Where is England?

[complex]

I think there is a lot of generalising here about which is better or worse, I'm sure there are good and bad schools in both countries, the thing to remember is schools are just one part of a persons education, parents and social surroundings adds a great deal to ones ability to learn.

If I can generalise myselfI wonder how much the difference in television and expectations play in making a child's education better, I think the standard of TV and its educational influence on children is better in the UK, even adults here In Phil seem to watch programs I would consider our 10 year olds would like, such as Panday Kids and all the mystical dramas with bad acting and mermaids. So having a world view I think is easier for kids in UK because they get exposed to more, and live in a multi cultural society.
I think parents may expect more of their children in Philippines, but not sure what the children expect to achieve, whether there expectations are to achieve all they can!
Be interested to hear others opinions on this, especially the Filipinos.

[triple5]

I wonder how much the difference in television and expectations play in making a child's education better, I think the standard of TV and its educational influence on children is better in the UK

Which UK TV programs are you referring to? I think its a worry how many kids sit down with their parents in the evening to watch those depressing soap operas. The storylines on eastenders and coronation st are regularly about rape, murder, drugs, infidelity etc They should all be moved to after 11pm I reckon and replaced with proper educational programs, yet they always seem to put the decent documentaries on after 9pm, when most kids should be in bed.

[Arthur Little]

I think its a worry how many kids sit down with their parents in the evening to watch those depressing soap operas. The storylines on eastenders and coronation st are regularly about rape, murder, drugs, infidelity etc They should all be moved to after 11pm I reckon and replaced with proper educational programs, yet they always seem to put the decent documentaries on after 9pm, when most kids should be in bed.

... whatever happened to the so-called 'watershed'? ... time Mary Whtehouse was "resurrected" ...!

[complex]

Which UK TV programs are you referring to? I think its a worry how many kids sit down with their parents in the evening to watch those depressing soap operas. The storylines on eastenders and coronation st are regularly about rape, murder, drugs, infidelity etc They should all be moved to after 11pm I reckon and replaced with proper educational programs, yet they always seem to put the decent documentaries on after 9pm, when most kids should be in bed.

Thats where I'm generalising because I think we have greater choice/broader range and higher standard in shows compared to the Philippines, its not about one show in particular.

From what I know here in philippines it seems if you have cable you might get BBC news and some other decent channels, discovery etc, but currently I don't have cable, I find Net 25 has some decent shows with more mature content and some educational shows, that seems to be a German/Filipino channel. Seems GMA is made up of mostly the same celebrities and stars appearing on multiple shows throughout the day all dancing and singing, or corny dramas with bad acting.

As far as the UK dramas I think its up to parents to monitor what their children watch, we don't need Mary Whitehouse getting on her high horse, used to find Eastenders funny but got bored with it and never watched any other soaps. In my experience here the Filipino children of friends and family have watched lots of gory violent action and horror movies far worse than UK soaps (sex scenes being more taboo and not watched) admittedly they watch them on cheap bootleg DVD's that come from a market!

The point I'm trying to make is I think we have far more access for UK kids to many different avenues of education that are just as important as schools, far more kids have home internet in UK for instance, that can be good and bad like everything, but its another tool used in the right way.