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ebug9 wrote:

What are your plans for St Patty's day/week (however long it lasts over there).

Is a black & tan made with Guinness & Harp, or Guinness & Bass?

do u think they should release bf3? and if so what would u add to the game list at least 5 things?

Ever visiting or have ever visited the United States?

Sidsnot wrote:

what time are you going bed?

im going now

car hunting tomorrow

whats ur favorite country that u have visited?

what is your shoe size?

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

what is your shoe size?

She cuts to the chase.

is kimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm a guy or a girl?

FatherTed wrote:

Phatmatt wrote:

Why aren't people posting in my Awesome flash based games thread !

I don't know, it's a great thread idea, i even bumped it

I <3 you

pecans or walnuts

FatherTed wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

What's so great about Manchester Grammar? Do grammar schools offer better university prospects?

It's one of the best pre Uni schools in England. Even though i would still have moved back to Ireland following A-Levels, it would have been a fantastic education.

Hahaha what the fuck.

Err hello Eton Group / Rugby Group.

Leagues above some shitty city grammar school, to be honest.

Grammar schools over here are slightly better than our free-state schools, in that they can have selective entry and a slightly different teaching style and layout; the overall 'point' of grammar schools is long-outdated since the education curriculum has been more or less nationalised. There's no such thing as a 'classical grammar' education anymore. Our independent school system far surpasses the state/grammar system, for the most part. There's also the category of private religious-schools, most of which in our country are Catholic schools-- same idea as the grammar school, yet a weakened concept nowadays what with everyone having to jump through the same GCSE/A-Level nationalised system.

There are still murmurs of class snobbery and elitism in the old-fashioned Universities, but by and large (and by that I mean literally 99%) of it is based on equal-opportunities. You merit a place at University based on your academic and personal qualities/achievements, and not the 'type' of school or background that you came from. Hence the ridicule at saying the "best pre-Uni school" in England, almost as if such a thing does-exist. The only preparatory schools that 'work' here are the youth-preparatory schools, like the Dragon School in Oxford and other such smalltime institutions that actually do a pretty good job of ingraining young ones with the right mentality and outlook to do well in education. The best "pre-Uni schools" in a literal and statistical sense of the phrase are independent schools; most of the prestigious-Unis will have huge proportions of private/independent/boarding school students, and indeed I read somewhere that most of the high-tier professional career paths in the UK today are full of people will similar such backgrounds.

Last edited by Uzique (2009-03-07 22:48:24)

Uzique wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

What's so great about Manchester Grammar? Do grammar schools offer better university prospects?

It's one of the best pre Uni schools in England. Even though i would still have moved back to Ireland following A-Levels, it would have been a fantastic education.

Hahaha what the fuck.

Err hello Eton Group / Rugby Group.

Leagues above some shitty city grammar school, to be honest.

Grammar schools over here are slightly better than our free-state schools, in that they can have selective entry and a slightly different teaching style and layout; the overall 'point' of grammar schools is long-outdated since the education curriculum has been more or less nationalised. There's no such thing as a 'classical grammar' education anymore. Our independent school system far surpasses the state/grammar system, for the most part. There's also the category of private religious-schools, most of which in our country are Catholic schools-- same idea as the grammar school, yet a weakened concept nowadays what with everyone having to jump through the same GCSE/A-Level nationalised system.

There are still murmurs of class snobbery and elitism in the old-fashioned Universities, but by and large (and by that I mean literally 99%) of it is based on equal-opportunities. You merit a place at University based on your academic and personal qualities/achievements, and not the 'type' of school or background that you came from. Hence the ridicule at saying the "best pre-Uni school" in England, almost as if such a thing does-exist. The only preparatory schools that 'work' here are the youth-preparatory schools, like the Dragon School in Oxford and other such smalltime institutions that actually do a pretty good job of ingraining young ones with the right mentality and outlook to do well in education. The best "pre-Uni schools" in a literal and statistical sense of the phrase are independent schools; most of the prestigious-Unis will have huge proportions of private/independent/boarding school students, and indeed I read somewhere that most of the high-tier professional career paths in the UK today are full of people will similar such backgrounds.

LMAO...