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If we are supposed to be preparing children for the real world, then craziness like this has to stop.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7479758.stm

Posted by Carl Tyler On 06/29/2008 | | del.icio.us  Technorati  Digg This 

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Gravatar Image1 - As an American, I have to say how happy I am to see that this particular laughing stock of poor child rearing isn't about us for a change.

Posted by Andrew Pollack At 11:24:54 AM On 06/29/2008 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image3 - @1 lol - when I saw the link was to a BBC page I thought "oh no, what have we done now?"

So I had the same relief as you when it turned out to be the Swedes.

Still, I'm sure we're not far behind in the UK, the govt seems keen on social engineering through schools.

Posted by Peter Smith At 02:38:11 PM On 06/29/2008 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image4 - If its approved by the Swedish parliament it will probably become an EU law, which governs us now anyway. It's not Rule Britannia anymore.Emoticon Emoticon

Posted by Dad At 02:42:35 AM On 06/30/2008 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image5 - This is even worse than the horse-puckey they do in the US now, I thought we have the monopoly for this kind of nonsense over here. ... like declaring that all teams win if they just participate in a tournament, etc., etc., etc., ...
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Posted by Victor At 10:02:15 AM On 07/07/2008 | - Website - |


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