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The Egg Man wrote:As far as I'm aware the need to provide schools for both main denominations is enshrined in law. There's no legal compulsion to send kids to one type of school or another - just so long as the kid goes to a school.
The Egg Man wrote:hungryjoe wrote:cell wrote: I would hazard a guess that segregated religious schooling comes out pretty high, as soon as you split kids up and introduce an artificial difference you are just stacking up problems for the future. Rather then continue to waste money on data analysis and categorisation, I would like to see the police call on the politicians to put an end to this nonsense.
Ridiculously cheap drink has to be another major contributor to violence, the police were happy to support minimum pricing so why don't they lobby for an end to tax payer funded brain washing and let kids grow up together questioning their parents and societies inbuilt divisions.
You're 100% right about segregated schools, I don't know what can be done about it, it's enshrined in law as far as I know.
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As far as I'm aware the need to provide schools for both main denominations is enshrined in law. There's no legal compulsion to send kids to one type of school or another - just so long as the kid goes to a school.
gap74 wrote:How to explain the cheaper alcohol in other European countries that don't have problems with alcohol related violence and illnesses?
I've been to countries too where alcohol is both heavily taxed and available only from very limited government-run off-licences. People there seemed to like nothing better than getting as wasted as humanly possible at the weekend too.
Bridie wrote:I didn't know what it mean't either and according to celyn's post I'm supposed to have said it ::):
Josef wrote:The Egg Man wrote:As far as I'm aware the need to provide schools for both main denominations is enshrined in law. There's no legal compulsion to send kids to one type of school or another - just so long as the kid goes to a school.
Aren't there just schools, and then separate Roman Catholic schools, as per the 1918 Education Act? Whilst accepting that the negligible number of 'other religions' pupils in Scotland (I'm guessing) until recently would have made this a de facto P/C divide.
The Egg Man wrote:At the risk of accusations of pedantry I can't see anything that would make a school building a Roman Catholic school. What makes a Roman Catholic school a Roman Catholic schools has to be about the ethos, the pupils, the staff and so on. What was a Roman Catholic school on Friday afternoon could quite easily be a non denominational school on Monday morning.
The Egg Man wrote:Quite apart from anything else, Glasgow seems to have far too many schools and school places for the number of kids we have now and are predicted to have in the future. Everyone seems to agree that some schools have to close and pupils and staff relocated to fewer, newer, better buildings - it's just that nobody seems able to agree which schools should close apart from an absolute conviction that it mustn't be their local school.
It'd also free up teachers to help reduce class sizes to those promised by Fiona Hyslop.
Celyn wrote:Bridie wrote:I didn't know what it mean't either and according to celyn's post I'm supposed to have said it ::):
Oops! Sorry about that. Looking back, I see that Riotgrrl said it, so I'm not sure what happened there, but I must have mucked up the quote function.
gap74 wrote:Funny you should mention climate in relation to the alcohol thing, Josef. It seems an obvious link on the face of it, but I've come round to thinking in the last few years that it plays a much bigger part in alcohol consumption, exercise levels and mental health than is perhaps generally accepted.
Josef wrote:...I'm guessing you will not get a Scottish political party coming out in favour of schools integration. Not if they want to win in any of a substantial number of Scottish seats.
gap74 wrote:Funny you should mention climate in relation to the alcohol thing, Josef. It seems an obvious link on the face of it, but I've come round to thinking in the last few years that it plays a much bigger part in alcohol consumption, exercise levels and mental health than is perhaps generally accepted.
The Egg Man wrote:hungryjoe wrote:cell wrote: I would hazard a guess that segregated religious schooling comes out pretty high, as soon as you split kids up and introduce an artificial difference you are just stacking up problems for the future. Rather then continue to waste money on data analysis and categorisation, I would like to see the police call on the politicians to put an end to this nonsense.
Ridiculously cheap drink has to be another major contributor to violence, the police were happy to support minimum pricing so why don't they lobby for an end to tax payer funded brain washing and let kids grow up together questioning their parents and societies inbuilt divisions.
You're 100% right about segregated schools, I don't know what can be done about it, it's enshrined in law as far as I know.
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As far as I'm aware the need to provide schools for both main denominations is enshrined in law. There's no legal compulsion to send kids to one type of school or another - just so long as the kid goes to a school.
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