Gordon Brown’s Motto For Education
“WITHOUT Labour, nothing,” says Gordon Brown, words echoed by Brighton and Hove Grammar School.
We call for “Achievement beyond expectation” (Banksome School, Darlington). It is “Onwards and upwards” (Camden High School For Girls).
And do we not strive for “Excellence through endeavour (Kennet School, Newbury).
We could go on. Gordon Brown does. He wants a return to the halcyon days when the school motto, and not a curry kebab with spliff chaser, was on the lips of every shiny-eyed child.
He tells an audience of headteachers, as witnessed by the Independent, that the school motto should “make it possible for young people to bridge the gap between what they are and what they have the wherewithal to become.”
Indeed, without school mottos, where would Gordon Brown get his soundbites from? Brown used his school motto – “I will do my utmost” – in his first speech as Prime Minister.
“To strive and achieve is to succeed,” says Brown’s advisors at Howard School, Medway.
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Posted: 1st, November 2007 | In: Politicians Comments (7) | TrackBack | Permalink
