Advice on choice of schools - indie or Grammar?

Loopyloulou · Post by **Loopyloulou** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:06 pm

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sj355 · Post by **sj355** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:07 pm

I think you are wrong Tipsy (did I really say that?!). I had a pretty bad teacher for Ancient Greek - (or at least that's my excuse for getting a "B" )

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A level or O level? (my brother "managed" that on the latter)

Loopyloulou · Post by **Loopyloulou** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:14 pm

Aha! A level or O level? (my brother "managed" that on the latter)

'twas O-Level. To my eternal regret I gave up the A-Level after three days, in favour of a rather less useful subject

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Thea · Post by **Thea** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:27 pm

Very sad if ancient Greek is now taught only in Indies. I did it many years ago at a state comp - very much enjoyed oit - the Greeks were highly entertaining! - shame if it is now confined to the independent sector - why should Indie children have all the fun????

Loopyloulou · Post by **Loopyloulou** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:32 pm

Quite right Thea, and (bringing this thread back on topic) I think if you want a reason to prefer indies over grammars, it is Ancient Greek!!

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:11 pm

Loopyloulou wrote:However I wholeheartedly agree that my B must be worth at least an A* now. I got into one of the better colleges at Oxford with "A"-level grades A,B,C - a feat which today is surely impossible.

apologies for going off topic again

but I so agree.

Mr Yoyo in 1976 was offered a place to do medicine at Edinburgh with 3 Bs
Miss Yoyo neede 3 A's to do History in 2007

KES Parent · Post by **KES Parent** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:24 pm

yoyo123 wrote: Mr Yoyo in 1976 was offered a place to do medicine at Edinburgh with 3 Bs
Miss Yoyo neede 3 A's to do History in 2007

I hope you are not suggesting that grade inflation is rampant, Mrs Yoyo. We all know that students and teachers are working harder all the time so results are improving year on year, and that is why university offers are so much higher these days.

By the way I can go one better than Mr Yoyo and tell you that a friend of mine was offered a place at a London medical school in return for getting 3 C's in the early 70s - not only that but she was a female applicant in the days when they used to ask you whether you had plans to marry and have a family. If you got the answer to that question wrong then you didn't get a place whatever your grades.

isamum · Post by **isamum** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:48 pm

Loopyloulou wrote:Yes I don't disagree (and he certainly ought to have done better!) but my point is that Ancient Greek is the only subject which is almost unique to independent schools, with almost no grammars offering it (do any?) so your brother therefore faced stiffer competition there than in other subjects which would also be studied at grammars (modern greek is of course yet another story).

I know one: http://www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk/ ... greek.html

SunlampVexesEel · Post by **SunlampVexesEel** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:02 am

I only know one person who did Ancient Greek.... and I think they are now an Accountant.

Aren't there better things to do with your time?

Regards
SVE

mike1880 · Post by **mike1880** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:46 am

There certainly are! No one HAS to be an accountant!

Mike