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The trials of Tom Daley explain what’s wrong with state education

June 4, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
The trials of Tom Daley explain what’s wrong with state education

Do you remember Tom Daley? The little chap who was very good at falling with style from a very high platform into a deep pool of water at the Olympics? Apparently, as soon as he returned to his state secondary school he had the crap bullied out of him. Thus, after someone threatened (quite...
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A*? It won’t get you far.

March 17, 2009
By Duncan Robinson

There's a big hoo-hah over the new A* grade at A-level - and it's all over nothing. The new grade is meant to distinguish between very clever teenagers and fantastically clever teenagers. Basically, if you get over 90% in your A2 year, you get an A* and a big sticker saying NERD.
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