2019 - will one thread be enough for the whole year?

[marathondan]

Yes, there are plenty of pointless exercises in school. I'm constantly in tension with the institutional nature of school, which doesn't sit well with my easy-going nature. But to paraphrase Churchill: school is the worst way to educate children, apart from all the other ways that have been tried. (Secondary school costs about £5000 per pupil per annum. I keep trying to work out if the money could be spent more effectively.)