and taught by closed, fearful and indoctrinated minds, from the top down to the bottom. The kids are told what grades suit the school and not what the child needs. They are demorlised and held back from achieving because of the schools fear of failure. The exams limit the students, and the school lies to convince everyone it is for the best, it's not! Education is not geared for the students it is geared for the school or college and its leaders..At parents evenings they tell you have everything is perfect and then your child fails their GCSE. They openly lie to guard their backs, but anybody, any parent who really delves into this will see the truth/ Please delve, ask the questions that are difficult to answer, ask the status of your child within the class. Next time the Head says "Children a C grade is Ok" Realise they don't care about the kids, only the league tables and they won't take any risks of upgrading expectations because it is not in the schools interest.
@NathanDuP6 күн бұрын
Australia needs this! Victorian state schools are doomed down their current path...Katharine please start a school in Australia!
@nickbryars60225 жыл бұрын
I was there that day. One of the finest speeches I have ever heard. Her school is brilliant.
@ragyfish11 жыл бұрын
What is she is saying is absolutely true. I was a teaching assistant last year and I often felt that my hands were tied and I was treading of egg shells. It really annoys me when people here in the UK blame immigrants for the demise of the country when the education system here is so far behind other countries like Finland or Canada.
@bluexboxgamer2613 Жыл бұрын
Yes, but Finland has a FAR less strict educational system, whilst years later, the British education system appears to become stricter, and it is still lagging behind the rest of the world.
@philcounty11 жыл бұрын
Good speech, but why have the Tories done so little of any good to the education system since coming back into power. We're still waiting for the changes.
@alexappreciationsociety34213 жыл бұрын
Every decent change they’ve wanted to instigate has been opposed by the terrible teachers unions.
@LabScientist3 ай бұрын
I just watched her interview with Dr Jordan B. Peterson and it brought me here. I wanted to see why she got fired.
@JeffUK7 жыл бұрын
This woman is a goddess of educational know how.
@Stephenischief13 жыл бұрын
@DJCW I agree 100%. 'Even' is such a powerful word in this instance. A very strong suggestion that to be black is some form of detriment.
@philiplancaster96685 ай бұрын
4:15 I found myself physically applauding this.
@daymion09418 жыл бұрын
I went to this school! I was in year 8 and had to move schools because of her. And yes it was a very sht school looking back. Sexual assault, fights , the whole lot.
@watoshy546711 жыл бұрын
I'm from America and I thought countries like the U.K had good education. Turns out their system is just as bad as ours.
@taryn40805 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, but its more shrouded in mystery and an air of air-headedness
@TheUserUndefined10 жыл бұрын
Well of course students now will find a past paper over a decade old more difficult. The specification was different in those times. If my friends and I had a short crash course on the sub-topics taught 50 years ago, I reckon all of us would pass that test with ease. But not now, obviously. If we did it now, we'd only do the questions we've been taught how to do and leave out the other ones (but still attempt them). This isn't because we've been taught a 'dumbed down' spec, but simply a different one. You can't just describe an entire spec as 'dumbed down'. That's not fair. If you really want to compare the specs of two different time periods, do it properly.
@jclarke72236 жыл бұрын
Actually, it is.
@marcusgarvey75883 жыл бұрын
Maths is maths.
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
@@marcusgarvey7588doesn't mean you're learning the same maths
@LarsHendrik3 ай бұрын
It has been dumbed down. Incredibly dumbed down. So more people can pass the tests and go to university.
@mallenkennelsuk58543 жыл бұрын
Well said that woman
@UlsterOrange8 жыл бұрын
What happened to the old upload?
@jclarke72236 жыл бұрын
She should not have shown photos of her pupils, I am afraid. Bad move. Everthing she said is perfectly true, however.
@RonArts4 жыл бұрын
She got the parents' consent beforehand.
@bleurixia4 жыл бұрын
When did she show the students
@TheNyakaat3 ай бұрын
How did this speech lead to her losing her job?
