Michael Gove, the shadow minister for education, etc. has revealed in the Daily Mail that after trying many possible solutions to improve education in this country, - virtually all failures since education is still declining, the government has at last come up with a winner!
The solution? They intend to add into the crowded syllabuses, time for teachers to train pupils to "Twitter".
A high proportion of our young people leave school barely literate, or completely illiterate. What contribution teaching them to twitter will make to remedying this situation is quite beyond me.
They will reach 16 or 18 unable to appreciate the great classics of English literature, or even less worthy literature. They will reach school leaving age unable to understand simple instructions, or leaflets offering help. So what possible contribution will be made by one of the most banal forms of communication yet developed.
If they wish to twitter, they will discover how, just as they understand texting and e-mailing without any formal help. Let them do this, but do not dilute real education any further.
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