We have pooled thoughts on the NHS, how about education?

DaisyAnne are you allowed to be a troll on Gransnet? Using logic only, how can you ban troll hunting if there are no trolls to hunt?

I am not being flippant!

DaisyAnne you might have gathered that this is the first time I have ever posted on social media. I am completely unaware of the concept of troll hunting. Thank you very much for explaining.

It’s an interesting experience, if somewhat time consuming to be on this site but I have discovered some interesting things.

ronib

So what category of the forum’s rules does Volver’s comment on the b… F off mountains come under?

Are you surprised that I think you are working with Volver? Please explain

The suggestion that one person is working with another to mislead would be seen, I believe, as Troll Hunting, ronib. Troll Hunting is not allowed.

The new head of Oxford University criticises the narrowness of English education

www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-64236662

icanhandthemback
Well let’s just say that I choose not to describe mountains in this way! Yes this site is very Edinburgh fringe… thanks for the comment.

ronib

So what category of the forum’s rules does Volver’s comment on the b… F off mountains come under?

Are you surprised that I think you are working with Volver? Please explain

The language (which is lightened by asterisk) is not against the Forum rules as far as I can tell. Volver wasn't directing the language at you, she was merely describing the mountains. Her comment actually made me laugh out loud even though we have quite different thinking on independent education.

I sometimes find myself disagreeing with Volver (and no doubt Fleurpepper) and sometimes agree with her but I certainly wouldn't think of myself as part of her back up team if I did defend her.

I've found Fleurpepper, that there are some posters here on GN, that think if two people think the same was as each other, but not the way they do, then the two must be a cabal.

Best to go and have your lunch, I think. I did.

So what category of the forum’s rules does Volver’s comment on the b… F off mountains come under?

Are you surprised that I think you are working with Volver? Please explain

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oh ronib

Fleurpepper's not my backup team.

You've got the wrong poster. Check your sources. 🤣

volver

^She lived near St Andrews.^

Ohh, so do I. Maybe I know her.

Not the only person I know in St Andrews! What a nightmare! Joking 🙃

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She lived near St Andrews.

Ohh, so do I. Maybe I know her.

Fleurpepper

Ronib, you have got me totally confused.

You were previously talking about someone/a child of yours with high grades not able to go to a Scottish University. Which seemed to indicate that person is Scottish and should be entitled to such a place?

And then you say ''For Scotland I often wonder why your population figures are quite sparse and England is very over populated. Surely first step is to encourage your bright students to stay in Scotland although I have to say that England has done very well out of the migration.''

so the person you are talking about is not Scottish?

Those repeated personal attacks on volver are totally our of order and should be reported.

Of course the person I am talking about is Scottish. She lived near St Andrews.

What do you not understand?

Ronib, you have got me totally confused.

You were previously talking about someone/a child of yours with high grades not able to go to a Scottish University. Which seemed to indicate that person is Scottish and should be entitled to such a place?

And then you say ''For Scotland I often wonder why your population figures are quite sparse and England is very over populated. Surely first step is to encourage your bright students to stay in Scotland although I have to say that England has done very well out of the migration.''

so the person you are talking about is not Scottish?

Those repeated personal attacks on volver are totally our of order and should be reported.

What are you talking about..?

again....

Volver are you part of some GN mafia network?

For Scotland I often wonder why your population figures are quite sparse and England is very over populated.

Because we have big f*** off mountains everywhere

Social inequality is not my imagined problem. For Scotland I often wonder why your population figures are quite sparse and England is very over populated. Surely first step is to encourage your bright students to stay in Scotland although I have to say that England has done very well out of the migration.

I have tried to understand the way Scotland funds degree courses and it is very complicated.

As you say, maybe start a separate conversation?

ronib

Oh Volver! So poetic again

Ach, its my guid Scottish education.

Anyway, what would you do to solve your imagined problem, ronib?

Please don't suggest charging individual students fees as I'll know that you really don't know anything about Scotland.

Oh Volver! So poetic again

Fleurpepper I am not able to tell you about in between students but I guess they will be counted as not domiciled in Scotland.

Yes I have in a way tried to expand on the whole idea of social inequality because it seems to me that we have an even more unequal society in the Uk than 50 years ago. I started out as a starry eyed sociologist and was warned against trying to effect any social change. Unfortunately I walked away from the subject and it’s quite surprising to see how slow progress can be.

Do you not think it very unfair that the cap on university places exists?

jings, the spelling...

I wonder if you're new to some of these discussions ronib? Since you didn't know...

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