P1keys pitch up at Marlborough College

[lastlid]

You do have private education in this country. I do agree with bringing back grammer schools and the 11+ as long as the grammer schools are free. What gwapito is talking about is one law for the rich and one for the poor which I totally disagree with, And why do we need to bring foreign students here? Why not bring our own through the system? It all boils down to money that is why this country is in a mess. Greed.

This happens everywhere. Always has and quite possibly always will. It happens here, in the Philippines and even in communist countries.

[andy222]

This happens everywhere. Always has and quite possibly always will. It happens here, in the Philippines and even in communist countries.

This does happen everywhere but its this country we are talking about Lastlid. Your right it might always happen in this country until there is a uprising and thats the way it is heading. In my opinion they should ban foreign students and bring our own through. The ones that live here. After all there is a fair few of them forget where they come from when their visas come to a end.

[gWaPito]

Thanks for that Lastlid....I was actually schooled in Oxfordshire....for what it was worth

To bring out the best of our own you got to have the best setup...as said and agreed by numerous before on this thread...in hindsight, the grammar school selection process was the way to go....whether you lived in a sink council estate or a lovely cul de sac you were all treated the same.

Who said socialism is dead!...citizen Smith would be loving this...needless to say, he was educated up to the gunnels. One of Lastlid's ''im alright Jacks''

[lastlid]

Thanks for that Lastlid....I was actually schooled in Oxfordshire....for what it was worth

To bring out the best of our own you got to have the best setup...as said and agreed by numerous before on this thread...in hindsight, the grammar school selection process was the way to go....whether you lived in a sink council estate or a lovely cul de sac you were all treated the same.

I wasn't thinking of the past. I was thinking of now and the future. You seemed to be unaware that the system still exists, but it exists in your own back yard. Good for your kids eh? They will need to pass the entrance exam first though...

[gWaPito]

I wasn't thinking of the past. I was thinking of now and the future. You seemed to be unaware that the system still exists, but it exists in your own back yard. Good for your kids eh? They will need to pass the entrance exam first though...

I was unaware of it ..cheers...my first kids, now 31 and 29 wasn't given the option to go to grammar school...we as parents weren't told of it either...anyway, both went to a highly rated comprehensive, the outcome being both are doing very well in life..thank you very much

Now, thanks to Lastlid hopefully my latest editions can enjoy learning at an appropriate schooling environment, unlike the uphill struggling my first 2 children had..luckily they were made of stern stuff...unfortunately many aren't thus the failings of the comprehensive system.

[gWaPito]

You left your sense of humour under the bed again Lastlid....

[lastlid]

You left your sense of humour under the bed again Lastlid....

I can see the funny side of that earlier statement but others might not....

[lastlid]

...we as parents weren't told of it either...

We weren't told either. We did a lot of "research" on it at the time. No such thing as an internet forum in those days, though

[gWaPito]

We weren't told either. We did a lot of "research" on it at the time. No such thing as an internet forum in those days, though

Well bully for you Lastlid I can assure you now grammar schooling was not available in our area...I may of been an absent parent on parent evenings but my wife wasn't.

Either way, they turnt out a credit to us..