Snowflake education

[Mordac]

Lineker blames £25,000-a-year school after son fails to make grade | The Independent

His sons reaction on facebook was "Didn't get into uni... cheers school u massive knobbers!"

Class.

Still, he was knobbing a glamour model at the time. Wonder where he got that idea from?

[NigelJK]

We had special papers (S-levels) for the super-smart.

These were required for Oxbridge entrance.

[SueEllen]

These were required for Oxbridge entrance.

In my day you could just do an interview.

[northernladyuk]

In my day you could just do an interview.

In your day you just stumped up the five guineas.

[SueEllen]

In your day you just stumped up the five guineas.

What's a guinea?

Is it one of these linky

[northernladyuk]

What's a guinea?

Is it one of these linky

63 groats.

[vetran]

63 groats.

or 126 sessions with MF allegedly.

[greenlake]

Sometimes, you just know from an early age that the kids aren't Grade A material....

[NotAllThere]

These were required for Oxbridge entrance.

Not by '86. Although most of us did take (and pass) them.

[NigelJK]

I'd left school by then so wouldn't know but failure at these was not to be taken lightly as you and your school would have been working very hard to get you in.