@devilskitchen3 ай бұрын
The excuse was that she had used examples and pictures of children without their permission (not true). Largely it was because schools are very left-wing and speaking at the Tory Conference about the failure of education policy was more than they could bear.
@PillCozbee2 жыл бұрын
Great that this was all said back in 2011. How are progressives doing now with education? Oh.
@tyriqlk55037 жыл бұрын
I resently left michaela community school because of their 'strict' rules. I got a detention for my homework for not including the spelling or vocab which was not needed. So I spoke to the head of English and told him and he said it was all my fault and that my fellow pupils are doing the right thing by taking their detention and learning from it. What exactly are you learning from something that wasn't told to you in the first place. In the end, he brought me to a private room and shouted at the top of his voice and threatened to tell my future universities that I apply for to tell them not to accept me and that I have no self control. Who has more self control? The teacher that gets frustrated and bring you to a private room to shout at the top of his voice and threaten you or the pupil who is standing up to a unfair punishment?
@sensimania7 жыл бұрын
Lion King I hope you told your parents and they reported the head of English to the authorities. He had absolutely no right to threaten an aspiring student's future. Who the hell does he think he is?? I am so angry right now!
@BeckyHTID7 жыл бұрын
sensimania That's disgusting.
@trevorjones32736 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Lion King was not entirely on board with the no excuses culture that has seen Michaela school produce some outstanding results. So what if a teacher shouted at you?! Producing not only the work set, but more again is all built into the system. What do you want, another bog standard school that makes excuses for everything and everybody who cries wolf when they are challenged, or a school full of people who can recite poetry, walk silently in the corridors, add, subtract, multiply and divide in Maths, and correct the Mayor of London when he gives an inaccurate historical date. Katharine Birbalsingh as created a miracle and you should be grateful.
@EdgarAllanJo6 жыл бұрын
Riiiight. Just another faceless detractor of Ms. Birbalsingh making shit up on the internet. Find something more productive to do with your time, liar.
@bench1756 жыл бұрын
Poor kid. They were so hard on you. It's not your fault. Is that what you wanted to hear?
@maximos06213 жыл бұрын
Katharine makes some useful points about the need for excellence and responsibility, but beyond this engages in a considerable amount of stereotyping according to my experience of the public system, but then I work in Australia.
@maximos06213 жыл бұрын
Instilling competition isn’t the only way of achieving motivation. Success alone will do it by that I mean being able to see real progress. Teamwork is also a useful way to stimulate motivation and it reflects much of the reality in the business, academic and public worlds these days. Developing digital as well as conventional literacies is yet another way of fostering competence, excellence and motivation .
@jclarke72236 жыл бұрын
What is digital literacy? If a person is unable to read words in a book or on a screen properly it matters little if they are digitally literate or can explain the plot of a film - they cannot read well and this will damage their life chances until it is fixed.
@LabScientist3 ай бұрын
Go watch her interview with Dr Jordan Peterson.
@thrushjz13 жыл бұрын
This woman is brilliant...I wonder if she's single?
@StrawberryKissesize8 жыл бұрын
can anyone help me to understand what she means at 4.12 when she says, 'black children underachieve because of what the well-meaning liberal does to him'? I dont understand- genuine curiosity- not offence is meant to be made.
@JeffUK7 жыл бұрын
The well meaning liberal is the person in school or people in local authorities that would say 'you can't exclude that boy' for fear of being seen as racist or because they want to give them endless chances as they feel sorry for them or because they make excuses for them.
