Summary
Shetland Islands Council has been foolish to reopen Papa Stour school for one incomer pupil ("School opens to serve one pupil on remote isle", The Herald, October 11). Not only would the child get a "better" education by distance learning/video link, it would be at home and not alone most of the day, with no school chums to play and interact with.
The parents would have known there was no school on the island before leaving England (though can hardly be blamed if the council has been such a soft touch), and isn't the point of living on a remote island to be self-reliant?See the full content of this document
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One-Pupil School a Lesson in Extravagance
There can be no "right" to conventional schoolin...
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