Nick Gibb told MPs that some students arrive in the workplace or at university with literacy and numeracy problems.' (Mail)
This is no great surprise - the standards are so low and we have reached a point where it is approaching 'irreversible' where English is concerned. Never in the last 120 years have fewer pupils been reading for pleasure.
I sometimes ask pupils about their reading habits outside school and frequently entire groups do NONE whatsoever.
Today, I received an E Mail from a former pupil who gained excellent GCSE results (including an 'A' for me in RS). Frankly, I was ashamed of the English contained within and I know that it was hardly possible for him to have been better taught.
Technology has largely replaced reading. It is a big price we must pay!
