• Flic@mstdn.social
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    2 days ago

    @Zombie @pasdechance of course it wasn’t *entirely* scrapped - two of my friends (both also teachers) have children in the Wirral and Bucks, both of which still have grammars. They hate it for the psychological pressure, the financial burden (it rewards rich kids who get tutors) and the difficulty for local non-grammars to meet targets without a normal mix of students.
    Anecdotally: my mum passed and my uncle didn’t, and I suspect it’s affected their sibling dynamic ever since.