i didnt choose to tell them, they ask which kind of school you go to etc.
Then you give the short answer then, i.e "a state school" if you can.
a lot do go to oxbridge, yes. but that's mainly through being pushed for 7 years by the teachers. these kind of teachers end up at the best schools anyway, regardless of whether or not those schools are grammars. so even if you get rid of grammar schools, there will always be certain schools which are better than the majority. and the kids who end up there will be chosen based on where they live etc, instead of ability. im not saying the 11+ properly shows how intelligent they are, but entry into a grammar school usually does mean the brighter kids in general.
A grammar school is a total failure as far as I am concerned if it doesnt get pretty much 100 percent of its students getting A*-C grades. What they actually do is make lots of people who dont get in there feel like failures, and damaged, and have to go to the local dump caused by the existance of the grammar school.
and i know it's the opposite mostly, when i was told this that's what they said, but they also said that it can have a negative affect in some cases
Yeah, when against someone who has gotten same or better grades than you without close to the educational advantage, for example when they have had to teach themselves an a-level from a textbook, as an example, because the school doesn't offer the course.
they asked what school you go to, i had to fill it in
there will always be a 'local dump'
it was actually people who went to grammar schools that got most of the shit from people, being seen as snobs etc. and you make it sound like most people get in, and then a few dont and feel left out. its a minority you get into grammar schools.
pretty much 99% of people at my school did get A*-C grades, a C was considered shit. the only one i got less than a C one was one i tried to fail and got a D on because i hated it and wanted to be kicked off the course.
and grammar schools dont just make the ones who dont get in suffer. my school made me feel like shit for five years, so i got the hell out of there as soon as i could instead of staying in the 6th form.
and i didnt mean people who'd got better grades, i mean when youre up against someone who has the same grades as you, sometimes theyd be chosen as theyd be seen as someone whos prepared to work harder.
i taught myself most of my GCSEs though, so i dont see why it should be that way