11 Plus

How would do if you took the 11 plus?

  • 6 - 8 Grammar School

    Votes: 32 82.1%

  • 3 - 5 Secondary Modern School

    Votes: 6 15.4%

  • 0 - 2 Technical School

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Total voters
    39
I passed in 1952 but failed today - I must have lost some grey matter with the passage of time.
 
I managed a respectable 7....:D Have to admit that some of those questions were quite difficult.
 
Six out of eight, here. Got the who/whom/what one wrong, and the number sequence (still don't understand that one).
 
I got 7 and would argue that I should have had 8 :D

The one about the brush I chose hair, which to me is equally as valid as paint :confused:

Good to see when I passed all those years ago I've maintained my brain level even if my body hasn't kept up :)
 
I got 8.

I passed mine in 1981 and I am sure their were a lot more questions back then :D
 
I got the Who/ whom question wrong.
I was borderline first time round and my mother chose to send me to the sec. mod.!!
I am conversant with the current 11+ exams and I think the one the BBc is using is harder but then it has less choices thereby making the probability of guessing the correct answer higher.

The Stockholm question definitely discriminates against dyslexics and it could also be argued that the paint question does also.
 
I got eight out of eight. If that's a true representation of '11 Plus' questions then exams are definitely not easier now. They're really much the same.
 
Neil said:
Maybe that is the idea.
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If that is the idea it would be rather counter productive as by definition dyslexics have a higher than average IQ which is what 11+ exams are designed to measure.
Of course the test on the Beeb did not include any Verbal Reasoning or non Verbal Reasoning question which nearly all Grammar Schools do test, eg both Clitheroe and Bacup Grammar include VR in their exams and this type of question was included back in the early 70's in Accrington

I retract that,the paint question was VR
 
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Hey! I passed again. Whoopee ding ... now I'm off to Accy Grammar, bring on the silly blazer and short pants ... and it's off to the bog for a woodbine!
 
7 for me,

Knew I'd passed it in '66 when I took it, but my family had no money behind us and the scholarships had gone... ah, but well, Sec Mod didn't do me too bad, got 6 of them pesky GCE's
 
mickmc said:
7 for me,

Knew I'd passed it in '66 when I took it, but my family had no money behind us and the scholarships had gone... ah, but well, Sec Mod didn't do me too bad, got 6 of them pesky GCE's
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lol, I wasn't allowed to go because my 3 elder stepbrothers were as thick as pig **** and my stepmother said I shouldn't be allowed extra privileges if they couldn't have them.:confused:

Ironically I lived a five minute walk from Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar, but had to go to a secondary modern school 4 miles away :(
 
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