You guys really think that giving an 11 year old an IQ test to determine the quality of education they are given for the next 5-6 years is a good system??
Passed the 11+ myself, can't actually recall taking the actual exam thats how important it was to me, so it was pure luck I received a grammar school education which I promptly proceeded to waste until the day I left school and chucked my satchel in the canal.
Jaysay you are totally correct in that every child has different eductional needs....such a pity that all kids are forced into an establishment that values academic achievement and stifles creativity and independent thought, that teaches by rote from a curriculum decided by civil servants and then to add insult to injury has an MP say that even though you studied hard in one of these academia you should go and stack shelves.
BBC News - IDS attacks people who 'think they're too good' for work schemes