For a more general critique of new labour/tory attitudes to equality of
opportunity it's hard to beat this:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n07/stefan-collini/blahspeak
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Sent: 07 June 2010 11:45
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Subject: Re: A new approach to the median
On 07-Jun-10 09:45:29, Paul Spicker wrote:
> Following correspondence on the Social Policy Jiscmail list, I've just
> been looking at a statement by Frank Field in the Daily Telegraph,
> where he says this:
>
> "Any candidate sitting GCSE maths should be able to explain that
> raising everybody above a set percentage of median income is rather
> like asking a cat to catch its own tail. As families are raised above
> the target level of income, the median point itself rises."
>
>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/7803983
> /Poverty-is-about-much-more-than-money.html
>
> As Groucho Marx once said, "Any two year old can understand this.
> Fetch me a two year old."
>
> Paul Spicker
Delightful! But what does that tell us most about?
About Friank Field's understanding? Or is his judgement about
GCSE maths and candidates sitting it sound? Did FF do GCSE maths?
As it happens, the point was picked up just twice amongst the
38 comments, once with a reasonable explanation.
Ted.
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