https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/tags/education/ Recent content in Education on Angus Thinks Hugo en @2026 Angus Hardie Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/posts/2006/08/25/abolish-the-three-rs/ Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/posts/2006/08/25/abolish-the-three-rs/ <p>Why is it that whenever anyone seems to talk about education they always seem to use the phrase &ldquo;Three Rs&rdquo;. This particuarly stupid phrase seems to appear in every article about basic education.</p> <p>I think the very stupidity of this phrase affects education as a whole. If commentary and discussion on the topic of literacy is illiterate, what hope do those trying to achieve literacy have?</p>