Home educator, data nerd, home ed exams specialist, ex-Chair of Governors and one time computer programmer. Expect eclectic thoughts.
Katie Finlayson
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The UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s by spring 2027.
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social reacts to today's news, and measures it against the evidence we already have about social media restrictions.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@classicsshrewsbury.bsky.social spot a quote from one of your ex-students :)
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And that’s a wrap on GCSEs for N this season and on home ed for him forever (unless something goes drastically wrong with plan A of college next year!).
Down to one now…
Luckily the government gave itself lots of powers months ago to implement (much of) whatever it decided using secondary legislation, which at least has very robust scrutiny mechanis…
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Academics warn that for many students, the chance to study Classics in school is slipping away.
I'm sorry but I am just regularly very disturbed by how some adults talk about young people over the age of 16. (Or as they are in fact better known 'other adults'.)
It is the official stance of the UK government that you're mature enough at 16 to vote in general elections, but not mature enough to go on YouTube after dark.
re the day's debate - I get that I was pretty precocious but I did move to an entirely different country where I didn't know anyone, by myself, at 17 years old, and I'm yet to regret it for even one moment, and I hate that we're apparently building a world where 17yos as seen as babies instead?
