The state of education  

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Spence, Des

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 336 no. 7634 (Jan. 2008), page 48.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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I swivelled our student flat’s television aerial (a wire coat hanger) and called the Sunday evening odds: "Songs of Praise, Poldark, David Copperfield episode 65 (will it ever end?), or That’s Life? Sod it, let’s play cards." We had no money so it was forfeit based gambling: cooking oil and curry powder. We supped our sickly home brew, made with twice the recommend sugar in an amateurish attempt to increase the alcohol content. Always the evenings descended into argument: Northern Ireland, the class divide, what to do with "swots," education. We were even split educationally, from Catholic, grammar, English public, and (me) comprehensive schools. Like most reasoned discussions these ended in wrestling on the floor, a head lock, and a squealed surrender. Nothing is more likely to cause a fight among doctors than private education, not even pay. Some 10% of children in Britain attend fee . . .

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