Teachers have today proposed* banning the word ‘fail’ in schools, instead telling kids that got the answer wrong that they just ‘deferred success’. I’m sorry, but have you ever heard such laughable tripe in your whole God damn life?

Deferred success? Is that not just as ‘harmful’ to kids’ minds? If that’s the case, they can just sit back, keep on deferring all the success they’re bound to get, and wait for it all to fall into their poor little laps. Being told I got a question wrong when I was younger just made me want it even more. I wanted to impress people. I wanted to get a good grade. If everyone’s a success at everything that they possibly can be, just because it hurts a bit to tell them they failed, how is anyone going to achieve anything?

Have the high and mighty forgotten that some people aren’t educationally brilliant? Perhaps they’re an inspiring musician or budding bricklayer. Perhaps they WANT to be a bricklayer. Have they thought of that?

Exams are bad enough. You can take them again, and again, and again, until every delinquent little beast in the country has 20 A*s to their name. And only half as many university places available. Top idea.

One step too far.

*I apologise for dirtying the blog already with a link to the Sun, but it was the only one I could find.