On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:01:09 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

You do indeed infer the wearing of the accursed violet jacket - does
that 'also' mean you're a survivor of that place yourself?

Yup. A long time ago. Left in 1969.

Yikes! Must have been 1998 in my case. I imagine things were pretty much
the same, though - it's hardly a hotbed of up-to-the-minute dynamism.

Still consistently right up the top of the league tables though. They
must be doing SOMETHING right.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Laurence Payne wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:01:09 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

You do indeed infer the wearing of the accursed violet jacket - does
that 'also' mean you're a survivor of that place yourself?

Yup. A long time ago. Left in 1969.

Yikes! Must have been 1998 in my case. I imagine things were pretty
much the same, though - it's hardly a hotbed of up-to-the-minute
dynamism.

Still consistently right up the top of the league tables though. They
must be doing SOMETHING right.

Selecting pupils on the basis of exam ability, for a start!

tom

--
It's the 21st century, man - we rue _minutes_. -- Benjamin Rosenbaum

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:23:49 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

Still consistently right up the top of the league tables though. They
must be doing SOMETHING right.

Selecting pupils on the basis of exam ability, for a start!

Absolutely. Retarded kids get one-to-one support. Bright kids get
left to motivate themselves, if the parents can't afford private.
Hardly productive.