as I am aware (correct me if I am wrong) they also offer pupils a classical education to bright, hardworking students from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. This should be welcome. Submitted by Jesus Palomo on Fri, 20/07/2012 - 14:38. Great blog. Answering Louis, only the parents should decide if what a school teaches their child is nonsense, not you or me, and definitely not a government official. Having worked for four years in a private Christian school, my number one task was to rescue 13 and 14 years old from functional illiteracy. We used an individualised learning system and tried to keep the fees as low as possible as majority of our students were of South American descend and their parents worked cleaning offices. Of course, we had to watched every penny and didn't renewed computers every 3 years. The tragic part of the story was how shocked the parents were to find their children's academic levels after years of being told their kids were doing fine. Submitted by Philip on Fri, 20/07/2012 - 14:42. @Louise - There are many modes of teaching and upbringing that cause different problems in different circumstances. To some extent, how important we think those problems are depends on our prior moral and religious views, though it is not an evidence-free zone. These perceived problems may relate to the lack of or the pursuit of teaching about issues around which there might be a wide range of disagreement (the importance of