'Kid's
strike' over Sats* changes?
Today the online news Magazine The Guardian discuss
the topic of the ‘Kid’s strike’. A group of parents, protesting on social media
using the slogan “Let our kids be kids” plan to keep their children at home on
Tuesday, in protest against the standard assessment tests (Sats) for seven- and
11-year-olds, which they believe are putting their children under unnecessary
pressure.
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The article is written in a direct address to
engage the readers ‘Are you boycotting primary school over Sats changes? Or do
you think the protests are unfair? If you’re a parent or teacher we’d like to
hear your thoughts.’ This article is supposed to make the readers instead of a
passive audience to an active. They give us in the end the chance to speak out
our vote and that’s good. Already the title of the article is direct addressed.
In my opinion the Guardian wants to position
the audience agents the Sats and they did that very effective. I think the Sats
are unnecessary pressure and I would sing against them. It’s good that today is
a strike because it will bring more attention and maybe something will be
changed.
*National Curriculum assessments are a series of educational assessments, colloquially known as Sat’s or SATs,
used to assess the attainment of children attending maintained schools in
England. They comprise a mixture of teacher-led and test-based assessment
depending on the age of the pupils. This test is unrelated to the US college
admission test, the SAT (Scholastic
Aptitude Test or Scholastic Assessment Test).
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/03/are-you-taking-part-in-todays-kids-strike-over-sats-changes