[BNM] [OT] Brighton's nuclear power station?

[paul perrin]

Well due to the changes my youngest is going private (as are most of his
bright friends), so the oiks wont have the benefit of their 'highly
motivated' company anyway. But at least it is going to cost me a fortune, so
the oiks parents can gloat about that to make themselves feel better.

Paul /)/+)


On 24/05/07, Barry Bloye <bbloye at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 24/05/07, Nick Wilsdon wrote:
>
> > Having actually been the 'brighter' one in a classroom full of idiots,
> you
> > don't nobly educate the rest. Usually you keep very quiet as the peer
> > consensus does not look too favourably on the 'clever/geeky' ones. The
> > teachers also have to work at the lowest common denominator. I was bored
> out
> > of my head most of the time with no one to stretch me academically.
>
> Ditto. At Primary School I was considered 'gifted' and got moved up a
> year, and even then I was still top of the class. The headteacher
> recommended I consider going to Brighton College, but naturally I
> wanted to go where my friends were going.
>
> I went to the 'local' comprehensive, and ended up with very mediocre
> GCSE grades. I (well, the two or three 'higher' pupils in my class)
> was lucky if I got 10 minutes attention in the average GCSE maths
> class. When I took the exam I didn't understand a good chunk of the
> questions because it was stuff I'd simply never been taught.
>
> But then if I'd gone to a different school, I wouldn't be where I am
> now, so it can't be all that bad. :)
>
> Baz
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