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[IMM]

"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?

[S Viemeister]

Not in any American dictionary I've seen.

Sheila

[John Rumm]

Try this one then:-

[IMM]

Timegoesby

I doubt it Maxie. The old fatties always say that.

[IMM]

The standard has not gone down.

Maxie, you are at it again. You are now on about beacons. When will you stop?

[P.Kyle esquire]

Timegoesby

Maybe you are just very intelligent?

[raden]

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

[raden]

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

[chris French]

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.

[IMM]

Of course Maxi is intelligent, he know all about things.

[raden]

In message , IMM writes

Yes it has, even you might be able to get a degree nowadays

[raden]

In message , P.Kyle esquire writes

Me?

[S Viemeister]

Did you actually _read_ that page? It lists 'university', and indicates that the plural is 'universities'.

Sheila

[S Viemeister]

Very odd, indeed.

Sheila

[John Rumm]

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.

[Jerry Built]

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.

[Ian Stirling]

Me, I'd wonder about the extra wear and tear on the clothes.

[Owain]

"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

[IMM]

Any proof of this, or is this just inane ramblings?

[Andy Hall]

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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