Comments on: No Wonder They Lost the Empire http://www.theagitator.com/2003/08/15/no-wonder-they-lost-the-empire/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Wallster http://www.theagitator.com/2003/08/15/no-wonder-they-lost-the-empire/#comment-27007 Wallster Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:31:23 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2902#comment-27007 Private schools just don't work ;) Private schools just don’t work ;)

]]> By: Extra Ordinary Ideas http://www.theagitator.com/2003/08/15/no-wonder-they-lost-the-empire/#comment-27008 Extra Ordinary Ideas Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:49:14 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2902#comment-27008 <strong>The Big Test</strong> Educators in Britain, home of the content-driven "A-levels," similar to America's SAT II "Achievement Tests," have decided to add the... The Big Test

Educators in Britain, home of the content-driven “A-levels,” similar to America’s SAT II “Achievement Tests,” have decided to add the…

]]> By: Bob Hawkins http://www.theagitator.com/2003/08/15/no-wonder-they-lost-the-empire/#comment-27006 Bob Hawkins Sat, 16 Aug 2003 03:25:38 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2902#comment-27006 Winston Churchill almost didn't make it into Sandhurst because he kept flunking the geography part of the entrance exam. When he got down to his last chance, he piled up maps of all of Britain's colonies, picked one at random, and memorized it. When he sat down to take the test, the geography test was all about the colony he had memorized. The rest is history. Winston Churchill almost didn’t make it into Sandhurst because he kept flunking the geography part of the entrance exam. When he got down to his last chance, he piled up maps of all of Britain’s colonies, picked one at random, and memorized it. When he sat down to take the test, the geography test was all about the colony he had memorized. The rest is history.

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