Re: Britain's Bird Flu tests

Pat Gardiner wrote:
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Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Jim Webster" wrote:

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On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:58:50 +0100, Pat Gardiner wrote:

I have two "O" levels,

Both grade 7.

more intriguingly, what subjects?

I just note that I can recall the subjects, after all these years,
but I've no idea what the grades were. And a couple, I'm not sure of
what the formal subject title was.

Only two, however, rather suggests something about the school PG went
to. It would be oddly few for a Grammar School boy.

Grades did not come in until after my time.

IIRC there were 4 grades in the 1950s, Fail, Pass, something I can't
remember and Distinction.

It is oddly few for a Grammar School boy, although they must have
thought I stood a chance, because they put me in for eight, the then
maximum. The school had to pay for each - so they would not allow you
to sit if you were that hopeless.

That rings true for the 1950s.

I think the average O level pass rate was about 5 or 6., in the 1950s.

That also sounds about right. The pass mark was, I believe, about 40% but
it did vary depending on the number of passes in a subject. The pass mark
would rise if there were too many passes, intended to maintain standards.
IIRC, a Distinction was around 90%

Grammars collected dyslexics based on the 11+ IQ tests and then did
nothing for them. They did not understand and could not handle
sometimes original people that did not fit a very rigid system.

I think you will find that dyslexia was not understood. Dyslexics were
considered either thick or lazy. Understanding and attempts to handle
dyslexics sensibly came somewhat later.

We have discussed this before

Probably.

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