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<blockquote data-quote="Old McDonald" data-source="post: 3810142" data-attributes="member: 47276"><p>But it was not a "one off" streaming. My younger brother was given an opportunity through another examination at the ages of 12 and 13. He failed both. He went on to take GCE 'O' levels and obtained a couple. He was just short of the ability to be in a grammar school. He became self-employed (landscape gardening and block paving) at a young age and left his son a very profitable and expanding business. He put his practical ability to use. His life chances were most certainly not damaged by being excluded from a grammar school. </p><p></p><p>I cannot gree with your remark about freedom of movement between subjects. I was allowed to choose my subjects (within reason - English language and maths being compulsory) and I took these two, Eng Lit, French, history, biology and woodwork. I failed the last two. In those days that was about the limit to attempt, although the real academics could take a couple more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old McDonald, post: 3810142, member: 47276"] But it was not a "one off" streaming. My younger brother was given an opportunity through another examination at the ages of 12 and 13. He failed both. He went on to take GCE 'O' levels and obtained a couple. He was just short of the ability to be in a grammar school. He became self-employed (landscape gardening and block paving) at a young age and left his son a very profitable and expanding business. He put his practical ability to use. His life chances were most certainly not damaged by being excluded from a grammar school. I cannot gree with your remark about freedom of movement between subjects. I was allowed to choose my subjects (within reason - English language and maths being compulsory) and I took these two, Eng Lit, French, history, biology and woodwork. I failed the last two. In those days that was about the limit to attempt, although the real academics could take a couple more. [/QUOTE]
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