Humour: why school is good for you

I discovered the Bradford Muslim blog yesterday (that is, about two hours ago) through Deenport; brother Atif Imtiaz has an excellent bit of humour about Why School is Good For You. If you don’t understand irony, don’t bother clicking the last link.

On the same subject, the BBC finally showed its Panorama yesterday (after postponing it for several weeks due to the ever-so-important report on possible impediments to Prince Charles’ and Camilla’s civil marriage), about Why Bullies Win, which is about the appalling record of British state schools in dealing with bullying. I saw the programme and it was really shocking stuff – kids being terrified of going to school, some killing themselves or trying to, and parents being told it is their fault or their children’s, and the bizarre approaches to the subject proposed by some intellectuals. It’s necessary viewing for anyone thinking of sending their children into this system.