"fee paying" meaning fee paying schools, which account for about 5% of the school population, yet 50% of Oxbridge is from "fee paying" schools. Seems out of balance eh?
"fee paying" meaning fee paying schools, which account for about 5% of the school population, yet 50% of Oxbridge is from "fee paying" schools. Seems out of balance eh?
Not in any American dictionary I've seen.
Sheila
Try this one then:-
Timegoesby
I doubt it Maxie. The old fatties always say that.
The standard has not gone down.
Maxie, you are at it again. You are now on about beacons. When will you stop?
Timegoesby
Maybe you are just very intelligent?
In message , IMM writes
Kids haven't suddenly got brainier, there's a political drive to show that the education system is working
Wake up at the back and look at your glorious leader
Would you like to back that up with something, e.g. facts ?
My son's "A" level physics course had a lot less depth than when I did mine and his final year project (he got a 2.1) might have struggled to make a pass compared to when I was at university
In message , IMM writes
Compared with what, if the standard goes down
The IMM chip on his shoulder shines through like a beacon in the fog
In message , James writes
Yes, ours has an 'A' rated cycle.
AFAICS it does it by not heating (or if it does, just warming it a bit) the air. So of course the drying cycle runs for ages (about 8 hours for a load)- I do use this sometimes and this in itself isn't an issue for me. But I wonder about the extra wear and tear on motor, bearings, belt etc.
Of course Maxi is intelligent, he know all about things.
In message , IMM writes
Yes it has, even you might be able to get a degree nowadays
In message , P.Kyle esquire writes
Me?
Did you actually _read_ that page? It lists 'university', and indicates that the plural is 'universities'.
Sheila
Very odd, indeed.
Sheila
Yup you are right it does, although it also has the "unconventional" (i.e. wrong) spelling I used as an entry point. It is also in the Mozilla UK English dictionary. Not suggesting it ought to be - just found it odd that it was.
It's easy with freezers and suchlike - but I've seen "energy rating" on incandescent light bulbs - I would thought WRT these a light bulb is a light bulb is a light bulb. However, perhaps the thickness of the filament varies, or something.
J.B.
Me, I'd wonder about the extra wear and tear on the clothes.
"raden" wrote | Kids haven't suddenly got brainier, there's a political drive to | show that the education system is working
s/ ^^ / hide the fact that the education system isn't working
Owain
Any proof of this, or is this just inane ramblings?
Take a look at GCSE and A level exam papers and compare with those of a generation ago. The fall in standards is depressingly obvious.
.andy
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