February 3, 2009
Former Countdown numbers queen and star-of-annoying-insurance-and-loan-ads Carol Vorderman has gone over to the dark side, sorry, joined forces with the Tories to head a maths taskforce.
Vorders has accepted an offer from David Cameron (come on Dave, how much did it cost?) to assess whether school tests have got easier and if kids are being taught maths in the best way. Apparently, in the last 10 years 3.5 million children have left school without a basic maths qualification.
Now those numbers definitely don't add up for employers looking for the workforce of the future. Here's something else that doesn't add up; last year Vorderman took part in a government-commissioned review and endorsed its recommendations - which are now being put into practice.
Come on Carol, make your mind up! Did you get stumped by the big words in the report? Or is it just a case that she's the only mathematician in the country that is attractive and can have a conversation outside of a classroom environment?
Vorderman was in the news recently after leaving Channel 4 following 26 years on the quiz Countdown. She left after reportedly being unhappy at being asked to take a 90% pay cut. FYI - she has also been replaced by a younger, tastier maths whiz.
If disciples are interested, Carol's final letters round yielded the nine letters 'JSQDUAOTT', from which both contestants formed the word "quotas". What a way to go out...
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big mistake carol babe
Posted by Richard Helliwell | February 28, 2009 8:33 PM
Posted on February 28, 2009 20:33