This is what happens when the state starts to micro-manage. We had the scenario in Ireland where the Government decided that alcohol prices were too high and too restrictive. So they introduced later weekend opening hours and granted alcohol sale licences to corner shops and petrol stations. Then they banned smoking in pubs. Then a study said that binge and home drinking was a problem so they cut back on pub weekend hours but let every petrol station in the state sell booze to teenagers. Now the call has gone out to cut down on off license sales. All in the space of 5 years!! Knee jerk all round.
I read an article today in the Irish press that insinuated that the British Government were planning to drop the oral french part of A-Levels exams because it was causing undue stress to students. I ask you what is the point of studying a language if you cant understand it spoken??? This compares with the Irish solution of 10 years back when they discovered that too many people were leaving school without a mathematics qualification. We had 2 levels. Pass and Honours. The solution? Increase teaching standards? God no. Bring in a third below the other two
Where will it stop???
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