tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post4230343676344002182..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Beat that Catriona!O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-9034036275317858422010-08-28T08:59:26.739+01:002010-08-28T08:59:26.739+01:00"I am not sure I could list 5 achievements of..."I am not sure I could list 5 achievements of the whole assembley to be honest."<br /><br />Fair point<br /><br />"I don't have an issue with 11+/academic selection or streaming, provided it is not run by or subsidised by the State."<br /><br />I do have an issue with it (as illustrated with the 2 links I provided) but in the end we live in a democracy, so if the parents O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-44804879983497917172010-08-28T00:37:47.125+01:002010-08-28T00:37:47.125+01:00I am not sure I could list 5 achievements of the w...I am not sure I could list 5 achievements of the whole assembley to be honest.<br /><br />I don't have an issue with 11+/academic selection or streaming, provided it is not run by or subsidised by the State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-73705053051518898772010-08-26T20:55:22.188+01:002010-08-26T20:55:22.188+01:00"As for integration, it only works where pare..."As for integration, it only works where parents want it. In middle class pockets where everybody pretends that we are all the same."<br /><br />An argument the pro-selection lobby also uses- so in your opinion whereas segregation of children on the grounds of religion is good, segregation of children on grounds of academic ability is bad?<br /><br />Re Ruane's performance, can you O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-5954867805359025532010-08-26T17:05:46.984+01:002010-08-26T17:05:46.984+01:00Peteram79
Since you didn't leave me your mobi...Peteram79<br /><br />Since you didn't leave me your mobile number, address, and email address I will assume that you too are happy to be anonymous (or is the use of a pseudonym, the new transarency).<br /><br />As for integration, it only works where parents want it. In middle class pockets where everybody pretends that we are all the same.<br /><br />I am not sure that you will be any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-68218174066696205622010-08-19T13:36:42.384+01:002010-08-19T13:36:42.384+01:00I was originally criticising Catriona on the groun...I was originally criticising Catriona on the grounds of rank hypocrisy, rather than of performance. However, since the debate seems to have been moved onto her performance, iI'll add my two cents worth.<br /><br />I'd guess that "anonymouus" wishes to remain so to cover his embarrassment at having to type the words "There is nothing wrong with Caitríona Ruane's peteram79noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-20124344292751223032010-08-19T07:27:02.428+01:002010-08-19T07:27:02.428+01:00These articles that I wrote highlight that in term...These articles that I wrote highlight that in terms of how I'd like to see our education system evolving there's not a world of difference between myself and MS Ruane:<br /><br />http://educationforallni.blogspot.com/2009/02/education-for-all-finnish-example.html<br />http://openunionism.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/education-a-less-selective-debate-needed/<br /><br />However, there's oneO'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-27194586703668057722010-08-19T03:43:30.321+01:002010-08-19T03:43:30.321+01:00O'Neill
There is nothing wrong with Caitríona...O'Neill<br /><br />There is nothing wrong with Caitríona Ruane's performance. The Stormont committee system is not geared up to accept change, and she has been prepared to try anyway. As you say, no other party was up for the challenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-80698439632701704642010-08-17T19:34:18.850+01:002010-08-17T19:34:18.850+01:00Peter,
"If not, I'd say he's got a l...Peter,<br /><br />"If not, I'd say he's got a long, long way to go before he even comes close to Catriona..."<br /><br />I am going to play Devil's Advocate here, not by trying to claim that Ms Ruane has any kind of clue but by saying why did the other parties let such a situation develop?<br /><br />Why did the Unionist parties not choose the Education portfolio as their O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-23911931699286111822010-08-17T12:26:30.264+01:002010-08-17T12:26:30.264+01:00Does Mr Andrews live in England, but send his chil...Does Mr Andrews live in England, but send his children to a selective school in Wales under the "granny rule" rather than an English comprehensive, only to then attempt to demolish selection, without any viable alternative plans, once he becomes Welsh education minister?<br /><br />If not, I'd say he's got a long, long way to go before he even comes close to Catriona...peteram79noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-23911216975060891592010-08-17T11:14:15.828+01:002010-08-17T11:14:15.828+01:00Proving that Yes Minster was a documentary, and no...Proving that Yes Minster was a documentary, and not fictionkenseinoreply@blogger.com