Has the U.K. educational system gotten better or worse in past 20 years?

Question

why?

MAYBE I SHOULD ASK THIS QUESTION AS WELL:

WHEN DID BRITISH PEOPLE BECOME SO HATEFUL ?
I AM REALLY SURPRISED BY THE SNOOTY AMERICAN HATRED ON HERE. I KNOW THAT THE BRITAIN I VISITED 15 YEARS AGO DID NOT LEAVE THIS IMPRESSION ON ME. WHAT IS THE DEAL?

"GOTTEN" IS A CORRECT WORD IN THIS SENTENCE, ATLEAST THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT. THESE TWO PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED FIRST ON HERE, REMIND OF SOME REAL *******. IS THAT A BRITISH WORD?

Answer 1

The educational system in England has certainly got worse. I teach in a college and it is frightening the number of school leavers who come to college, having passed their GCSEs and can't create a compound sentence, let alone a complex one. As for punctuation, it doesn't exsist. Ocassional full stops and no commas or apostrophes. While the use of text talk and email has erroded the use of English Grammar, shouldn't it be a case of you need to learn it before you can mis-use it?
As for the British people, aren't you stereotyping? Not all the British are anti- American, but we are more reserved than Americans. I have a friend who moved to New York 25 years ago. He was a very quiet, reserved guy who never voiced his opinion. After 10 years in New York and now 15 years in Florida he is louder and more opinionated, but also much more confident, without being obnoxious. I think the main difference is cultural.

Answer 2

Let me just say that 20 years ago, no educated English person would use the word "gotten".