tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post5104671705394378356..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Ed Balls on his Government's RecordCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-56392379330103516852009-10-03T11:11:21.954+01:002009-10-03T11:11:21.954+01:00Education is not a right!Education is not a right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-40552031390199337452009-10-02T19:22:35.523+01:002009-10-02T19:22:35.523+01:00Bless what a lovely man he's extending the rig...Bless what a lovely man he's extending the right to have an education enforced on our children.<br /><br /> Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted in 1948:<br /><br />"Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. …" (Article 26)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-18423979437521030812009-10-02T19:22:20.901+01:002009-10-02T19:22:20.901+01:00Bless what a lovely man he's extending the rig...Bless what a lovely man he's extending the right to have an education enforced on our children.<br /><br /> Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted in 1948:<br /><br />"Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. …" (Article 26)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-23468298984048670472009-10-02T16:55:00.463+01:002009-10-02T16:55:00.463+01:00Yes, Anonymous. That was back in May. Another exam...Yes, Anonymous. That was back in May. Another example of the non-ability of 'experts' to make sensible decisions. I wonder how the family is getting on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-68675178062098334042009-10-02T14:12:24.714+01:002009-10-02T14:12:24.714+01:00Have you seen this? A mother who is teaching her d...Have you seen this? A mother who is teaching her disabled daughter at home, has been told she must go to a 'case conference', as social workers want to stop her, under a law aimed at child abusers.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5257657/Mother-stopped-from-homeschooling-handicapped-daughter-due-to-child-neglect-law.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-78763386314920471522009-10-01T21:24:37.616+01:002009-10-01T21:24:37.616+01:00Seems to me like it'll be more along the lines...Seems to me like it'll be more along the lines of 'mandatory' attendance at school, rather than a 'right'!! They have the right to continue with education their whole lives if they want to!<br /><br />I was thinking that this was very contradictory to people suggesting the lowering of the voting age to 16--can't pass that if we are going to 'force' 'adults' into schools!Elizabeth (My Reading World)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09878751176756550420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-22288569558643926512009-10-01T19:11:52.033+01:002009-10-01T19:11:52.033+01:00Ach, well, he doesn't have to tell the truth a...Ach, well, he doesn't have to tell the truth all the time, y'know.<br /><br />Danae<br />http://www.threedegreesoffreedom.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com