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Michael Gove’s Kafkaesque logic

Michael Gove, our education secretary, doesn't appear to understand what an average is.

James Bloodworth · 1 min read

Michael Gove, our education secretary, doesn’t appear to understand what an average is.

This is how Gove responded when asked last year, during a question and answer session with the Education Committee, to explain his Kafkaesque logic as to what makes a good school good.
(Transcript here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmeduc/uc1786-i/uc178601.htm)

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