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Roland Perry · October 4th 10, 11:38 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

In message , at 09:46:47 on Mon, 4 Oct
2010, d remarked:
Round here, most of the 6th Form Colleges get better A-Level results
than the schools.

I'd call a kid who goes to 6th form college a pupil, not a student.

Then you are out of step with much of society. Like the NUS, who sign up
6th-formers these days.

Since when has A levels been higher education?

It isn't. On the other hand, you can't get a London Underground 16-17
card if you are attending university (it appears). Nor a "Student card"
if you are under 18.

If I hadn't spent a "gappy kind of year" doing my Cambridge scholarship
exams, I could easily have gone to university aged 17 and a quarter.
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Roland Perry