Trying to entirely replace vocational programmes with occupational programmes is never going to work at the scale that would be required. Following it to its logical end, there's a huge risk of ingraining geographical inequalities even if it was "successful".

Can't quite explain it, but it's giving "live action Wind In the Willows" vibes

Not saying Taskmaster has ruined me, but spent the day with my partner saying SCIENCE TODAY AND SCIENCE ALL YOUR LIFE! Whilst wandering around.

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The love that I lost, with all of the shit that came out in the wash, just a pocket of fluff

Is my single favourite lyric in existence

1. Hurt by Johnny cash
2. King Rat by Modest Mouse
3. Weapon of choice by Fatboy Slim
4. Close to me by The Cure
5. 5 Flucloxacillin by Los Campesinos! (IT'S BARGAIN HUNT!)

2/3/4 is fantastic

5 is top class

It's also harder to spot fakes, at least with the EX the wonky button labels made it obvious to spot fakes. All the CWs seem to have wonky buttons

1. Steal my Sunshine by Len
2. Canned Heat by Jamiroquai
3. In The Shade of Your Love by The Sound of Arrows and Niki & The Dove
4. The Bay by Metronomy
5. A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show me State, or Letters from Me to Charlotte by Los Campesinos!

This is our approach as well. Actually opened with D1 this year as well, for something entirely different at the start of the year. Eases them into essentially "2 blocks of maths" by having very clear different things happening in the two classes

Los Campesinos!
The Cribs
The Gaslight Anthem
Frank Turner
Does "some variation of Pete Doherty" count?

Equating coefficients, but I will show long division. I find that long division tends to lead to more mistakes, and I like equating coefficients as it also becomes my building blocks of logic around vectors, Rcos(x+a) formulae, parametrics, Binomial expansion problems, Partial Fractions.

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