Amol Rajan article in Evening Standard

Jonathan Rogers · Post by **Jonathan Rogers** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:12 pm

I only saw this by chance today (articles about chess are still running in the print version of the Evening Standard!) and thought it deserved a wider audience

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comme ... 05646.html

JustinHorton · Post by **JustinHorton** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:35 pm

I thought it deserved a narrower audience.

Jonathan Rogers · Post by **Jonathan Rogers** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:55 pm

JustinHorton · Post by **JustinHorton** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:59 pm

Because nothing in the piece suggests that Amol Rajan has anything particularly useful or knowledgeable to say about education.

Neill Cooper · Post by **Neill Cooper** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:58 pm

Thanks for flagging up this interesting article Jonathan.
Graveney School itself has a chess club which would itself benefit from Amol Rajan's suggested support of school chess.

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:09 am

That article tells us nothing, thankfully its very short.

Andrew Martin · Post by **Andrew Martin** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:32 am

It would be nice to know where the chess teachers are coming from to support this idea. I am not sure we have enough.

David Robertson · Post by **David Robertson** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:38 am

I would legally enforce rote learning of English poetry, particularly from the Renaissance.

Absolutely!

Andrew Martin · Post by **Andrew Martin** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:53 am

Exactly what the inhabitants of Plaistow, Southall, Moss Side, Handsworth and Toxteth need.

Mick Norris · Post by **Mick Norris** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:00 am

Andrew Martin wrote:It would be nice to know where the chess teachers are coming from to support this idea. I am not sure we have enough.

I would be pretty sue it won't happen, and pretty sure we wouldn't have enough - however, is this a catch 22 situation i.e. we haven't enough because there aren't enough teaching opportunities, or do we simply not have enough players who could teach?

Robert Stokes · Post by **Robert Stokes** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:22 am

As a retired secondary school teacher of 32 years experience, I can tell you that compulsory chess lessons will go down like a lead balloon with the vast majority of students no matter who is giving the lessons.

Robert

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:34 am

Yes, and many will end up hating chess for life if not longer... .

David Robertson · Post by **David Robertson** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:35 am

But what about English renaissance poetry? Surely the surliest teenage brute would be stirred by The Faerie Queene

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:40 am

If it's put into rap-form then perhaps.

JustinHorton · Post by **JustinHorton** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:54 am

And hopefully done better than this.

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