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I'm amazed.

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Jax Blunt
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The guy from the NUT had absolutely no answers.

You’ve got to go to school so that you’ll get your rough edges knocked off, so that you’ve got a common ground with other children, so that you’ll fit in with the social structure of our society.

I don’t think that our social structure is anything to be held up as fantastic, and as for knocking off rough edges – hah! Train them to be good little drones, they mean…

The home educated adult was fascinating, as was Leslie Baron. Paula Rothermel stands up well for the facts. The guy from the NUT was a complete waste of space. Disappointing.

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3 responses to “I'm amazed.”

  1. Sarah, Roo and Kids avatar
    Sarah, Roo and Kids

    I actually kinda like my kids rough edges! Missed this debate though.

  2. Sarah avatar
    Sarah

    Disappointing, but hardly surprising?! I missed it too, is it/the transcript online anywhere … off to have a look!

  3. Tim avatar
    Tim

    You can find the whole thing as an audio file here, but I would not recommend you install the Real Player you need to play it.

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