A GOOD EDUCATION – IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY. 8:06 am / 05 April 2012 by ann arky, at annarky's blog.
Herein the UK we pride ourselves on being a civilised country yet ourelected millionaire representatives are creating an education systemthat is tiered according to you place in the class system, a classsystem that they rigorously adhere to, it is built into the way theythink. Since this bunch of millionaire parasites came to power, thiscountry by 2014/15 will have seen, in real terms, a 13% cut in publicspending on education. What this does is create a very high level ofeducation for those super rich friends of the millionaire cabal incharge, a second, and lower level of expensive education for thelower caste, (middle class) and the lowest level of poorly fundedsticking plaster education for the peasants, the “untouchables”,in this class ridden society that we tolerate.
Dr Bousted, who heads the most moderate of the three teachers' unions stated: "This Coalition Government's attack on poor children is a blight upon our conception of ourselves as a civilised society. They remind me of a former Prime Minister who said there was no such thing as society." She also stated that among cuts that had affected the poor were:
A 22 per cent cut ingrants to Sure Start centres designed to give the under-fives a goodstart in life. This has led to the closure of 124 centres;The removal of the ring-fence on funding forschool meals at a time when the number of children entitled to freefood at school has risen by 110,000;Cuts in local authority funding which have led toone in five councils axing the supply of library books to primary andsecondary schools;The withdrawal of education maintenance allowancesof up to £30 a week which encouraged poorer students to stay on inpost-16 education;A real-terms cut of 13 per cent in public spendingon education by 2014-15.
What we should never lose sight of is fact, thatthis “deficit reduction” is all to save the bankers and bondholders from losing any of their ill gotten gains. So on who side doesthat put our elected millionaires? Just whose benefit are theyworking for, those that they throw into the dustbin of societythrough unemployment, decimated health care, underfunded education,or their millionaire friends the bankers and bond holders who get allthat public money?
Since they believe in, and work at perpetuating a class system, then we have no alternative but to recognise that fact and to engage in earnest in class war.
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