Alastair Gittner
@agittner.bsky.social
Now retired science teacher and school leader, after 31 years I decided to hang up my chisel point. Grandad, father, husband, cyclist, birdwatcher, foodie and baker. Still interested in all things education especially research informed practice
Surely this is the common oversimplification of Heisenberg? I am not going to go and see the film; so it is both brilliant and crap at the same time, If I go then there is no doubt about it.
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Surely this is the common oversimplification of Heisenberg? I am not going to go and see the film; so it is both brilliant and crap at the same time, If I go then there is no doubt about it.
Oh they must work in those schools where the school day had more hours in it than the rest of us
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Oh they must work in those schools where the school day had more hours in it than the rest of us
This was basically the argument I had with my (left school at 14) father in law about how useless all the chem eng graduates he had to work with at ICI. He expected them to come with knowledge on how ICI worked and when they didn't he saw no value in their degree.
January 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM
This was basically the argument I had with my (left school at 14) father in law about how useless all the chem eng graduates he had to work with at ICI. He expected them to come with knowledge on how ICI worked and when they didn't he saw no value in their degree.
Probably all those in the thread so far know how difficult it is for school leaders to make the decision to suspend a student. What is missing in these pronouncements is any sort of nuance. Every case requires nuance and blanket proposals will never fit because we are dealing with children.
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Probably all those in the thread so far know how difficult it is for school leaders to make the decision to suspend a student. What is missing in these pronouncements is any sort of nuance. Every case requires nuance and blanket proposals will never fit because we are dealing with children.
it worked in the US as far as I can see. We've been heading that way here (from the TV punditry before elections) though I concede Starmer's win didn't fit that pattern.
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 AM
it worked in the US as far as I can see. We've been heading that way here (from the TV punditry before elections) though I concede Starmer's win didn't fit that pattern.
Nope: she, like Trump and Farage, has worked out that electoral systems, especially first pass the post, are won in only a few constituencies. They are doing the move to lets gamify politics and focus on those seats that make the difference. One nation politics is long gone.
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Nope: she, like Trump and Farage, has worked out that electoral systems, especially first pass the post, are won in only a few constituencies. They are doing the move to lets gamify politics and focus on those seats that make the difference. One nation politics is long gone.
It is a strange article. She tends to write IMO for the large online American readership. Hence the slightly odd comment about alcohol at a school do. I struggle for a newspaper. i take the guardian at the weekends but increasingly there is little in it that attracts me and the US slant annoys me.
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 AM
It is a strange article. She tends to write IMO for the large online American readership. Hence the slightly odd comment about alcohol at a school do. I struggle for a newspaper. i take the guardian at the weekends but increasingly there is little in it that attracts me and the US slant annoys me.
Does he have a product to sell?
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Does he have a product to sell?
I love Biesta's thinking
January 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I love Biesta's thinking
Damn came into the kitchen and my OH has Morning Live on.
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Damn came into the kitchen and my OH has Morning Live on.
Two words: Dunning-Kruger
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Two words: Dunning-Kruger
I trust this story is true....
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I trust this story is true....
I hate to think what happens to you in an MRI machine
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I hate to think what happens to you in an MRI machine
Heh...if my Methodist minister Dad had been in the Church of England instead I could have been Upper Middle class I'll have you know.
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Heh...if my Methodist minister Dad had been in the Church of England instead I could have been Upper Middle class I'll have you know.
If you listen very carefully you may hear the sound of the world's smallest violin.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
If you listen very carefully you may hear the sound of the world's smallest violin.
During COVID as a society we got into checking the news regularly for updates. By hyping the speculation they are trying IMO to get us to go back for updates, which rarely happen over short time slots. So yes I agree with much of your post
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
During COVID as a society we got into checking the news regularly for updates. By hyping the speculation they are trying IMO to get us to go back for updates, which rarely happen over short time slots. So yes I agree with much of your post
I wonder if part of the problem is that viewing figures for news are now important. I have stopped watching TV news as it is often mere endless speculation, and v little analysis. Correspondents seem to be trying to out do themselves in the potential seriousness of a story on little evidence.
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I wonder if part of the problem is that viewing figures for news are now important. I have stopped watching TV news as it is often mere endless speculation, and v little analysis. Correspondents seem to be trying to out do themselves in the potential seriousness of a story on little evidence.
I can never decide with posts like this; do I just block them, as I don't need their foul opinions in my feed, or do I tolerate them "To know mine enemy"?
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I can never decide with posts like this; do I just block them, as I don't need their foul opinions in my feed, or do I tolerate them "To know mine enemy"?
..oh ye of little faith😂
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
..oh ye of little faith😂
This is true for all factions in the Labour Party and has been true for decades, sadly. Most of them care more about running the party than the country or so it seems.
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is true for all factions in the Labour Party and has been true for decades, sadly. Most of them care more about running the party than the country or so it seems.