If I'd have gone to comp
I genuinely think I'd have struggled. My parents were brilliant, but I just think it would have been to easy to succumb to the social stigma of being clever in a shit school. And jesus, my local comp was shit.

I really, completely, don't see the problem in streaming. But the people in charge of education policy need a fucking good kicking. They are so petrified of seeing one stupid child fail that they will willingly let hundreds of bright ones fail to fulfill their potential.

Mind you, it's no better here. I'm actively discouraged from marking ... sorry, "giving feedback" using red pen because of "negative connotations" and I can't be negatively critical. This is to, allegedly, adults. and intelligent adults at that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:58, Reply)