We were devilish proud of them.
On the other hand, the vast mass are sent away with the intellectual equipment of a public school-boy of twelve, and, as I have declared, a large remnant have not been taught even how to read and write.

The storm of political controversy on educational matters has centred round such questions as whether the story of Joseph and his Brethren and the Parable of the Prodigal Son should be taught to little Baptists by a Church of England teacher, and what proportion of rates paid by Church of England ratepayers should go to giving little Baptists a Baptistical training.

If there was a Christ who could come down among us, with what scorching sarcasm would he not shrivel up the Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who in His Name have prevented the People from learning how to read and write.
Look through Hansard.

There never has been a Debate in the House of Commons devoted to the question of Education itself.

If the War can teach us any lessons, as a nation--and sometimes I doubt whether it will--it ought at least to teach us the essential vicious rottenness of our present educational system.
This tirade may seem a far cry from Mrs.Boyce and her sister mothers.
It is not.