If the use of Duncan Edwards and his life, in a school lesson, inspired your 9 year old and helped him / her learn something valuable, be it history or a literacy lesson, why would that leave you fuming?
Quote from: TRO on August 27, 2010, 01:26:24 PMThe one thing that saddened me as much as anything yesterday about this, was when I arrived home and told Mrs Tro (Dudley boro resident and age 36)where I had been and she replied "who ?".I really mean we the residents of Dudley borough and surrounding locality, should have been educated about Duncan at school age by schools.Apparently there is a teacher at Howley Grange primary in Halesowen who too shares this belief and has made sure the young uns there knew who Duncan Edwards was, by means of a special lesson. This should be compulsary schooling round here. We're quick enough teaching little Christians about Buddha and the likes !i think barring actually renaming Dudley into duncan edwards there isnt alot more to be done to up hold his memory in this area. As for your missus not knowing who Duncan Edwards is well so what! He was a young local footballer who was excellent with massive potential! So what if Matt Busby sat in his council house living room and if i came back from work and was told my 9 year olds syllabus now contained Duncan Edwrads lessons i would be fuming! His memory is being upheld, he is held in great esteem, a statue of him in the town centre and sections in the dudley museum on him, Countless roads named and even a large junior football club. Dont you think that is enough TRO???
The one thing that saddened me as much as anything yesterday about this, was when I arrived home and told Mrs Tro (Dudley boro resident and age 36)where I had been and she replied "who ?".I really mean we the residents of Dudley borough and surrounding locality, should have been educated about Duncan at school age by schools.Apparently there is a teacher at Howley Grange primary in Halesowen who too shares this belief and has made sure the young uns there knew who Duncan Edwards was, by means of a special lesson. This should be compulsary schooling round here. We're quick enough teaching little Christians about Buddha and the likes !
What's wrong with learning local history? I'd rather have been told about a great footballer who was born locally than have the story of the Gunpowder Plotters riding over Rowley Hills every November.
Quote from: rutski on August 28, 2010, 08:23:49 AMQuote from: TRO on August 27, 2010, 01:26:24 PMThe one thing that saddened me as much as anything yesterday about this, was when I arrived home and told Mrs Tro (Dudley boro resident and age 36)where I had been and she replied "who ?".I really mean we the residents of Dudley borough and surrounding locality, should have been educated about Duncan at school age by schools.Apparently there is a teacher at Howley Grange primary in Halesowen who too shares this belief and has made sure the young uns there knew who Duncan Edwards was, by means of a special lesson. This should be compulsary schooling round here. We're quick enough teaching little Christians about Buddha and the likes !i think barring actually renaming Dudley into duncan edwards there isnt alot more to be done to up hold his memory in this area. As for your missus not knowing who Duncan Edwards is well so what! He was a young local footballer who was excellent with massive potential! So what if Matt Busby sat in his council house living room and if i came back from work and was told my 9 year olds syllabus now contained Duncan Edwrads lessons i would be fuming! His memory is being upheld, he is held in great esteem, a statue of him in the town centre and sections in the dudley museum on him, Countless roads named and even a large junior football club. Dont you think that is enough TRO???You're on your own here.
A tragic story and a very interesting local figure is civically commemorated in a variety of ways in the place where he grew up. What more would you like to see?
Quote from: Dave on August 29, 2010, 12:18:30 AMA tragic story and a very interesting local figure is civically commemorated in a variety of ways in the place where he grew up. What more would you like to see?If I was living on the Priory I'd like the kids there to find out that off our estate came one of the greatest footballers of all time, and so living there doesn't mean you have to be nothing all your life.
I regularly use football analogies when I teach. I find it engages the children and stimulates interest.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on August 29, 2010, 12:24:19 AMQuote from: Dave on August 29, 2010, 12:18:30 AMA tragic story and a very interesting local figure is civically commemorated in a variety of ways in the place where he grew up. What more would you like to see?If I was living on the Priory I'd like the kids there to find out that off our estate came one of the greatest footballers of all time, and so living there doesn't mean you have to be nothing all your life. seeing as you are all picking flies i am glad dave you view people off the priory so highly and them being nothing all their life, if they werent a great footballer that is! i still stand by the opinion that there shouldnt be lessons about a footballer, as for a discussion on their home environment, well ok, but i think tro wants a duncan edwards gcse