Standards have been so dumbed-down

On 6 October 2010, Deputy Headmistress, Katharine Birbalsingh was quoted thus by The Daily Mail:

"We need to instil competition amongst the kids and help build their motivation by ensuring they’re not given everything and that they are held to account for what they do.

We have a situation where STANDARDS HAVE BEEN SO DUMBED DOWN THAT EVEN THE CHILDREN KNOW IT. When I give them past exam papers to do from 1998, they groan and beg for a 2005 or 6 paper, because THEY KNOW IT’LL BE EASIER.

Exclusion quotas bind our headteachers, league tables have all of us pursuing targets and grades. INSTEAD OF TEACHING PROPERLY... THE ORDINARY CHILD… IS LOST IN A SEA OF BUREAUCRACY…

BLACK UNDERACHIEVEMENT is due in part to THE CHAOS OF OUR CLASSROOMS, and in part, to THE ACCUSATION OF RACISM.

IF YOU KEEP TELLING TEACHERS THAT THEY’RE RACIST FOR TRYING TO DISCIPLINE BLACK BOYS, AND IF YOU KEEP TELLING HEADS THAT THEY’RE RACIST FOR TRYING TO EXCLUDE BLACK BOYS, IN THE END, THE SCHOOLS STOP REPRIMANDING THESE CHILDREN.

BLACK CHILDREN UNDERACHIEVE BECAUSE OF WHAT THE WELL-MEANING LIBERAL DOES TO HIM. ”

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