"John Cartmell" wrote in message
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In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:54:32 +0000, Owain
wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:
Yes, but NuLabr believe that everyone should get a prize for effort,
actual achievement doesn't count.

There was a perfectly good prize for effort - it was called a CSE.

Bring back the GCE.

The GCSE, merging GCE O Level and CSE, was launched in 1986 in the middle
of
the Thatcher Tory government - putting the knee-jerk anti-lLabour
sentiment in
its place.

The 11 Plus is still sat. I thought that garbage had gone years ago.