exam results

 

Why are we still getting it so wrong??

“pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15.2%, in comparison with 6.9% for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds.”  (BBC)

 So after teachers did their best to estimate a pupils performance in their exams, the exam board did a statistical excercise but not a fair one.  They reduced the teacher estimates by a greater level in poor areas by twice as much as the did for pupils in rich areas.

When was this?  - NOW in 2020 - seriously still??

When in the name of God are we going to stop treating people so badly because they are poor!!

We have a massive change needed in society.  People of Colour are discriminated against, The poor are (and often BAME are poor as well), women are.  It is built into the structures of our society.  We have to change it!

 Two stories from different religions -   Jesus  talked about how much greater was the offering  of the poor widow than the bigger donations  of the richer,  As Islamic sage  arriving in Delhi  went straight in his travel stained clothes to the big feast and was placed well down in the queue  - seeing his he popped  home  had a wash and brush up and put his posh coat on and went back to his pace in the queue  - immediately he was picked out  as and escorted to a top table – when he got their he rubbed  his food over his posh coat  -  when asked why  - - he replied  "the coat got me fed  - it deserves its portion".  Every religious  faith  has stories like these  - that  challenge us  to change our values  - to change the way we think – to respect people regardless of  race, gender wealth as equals  and every  society ignores the teaching of their faiths.  (sadly, the organised religious communities are also very good are ignoring this part of their respective faiths)

 

Enough is Enough - we must change - why do we need true faith  -  because it can change the world for the better -  true faith is not going to wat with others, true faith is  not building barriers , true faith is not hypocrisy, true faith is building a better society.     It is time for  a holy war against injustice but not a war of hate, instead  a Jihad of Love , a struggle to change and create a holy society not based on doctrine  but on equality of worth, equality of hope, of education, of health care – a just and fair world