Comments on: I passed my Eleven Plus http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/11/i-passed-my-eleven-plus/ Digital consultant, eBay expert, writer & blogger. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Henrietta http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/11/i-passed-my-eleven-plus/comment-page-1/#comment-40503 Henrietta Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:22:42 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=542#comment-40503 Dating myself here, the eleven plus was tough. So far as segregating children and determining their life-stream choice I don't know. If a child was misclassified by the test they still had the option to do 'O' Levels and move to Grammar School for 'A' Levels instead of leaving school and getting a job, in my area anyway. I knew three who did just that and believe me they were self motivated and very driven, all being admitted to very top level universities. The secondary modern had much better facilities than we did, newer and nicer everything. Life is not fair my friend, the sooner we learn that the sooner we can learn skills to tip the scales in our favour. I think the test was designed to reveal reasoning capability as much as anything, in my day anyway. The comprehensive system came in after I left the UK. I can't help wondering if kids get lost in the numbers like they do in huge urban schools in the USA. Dating myself here, the eleven plus was tough. So far as segregating children and determining their life-stream choice I don’t know. If a child was misclassified by the test they still had the option to do ‘O’ Levels and move to Grammar School for ‘A’ Levels instead of leaving school and getting a job, in my area anyway. I knew three who did just that and believe me they were self motivated and very driven, all being admitted to very top level universities.

The secondary modern had much better facilities than we did, newer and nicer everything.

Life is not fair my friend, the sooner we learn that the sooner we can learn skills to tip the scales in our favour. I think the test was designed to reveal reasoning capability as much as anything, in my day anyway.

The comprehensive system came in after I left the UK. I can’t help wondering if kids get lost in the numbers like they do in huge urban schools in the USA.

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