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Sweetpea, D can not be an average result in GCSE just because "some 69.8 per cent of entries were awarded at least a C". On the children travelling outside the borough (and families moving out) - it is exactly what my opponents are blaming me for. …
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Dear Annie, I am sorry to see that your sensitivity to insulting intentions has not been triggered when people were writing things like “the more I learn of your worldview the more I appreciate my own” and “I hope I never meet any of them”. My fav…
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Siolae, One more button. And both quotations are from Guardian.
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Mirandola, I think that I remember some warm options in Dotori. However, the rice still need to be steamed.
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@Annie: Sweetpae argues that IAMS's specialism does not matter. It does, and "nothing of this is news". For left-brainers Oxbridge has a set of "strong" subjects such as English, History and Foreign Languages. English is particularly bad in Islingto…
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Sweetpea, talking about "All depends on the child, a bright child will succeed everywhere", people are falling prey to one common fallacy. They suggest that Their Child is bright. Of course, how can it be different? They cook sushi, wear ironic g…
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Siolae, the button is here.
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Detritus, it is even worse than you think. At the latest burglary all the flats in the house were attempted. And what the inhabitants did after the police left? The bastards immediately organised a cheering up party. However, if you want to depress…
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"Islington had the worst average GCSE grades in London". I think Islington pot may stop calling Hackney kettle black. Interesting that Academies landed at the polar ends of the range, the best and the worst.
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Annie, you do not need to change my way of thinking because I agree with all you said - it does not contradict my view at all. It is a hyperbolic example, but loads of smokers live long lives. There are 90+ year old heroin users. The thing is, we c…
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"If he or she is bright and motivated, they will do brilliantly at IAMS." This is not entirely true (without any reference to IAMS). I already wrote about studies showing that higher % of bright children, who are at the top after primary, stay at th…
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Idoru, it is again an anecdotal evidence and an isolated case, which proves nothing. One of my friends is a severe dyslexic, and his private school shoot him in a Russell Group uni. Is it a proof of ultimate supremacy of private schools? For him and…
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Chekski, You are suggesting what people should think ("apparently, contempts welfare state" and other fantasies with offensive intent), and then call them vicious and ignorant for that. And your final argument is someone's poor grammar. It is cute, …
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@dion You meant we already paid them through insurance premium? So, is was a form of gambling win then.
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Hope you have been insured. Both of our burglaries were excellent opportunities to upgrade cameras and laptops for free.
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@Idoru, which one do you like more?
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@Annie: I can not believe that I am introducing The Hipster Cat to the hipsters' heartland. If not the spelling, than what? Out of pure curiosity.
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@andy There is no consumers vs citizens controversy, because nothing indicates that people who left the area are bad citizens, poor school contributors or absent community builders in the areas they moved to. The actual clash is between social engin…
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Still puzzled about Americanisms. Anyway, amused and entertained with the community's reaction to real diversity. Not Here is your Pad Thai ma'am diversity, not Uncle Tom diversity. Diverse diversity. Reaction is I HOPE TO NEVER MEET YOU.
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Siolae, if you are giving up, give up.
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Chang, congrats on joining the grammar nazi's movement.
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Errr... No. Why?
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Capitulation accepted, even such deeply conditional. I respect your attempt to convince someone with immediate and ongoing experience, it was... brave.
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@Jo: I heard positive things about Joan of Arc school. Nothing particular I can tell about at the moment, but I can ask when I see those parents.
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@andy Your point is quite clear and does not need further explanations. I am not challenging it, correct, a poor school is not the end of the world, I am just pointing out that usually parents want something more for their children than "not a death…
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@andy. You answer illustrates the reason why there is an absence of secondary school parents in the thread - "not necessarily ruins your life" is not how schools are chosen.
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One more upvote for Juniper and its fish. Nice place for breakfasts as well.
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@Siolae: just in case, the behavior problems my kid is complaining about are NOT the the extent of shoving teachers against walls as Carnage saying about.
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@andy: My great-great aunt fell off of the 27-meter bridge, survived, married the guy who rescued her, had 6 children with him and died aged 87. That does not make falling from a 27-meter high bridge a safe thing to do.
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@box runner: Cool, you are taking freedom to put the word “only” in my mouth. As I already told you, you are pitying and talking to your own assumptions, sorry.