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All the children of the nation are to be cherished equally - but some will be cherished more equally

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Tuesday October 03, 2006 22:51

by Skanger Pride

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The slow rightward lurch

The pernicious effects of Centre For Talented Youth of Ireland and other "gifted education" programmes.

The Centre for Talented Youth of Ireland does its' best to portray itself as an organisation that helps children of high ability to prosper. That is partly true - it charges a lot for attending. This is surely a classist thing.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51054&r...59211

Some would say "So what?", pointing to the fact that the organisation is not doing anything illegal, even though intelligence testing is a controversial topic.

But what is disturbing is the fact that the Irish Government is funding it! In 2004 the subvention from the Department of Education and Science amounted to 86,000 euro! (The document is linked to below.)

How on earth can the government take the taxes of the working classes to pay for an elitist summer school which those same working classes cannot afford to enter?! This is a national scandal!

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Comments (45 of 45)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	The very , very wealthy like 'cachet'	Masseuse	Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:22
2	My apologies if I don't get your drift	Skanger Pride	Wed Oct 04, 2006 15:01
3	I was agreeing with you.	Masseuse	Wed Oct 04, 2006 16:16
4	A courageous author challenges the ideolgy of "giftedness"	Skanger Pride	Thu Oct 05, 2006 18:52
5	Answers to questions	Skanger Pride	Thu Oct 05, 2006 21:04
6	I loved it.	CTYI'er	Wed Oct 18, 2006 15:18
7	CYTI(er)	Masseuse	Wed Oct 18, 2006 15:49
8	not quite..	CTYizen	Wed Oct 18, 2006 16:02
9	as above	caats	Wed Oct 18, 2006 16:44
10	Globalisation	Masseuse	Wed Oct 18, 2006 16:45
11	why is there such stigma in being gifted	giftedorcursed	Wed Oct 18, 2006 18:54
12	Cop on.	CTYI'er	Wed Oct 18, 2006 21:28
13	Skanger Pryde	Donall	Wed Oct 18, 2006 22:45
14	Working class jargon	Artemis_Gwinhilda	Thu Oct 19, 2006 21:28
15	We are the normal people	Johnnie Talented	Thu Oct 19, 2006 21:36
16	A Yardstick	Masseuse	Thu Oct 19, 2006 21:42
17	Misconceptions	Former CTYI Student	Fri Oct 20, 2006 02:44
18	A reply to CTYI'er	Skanger Pride	Mon Oct 23, 2006 19:44
19	SAT's	Yardstick	Mon Oct 23, 2006 20:21
20	Reply to caats	Skanger Pride	Mon Oct 23, 2006 20:22
21	Yardstick confuses me	Skanger Pride	Mon Oct 23, 2006 20:24
22	I asked last a CYTI(er)	Yardstick	Mon Oct 23, 2006 20:33
23	To Donall	Skanger Pride	Mon Oct 23, 2006 20:50
24	Another reply to CTYI'er	Skanger Pride	Mon Oct 23, 2006 20:53
25	In referance to the above	Former CTYI Student	Tue Oct 24, 2006 01:05
26	Clarification	Yardstick	Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:56
27	Jeez louise!	CTYizen	Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:30
28	CTYI	Viv	Tue Oct 24, 2006 19:39
29	just an addon	ex-staff	Tue Oct 31, 2006 19:16
30	The regection of grammatical rules is endemic here...	comma	Tue Oct 31, 2006 20:33
31	Complete disagreement	CTYI student	Fri Nov 03, 2006 15:10
32	Thank goodneess for CTYI	CTYI Parent	Tue Nov 07, 2006 09:29
33	in response to Skanger Pride	CTYI Pride	Wed Nov 08, 2006 15:00
34	In response to CTYI pride	Skanger Pride	Wed Nov 08, 2006 17:05
35	More Groucho than Karl Marx	Neurotic Tendencies	Wed Nov 08, 2006 22:10
36	Interesting blog	Skanger Pride	Thu Nov 09, 2006 15:29
37	So, babies and bathwater	Cormac	Sat Nov 11, 2006 18:57
38	More interesting analysis of gifted education	Skanger Pride	Mon Dec 04, 2006 14:04
39	What about us?	LaurenJ	Mon Mar 12, 2007 00:08
40	Apologies	LaurenJ	Mon Mar 12, 2007 00:32
41	A little knowledge is, well, a little knowledge.	Goddit	Fri Aug 10, 2007 02:39
42	Masseuse	Goddit	Fri Aug 10, 2007 02:52
43	A few observations.	FormerStudent	Fri Nov 23, 2007 23:38
44	research first	someone	Fri Jan 23, 2009 23:07
45	Future CTYIer...	Sarah	Wed May 09, 2012 19:16

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