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Education Official Says Bad Teachers Can Be Good For Students 279

Zenna Atkins, the chairman of the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), has raised some eyebrows by saying that, "every school should have a useless teacher." She stresses that schools shouldn't seek out or tolerate bad teaching, but thinks bad teachers provide a valuable life-lesson. From the article: "... on Sunday Ms Atkins told the BBC that schools needed to reflect society, especially at primary level. 'In society there are people you don't like, there are people who are incompetent and there are often people above you in authority who you think are incompetent, and learning that ability to deal with that and, actually surviving that environment can be an advantage.'"

Comment Re:Common sense? (Score 1) 800

Are you seriously quoting Arthur Kellerman? I'll see your link to a partisan anti-gun website, and raise you four links that discredit his research. http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdgaga.html http://home.comcast.net/~dsmjd/tux/dsmjd/rkba/kellerman.htm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,7217,00.html Arthur Kellerman also thinks you shouldn't be allowed to have an automated defibrillator in your home. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20040806/lifesaving-machine-over-counter He doesn't give a rat's ass if you live or die, as long as you aren't allowed to take care of yourself. Have you ever noticed that these anti-gun groups are all about preventing gun violence, but they never cry about any other type of violence? I've decided that they really don't care if you get murdered or raped or mugged, as long as it's not done with a gun.

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