#scottish schools

[just2keepyousatisfied]

how i look in the exam hall after waking up at 6am because all my wack ass exams start at the buttcrack of dawn

[the-midnight-kid]

huge fuck off @ all the adults telling me to stop worrying and being upset rn

[fandom-star]

SCOTLAND BECOMES THE FIRST COUNTRY TO HAVE COMPULSORY LGBTI EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS!

Can I transfer to a Scottish school?

[alice-blogs-things]

Things About American High Schools That I Will Never Fully Understand (Because Things Work Differently In Scotland)

1. This emphasis on sports. Whilst we have sports clubs here, and we do take pride in our football successes, they aren't the be all and end all, nor are they televised. 2. Cheer squads. This is just not something we have here, though clubs for cheerleading do exist. 3. Marching bands. We do have school bands, and sort of a mini-orchestra of pupils, but they don't play at football games or anything like that. 4. Mascots. Again, this is just not something we have here. 5. Standardised tests. Over here, you get six years of high school, and you don't have to sit any formal exams until your fourth year. The rest of the time you're judged on your coursework and a few tests, each covering a different unit. For instance, in Maths we have three units, and a test at the end of each. However, a lot of these are open book, taking a lot of pressure off. 6. The fact that (as far as I'm aware) you need to pass every subject in order to graduate. Here, once you've finished your sixth year, that's it. You take the qualifications and grades you were able to get, and figure out what to do with them. To get into university, you need a certain number of Highers- the second highest level of qualification you can get in Scotland (I think it's like an AP-level class, but I may be wrong)- and you need to get particular grades in those Highers. However, most people take two years to do this, to make it easier. This is what I did- I got three Highers last year, and I'm hoping for two more this year. 7. How expensive and difficult college is to get into. This is mainly because education here is free. We only really need loans for things like buying books, paying rent and travelling. 8. Sports scholarships. No offence to people who are on sports scholarships, it's just not something we have here. 9. Anxiety-inducing levels of pressure. Whilst school over here isn't a picnic, the fact that we aren't always getting tested on something, don't have to pay for university and don't need to pass everything to leave takes a bit of pressure off. 10. Dress codes. I can understand fully why dress codes are a pain for students in America- particularly female students- but since we have uniforms here, dress codes aren't usually a problem. 11. Always having the same subjects every day. We have six subjects in the senior phase (fourth years (aged about 15), fifth years (aged about 16) and sixth years (aged about 17)) and you get five periods of each, scattered throughout your week. Usually there's at least one double, and a double split by either break or lunch. 12. Distinct cliques. Having a uniform makes putting labels on particular groups harder. We have groups of popular kids, groups of nerds, groups of emos, etc. It's just not always as clear who's in which group. Also, this might just be me, but I noticed that by not having football teams and cheer squads with inflated egos, there's less of a hierarchy of cliques. We all just kinda exist, seperate but equal. We've got groups of "cool" kids, but they're less… privileged, I guess. Less entitled. Honestly, the lines can get pretty blurry between the typical groups. It's easy to have friends in several groups, and some of the popular kids are surprisingly nice. At least, the ones at my current school are. Note: This is not intended to insult anyone at American schools. I have so much sympathy for everyone who has to go through the American school system and cope with all the pressure that comes with it. However, I thought it would be interesting to make a comparison between the school system in America and the one here, and I wanted to share my observations.

[snorklepie]

Scotland is first country to approve LGBTI school lessons

Equality campaigners hail new inclusive curriculum as ‘monumental victory’

[irnbraw]

A Scottish Nationalist Socialist sees what it wants to see...  

If you have ever been unfortunate enough to get caught up in a twitter (or other) argument with a SNatsi (i.e. a member or supporter of the nationalist socialist Scottish National Party) you will be familiar with the world they inhabit and how every problem (real or imagined) has one (compound) cause (England/Britain/the English/Scottish Tories/the Tories) and one singular solution (separatism, i.e. break up of the UK).

Here - huv yer answer, noo whit wiz the question?

From badly reported weather ( “the Met Office maps are intended to belittle the size & scale of Scotland” ) to deceptively stocked airport shops ( “why are there pork pies with union jacks on the wrapper in Edinburgh Airport!!??” ) everything was caused by the same thing and everything can be fixed by the same answer.

So all pervasive is this prescription that if I coin a new term you will instantly recognise the concept of the Gnat’s Compound Aye.

Alighting upon this description also clarifies another couple of recurring thoughts, when dealing with SNatsis.  Why they constantly make that whining noise and how it is that, even in relatively small numbers, they manage to be so annoying!  Even, perhaps, why they are attracted to Green mold!

The gnats of the SNP are pests, they are bugs, they are constantly ‘in your face’ - even when you have no desire to interact with them.  And despite lots of limbs, they are utterly incapable of any heavy lifting. 

Yet all the while they fill the air.  They fly in and out of your range of vision.  They whine and buzz in your ears.  They land on everything you touch and eat.  Unlike ants (or bees), Gnats are merely parasites.  They live off of others, are completely non-industrious and leave behind merely poop.

And though all this is 100% true - they would recognize none of it.  They see every fact as a lie, every lie as ‘the revealed truth’ they, and only they, have to impart.  The whole picture - well that is just one of the inevitable result where separatism wins.  All other pictures are distortions or stories made up by MI6.

So, just like arguing with an actual midgie, fly or gnat, arguing with a SNatsi is pretty pointless.  Its much more important to swat them away and head off their pooping and breeding in the first place.

Political Malaria

That’s why stopping them from hanging round schools is so important.  Bad enough that the SNP seems actively bent on destroying Scottish education, they must not be permitted to benefit from their crimes against a generation of Scottish kids.

WARNING - MESSING WITH CHILDREN’S EYES!

Specifically, we need to end the SNP government’s political party interference in schools.  Replacing a good rounded education with lower standards and myopic grievance-based relativism instead of facts, won’t fly.  It is unacceptable.

In short - The SNP must stop bugging Scotland’s schoolchildren!

[alice-blogs-things]

Shoutout to all my Scottish followers- assuming I've got any- that are starting their N5 and Higher exams next week. We can do this!

[safeguardingineducation]

Mental health provision lacking in Scottish schools

The Scottish Children's Services Coalition said urgent action was needed to improve mental health support in schools. The current situation is leaving many young people at risk.

Scotland is the only UK country with no national strategy for school-based counselling services.

Source: BBC  Date: 14 February 2017