@jclarke72236 жыл бұрын
Also well meaning people who say background, or home life, or ethnicity make it impossible for this child to achieve.@@JeffUK
@aishapola5 жыл бұрын
i go to this school its ok
@SR-tw5rs4 жыл бұрын
rlly whats ur name lool i go there too
@ummchileanywaysso76092 жыл бұрын
@@SR-tw5rs I go there aswell
@ruqaiyaha11927 жыл бұрын
that Lady is a real mean dragon am lucky I'm only in year 6 and that I'm going to Canons !😅
@iqqi60247 жыл бұрын
Ruqaiyah A urgh. I am in year 6 I am going to her school. I hml
@ruqaiyaha11927 жыл бұрын
that's sad
@ayeshawalid80817 жыл бұрын
Potato Squad don't go
@grahampayne83769 ай бұрын
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@jamesw15uk12 жыл бұрын
Competition does not create confidence but adds pressure. Yes we should have high expectations but pitching those who are poorest in a war with those who are exceptional creates disappointment and a fractured system that leads to no child taking a subjects and going in to the workforce. Additionally all subjects syllabus have changed since 1998 so I hope she isn't giving out papers that are not valuable to anyone. And to all who believe that exams are getting harder: for 1 mark name 4 differenc
@natashawilliams215512 жыл бұрын
"and the ordinary child like Jordan or Natasha is lost in a sea..." me and my friend are not lost we are fine and we like are school, what ever you wanna talk about don't bring me or my friend into it!!!!
@trevorjones32736 жыл бұрын
If you were fine five years ago, then why can't you spell 'our' instead of 'are'. You should have written 'our school'. Where is the comma after the words 'lost' and 'fine' as you should have done? It is precisely children's lack of grammatical discipline that has created a nation of illiterates. Katharine Birbalsingh created a school that corrects such basic mistakes. So no, you are not fine until you reach Ms Birbalsingh's exacting standards.
@letsalldie4u11 жыл бұрын
The way she claims that our education system has been "dumbed" down over the years is extremely derogatory and demoralizing to students like myself who work hard on a daily basis to achieve success. She preaches of lack of motivation and flawed system. Granted our education isn't right, however you also have to look at our current climate and realize that schools aren't necessarily working due to there being nothing to strive toward-no drive for our student as the future isn't as certain...
@ajs417 жыл бұрын
The fact that you worked hard on a daily basis is not an argument against what she was saying in the speech.
@jclarke72236 жыл бұрын
Motivation comes from achievement. That you work hard at something does not mean that what you are doing is hard.
@mrbigstuff61495 жыл бұрын
😳😱You should be working harder. It is their.🤗🤔
@taryn40805 жыл бұрын
Everyone works hard, not just you. Stop being an entitled and moaning, and get on with life as we know it.
@lumpfish9911 жыл бұрын
This is typical ivory tower guff.....she even admits to being a tory.....this entire speech is either opinion or rhetoric....i understand she was fired as a teacher......she might think of working in AI.....she seems to like robots.
@Hereticalable9 жыл бұрын
lumpfish99 How many speeches are not opinion or rhetoric? She lost more than her job, she was sent sexually and racially abusive messages - often by her own peers. Apparently holding different views from the prevalent dogma in academia is not allowed - anything right of centre is just wrong and unacceptable, no?
@sassythesasquatch83318 жыл бұрын
looool burnn
@NROS20127 жыл бұрын
She did not get fired, she left due to the unreasonable gagging orders the school governors wanted to impose.
@nichoughton39626 жыл бұрын
She used to hold Marxist views, until she saw the light.
@jclarke72236 жыл бұрын
Why is it ivory tower stuff to have high expectations of all children and to work towards their achievement of high academic standards. Are you saying most children are too stupid to be able to do well? Are you saying children should not take responsibility for their behaviour and its consequences?
@777HAZARD11 жыл бұрын
Agreed, this speech was based on anecdotal evidence leading to it being misrepresentative and naive.
@tyriqlk55037 жыл бұрын
777HAZARD if you went to the school she is teaching as a headteacher now, you would understand how cruel her methods are. Trust me, I went there and just resently left
@trevorjones32733 жыл бұрын
@@tyriqlk5503 Then you weren't concentrating. Look how you have spelt your penultimate word. The third letter is supposed to be a 'c', not 's'.