11 Plus - Page 4

blazey · 01-07-2008, 00:48

One of the most aggressive girls I have ever known went to clitheroe grammar school (and got kicked out for violence against another pupil).

I know a lad a bit older than me who was educated at boarding school too and he was kicked out for punching a teacher in the face.

I'll stick to my rubbish schools, they haven't done badly for me

emamum · 01-07-2008, 00:50

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Originally Posted by garinda

...and let's not even get on to MENSA.

Some of the people I know with a supposedly high IQ, have the social skills of turnips.

aah.... is that because they naturally have poor social skills or because they have been kept cooped up as children and kept away from their peers becasue they are 'talented, gifted and able' ??

garinda · 01-07-2008, 00:52

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Originally Posted by emamum23

aah.... is that because they naturally have poor social skills or because they have been kept cooped up as children and kept away from their peers becasue they are 'talented, gifted and able' ??

Good question.

I recently watched a programme about 'gifted' children.

It was hard to say who was the most freakish, the parents, or the little monsters they had spawned.

blazey · 01-07-2008, 00:54

IQ is only a test of logical ability isn't it, not intelligence?

I had the highest level of logical ability in my school year along with a boy who got the same score, we were predicted all A's.

His parents kept him in all the time studying, and indeed he got A's and a B or two. I got B's and C's. We're both doing excellent degree's regardless

IQ might look good, but it doesnt really get you anywhere if it isn't nurtured.

garinda · 01-07-2008, 01:00

I find that people with a highly developed logic are artistically retarded.

A vast generalisation, but usually true.

emamum · 01-07-2008, 01:04

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Originally Posted by garinda

I find that people with a highly developed logic are artistically retarded.

A vast generalisation, but usually true.

carrying on with the generalisation...... autistic children are generally good at art...

no autistic/artistic jokes please!

blazey · 01-07-2008, 01:11

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Originally Posted by garinda

I find that people with a highly developed logic are artistically retarded.

A vast generalisation, but usually true.

Presumably that's because of the two different sides of the brain and how we don't tend to use both sides?

I've always been an all rounder, my creative side more with music than art though. By the time I left school I'd let a lot of people down but now they're all happy again. Jolly good.

Benipete · 01-07-2008, 02:31

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Originally Posted by jambutty

I did it the old fashioned way.

Two thirds of 834 – divide by 3 and multiply by 2 =556
23 times 185 = 4255
4255 – 556 = 3689

But as you have highlighted. It wasn’t the 11+ itself but the way that the allocations were made.

You sure about that

jambutty · 01-07-2008, 02:44

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Originally Posted by Benipete

You sure about that

Ooooops! Typo

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blazey · 01-07-2008, 04:17

I used to love maths until my GCSE years of high school when we had a different teacher, and she completely sucked the love for the subject out of me.

Are you allowed to write anything in 11+ exams or is it all mental? I must say that I just guessed at that answer, and only got it wrong because my mouse was sticking and wouldn't let me select the top answer

shakermaker · 01-07-2008, 08:14

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Originally Posted by blazey

I used to love maths until my GCSE years of high school when we had a different teacher, and she completely sucked the love for the subject out of me.

Urgh. Mrs Cook. She could write a book on now to turn a A-grade top set class into underachievers!

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Originally Posted by blazey

I don't understand how people got the brush one wrong, but then I guess thattats because my reasoning is obviously different than theres.

Theres? We were taught better than that love!

panther · 01-07-2008, 09:38

hey i got 7/8...not bad for me....

Debbie J · 01-07-2008, 11:07

Secondary modern again for me. Never was too good at maths lol

Eric · 01-07-2008, 19:23

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Originally Posted by blazey

IQ is only a test of logical ability isn't it, not intelligence?

I had the highest level of logical ability in my school year along with a boy who got the same score, we were predicted all A's.

His parents kept him in all the time studying, and indeed he got A's and a B or two. I got B's and C's. We're both doing excellent degree's regardless

IQ might look good, but it doesnt really get you anywhere if it isn't nurtured.

I heard that when you left Accy for Lancaster, the average IQ of both communities jumped 10 points

blazey · 01-07-2008, 20:16

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Originally Posted by Eric

I heard that when you left Accy for Lancaster, the average IQ of both communities jumped 10 points

Yes Accy's jumped down and Lancaster's jumped up.

And yes Shakermaker, I apologise for my terrible use of the English language there, I really must stop posting when exhausted, I've noticed I do these things a lot when I am getting tired!