Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@secmoderns. 1/2,’Domination’ is an exaggeration. But even so non-fee-paying schools were storming Oxbridge from 1944 until the mid-60s. The surviving ‘grammars’ are just super-selective comps, besieged by the middle class. — PolitiTweet.org

@BillyPitt17 @Stornowayguy @abpw10 @ClarkeMicah Are you sure that the working class ‘dominated’ the institutions? W… https://t.co/WOkXPIQFSI

Posted Dec. 20, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@stirnowayguy. Bilge. Comps imposed a general lower standard on all. Many Secondary Mod children took proper O and A levels, which had to be abolished or devalued to cope with the plunging standards of comps. — PolitiTweet.org

@abpw10 @ClarkeMicah Comprehensives saved many children from the injustices around the 11+ where many academically… https://t.co/ewYYQ1NCkC

Posted Dec. 20, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@secmoderns The destruction of a *national* academically selective system led to the *national*!devaluation of public exams and of university entrance and degrees. There are now *no* schools in the U.K. , private or state, which approach the standards of pre-1965 grammars. — PolitiTweet.org

@BillyPitt17 @Stornowayguy @abpw10 @ClarkeMicah Are you sure that the working class ‘dominated’ the institutions? W… https://t.co/WOkXPIQFSI

Posted Dec. 20, 2022