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This sounds very similar to the old eleven plus system in the UK; kids in the last year of primary school given a test (with an enormous impact upon their futur
by RobertKerans 12y ago
This sounds very similar to the old eleven plus system in the UK; kids in the last year of primary school given a test (with an enormous impact upon their future prospects) that decided whether they went to technical, secondary modern, or grammar school.
- gscott 12y agoThat would make sense where the parent knows the test is coming and the impact of it. They would start early to determine how to improve their child's standing in the test, pushing their children's limits on what they can learn before the testing. However it would discriminate against kids who are slow to mature and come out of their shell.
- RobertKerans 12y agoHighly anecdotal, but from my mother's side of the family, she and her cousin passed, went to grammar school, moved from area, went to uni, etc. Siblings and other cousins didn't, and still in area - one went straight into the navy, so did well long-term with oil, and one married to air force officer (again then oil worker), but the rest are substantially less well-off. From talking to family friends over the years, a marked impact upon life outcomes seems to have been a fairly common result of that single test. How much of that is because of ability/drive etc and would have occurred anyway is debatable, but it pretty horrendous placing that much weight upon a child so young
- 6d0debc071 12y agoA rather heavy verdict against people with bad parents or who go to a school that's rubbish and whose parents don't have the time or talent to teach them.