'Why do some people hate Jews?' - GCSE question
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You said it 'matters a great deal'.
I don't debate that point and have said that it is always going to cause offense, so I fully understand that it matters.
None of the questions you suggest provide any better way of asking the very same thing.
Kids are taught about certain things in the two years of GCSE study. The exam board can ask questions on any aspect of it. I think it would be more offensive to people if they were deliberately not teaching about the Jewish religion, practices, features, beliefs and history to avoid asking a question like that and potentially causing upset.
I don't debate that point and have said that it is always going to cause offense, so I fully understand that it matters.
None of the questions you suggest provide any better way of asking the very same thing.
Kids are taught about certain things in the two years of GCSE study. The exam board can ask questions on any aspect of it. I think it would be more offensive to people if they were deliberately not teaching about the Jewish religion, practices, features, beliefs and history to avoid asking a question like that and potentially causing upset.
My questions are less offensive.
No one is suggesting that the topic should not be taught. Children are not so stupid that they cannot appreciate that some issues are sensitive to some people.
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yes i know it was rhetorical
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What is probably right, is maybe to just not ask the question to save anyone from getting upset?
But then are you (the exam board) hiding from large parts of history?
I wouldn't want to have to write an exam, I know that.
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Not asking the question doesn't make it all go away. (Eurgh horrid negative contruction - sorry!) We learn history partly to try and not repeat the same mistakes. I just happen to believe that it can be taught sensitively as well as honestly.
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Re: 'Why do some people hate Jews?' - GCSE question
And as if it wasn't (in)senstitive enough, the Torygraph did a Daily-Fail by changing “why some people are prejudiced against Jews” to "why do some people hate jews?". Bit of a difference there.
Meow, would you object to a (in fact, the) question: Why are some people prejudiced against Jews?
In fact the Torygraph has been very disingenuous here: prejudice and hatred are different things. Although they often go together, they can be separated.
Meow, would you object to a (in fact, the) question: Why are some people prejudiced against Jews?
In fact the Torygraph has been very disingenuous here: prejudice and hatred are different things. Although they often go together, they can be separated.
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And as if it wasn't (in)senstitive enough, the Torygraph did a Daily-Fail by changing “why some people are prejudiced against Jews” to "why do some people hate jews?". Bit of a difference there.
Meow, would you object to a (in fact, the) question: Why are some people prejudiced against Jews?
In fact the Torygraph has been very disingenuous here: prejudice and hatred are different things. Although they often go together, they can be separated.
Meow, would you object to a (in fact, the) question: Why are some people prejudiced against Jews?
In fact the Torygraph has been very disingenuous here: prejudice and hatred are different things. Although they often go together, they can be separated.
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And as if it wasn't (in)senstitive enough, the Torygraph did a Daily-Fail by changing “why some people are prejudiced against Jews” to "why do some people hate jews?". Bit of a difference there.
Meow, would you object to a (in fact, the) question: Why are some people prejudiced against Jews?
In fact the Torygraph has been very disingenuous here: prejudice and hatred are different things. Although they often go together, they can be separated.
Meow, would you object to a (in fact, the) question: Why are some people prejudiced against Jews?
In fact the Torygraph has been very disingenuous here: prejudice and hatred are different things. Although they often go together, they can be separated.
Don't you think it's still a rather loaded question? I don't like it.
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I think it's a valid exam question. Yes, the wording could have been more sensitively done, but those issues are important to examine and understand, not sweep under the carpet like some people in that article were suggesting (the Head of Hasmonean High School, one of the best schools in the country, full stop, should be ashamed of himself).
But I still think it's too deep and complex for 15-16 year olds - if they get marked poorly on that one, it won't be their fault. Explain briefly, indeed.......
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Oh please........... me, of all people? Come on...........
I think it's a valid exam question. Yes, the wording could have been more sensitively done, but those issues are important to examine and understand, not sweep under the carpet like some people in that article were suggesting (the Head of Hasmonean High School, one of the best schools in the country, full stop, should be ashamed of himself).
But I still think it's too deep and complex for 15-16 year olds - if they get marked poorly on that one, it won't be their fault. Explain briefly, indeed.......
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I think it's a valid exam question. Yes, the wording could have been more sensitively done, but those issues are important to examine and understand, not sweep under the carpet like some people in that article were suggesting (the Head of Hasmonean High School, one of the best schools in the country, full stop, should be ashamed of himself).
But I still think it's too deep and complex for 15-16 year olds - if they get marked poorly on that one, it won't be their fault. Explain briefly, indeed.......
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Brief answer to the question: Some people are such utter bigots that they are willing to treat millions of people as if they were all just the same. Others are jealous of success or things that they don't understand. The world has always had narrow-minded bigots, will always have them, but we can recognise and try and stop them. Bizarrely a minority of people don't like violins and smoked salmon and get upset at those who don't eat pork and like funny hats. *shrugs*
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What's the definition of brief in GCSE exam terms? In my day of O levels that was several hundred words.
Brief answer to the question: Some people are such utter bigots that they are willing to treat millions of people as if they were all just the same. Others are jealous of success or things that they don't understand. The world has always had narrow-minded bigots, will always have them, but we can recognise and try and stop them. Bizarrely a minority of people don't like violins and smoked salmon and get upset at those who don't eat pork and like funny hats. *shrugs*
Brief answer to the question: Some people are such utter bigots that they are willing to treat millions of people as if they were all just the same. Others are jealous of success or things that they don't understand. The world has always had narrow-minded bigots, will always have them, but we can recognise and try and stop them. Bizarrely a minority of people don't like violins and smoked salmon and get upset at those who don't eat pork and like funny hats. *shrugs*