Saturday, January 3, 2009

I'm hoping this will turn out as I hope- it's the first time I've tried to embed an url link in a post... The MP speaks for all people with brains when he criticises the idea of naming a school a "place of learning". The whole point of calling it a school is to save on words and ink and breath... What's next? A pub being called a "drinking centre"? Shops being called "purchasing localities"? Farms being rebranded (pardon the pun) "agriculture zones"? Schools are- by their very definition (maybe the head teacher could gain an understanding of that word) "places of learning" and therefore don't need to have their definition spelt out. It's enough to make one want to consume large quantities of sugar-digested-by-yeast...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7809481.stm

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