should be, probably is, probably doesn't sink in for most

I was probably taught loads of stuff to GCSE but buggered if any of it sank in and I still struggle with Excel formulas.

He's not talking about making everyone do A-Level standard maths but I can see the real world benefit of some applied/real world classes in personal financial management, basic business accounting, understanding tax, working with fecking Excel.

We did a doss subject 'General Studies' which would have been perfect for covering this sort of stuff. You could throw in basic consumer law, how UK politics works, basic first aid, using powerpoint, offside rule, etc etc.

Posted By: CWC on January 5th 2023 at 10:21:31

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I don’t understand why Rishi Sunak wants students to study Maths until the age of 18. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 5, 07:20:11
- Whole lot of wooshing going on here / / / (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jan 5, 14:31:13
- it's just nonsense to distract people. There is a shortage of maths teachers (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Jan 5, 12:29:42
  - Yep. It’s all a distraction from their utter failure and fraud (n/m) (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Jan 5, 13:27:00
- Probably (General Chat) - bullsch, Jan 5, 10:33:31
- It just doesn't add up (n/m) (General Chat) - Boyer, Jan 5, 10:17:40
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- Because it’s cheap and doesn’t tackle any real issues (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Jan 5, 09:53:25
- Maths (General Chat) - Canarykevin, Jan 5, 09:27:25
- Because unemployment figures for 16 to 18 year olds (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Jan 5, 09:23:47
- because numbers are wonderful (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 5, 08:02:02
- if everyone understood calculus and compound interest (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jan 5, 07:58:28
  - should be, probably is, probably doesn't sink in for most (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 5, 10:21:31
    - Offside rule and VAR (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 5, 11:51:23
- 😂👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 5, 07:54:41

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