Disappearing Scotland
Disappearing Scotland
How did we lose love of learning?
VIOLENCE and verbal abuse against teachers at a new high; English schools outperforming Scottish ones; tens of thousands of pupils in Scotland failing to master basic literacy and numeracy skills by the age of 14: just a few of the headlines in the Scottish press this year.
Silicon Glen: the miracle that just melted away
BACK in the late 1970s, there came a wondrous change in Scotland's landscape. In the explosive growth of personal computers and the internet there appeared before us a vast new glen: Silicon Glen. Our hopes were lifted, as if to some taunting Valhalla. We could see on the outcrops of its upper shoulders the unmistakable gleam of gold, and, through the swirling mists, to deep blue sky beyond.
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Valley haunted by ghosts of a bygone age
WHO can tell exactly when the places of our childhood begin to die? I was born in the Irvine Valley in Ayrshire. Once, it was a string of thriving, happy-go-lucky little towns made famous by lace manufacture.
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- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
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