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anyone watching admission impossible on C4??!!

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blossom2 · 23/08/2006 21:20

what are your thoughts???

not sure what mine are but in shock as to how bad it is ....

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southeastastra · 23/08/2006 21:22

shock at the lengths people go to at the mo, but will probably be in the minority with my views

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:22

I feel v sorry for little blond boy whose mum is saying she will be devastated if he doesnt get a scholarship

And poor little Mehdin or whose dad is tutoring him nightly

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iota · 23/08/2006 21:22

me - I just came in to post the same Q

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:23

2 hours a night and 4 hours sat and sun

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MoreTeaAnyone · 23/08/2006 21:24

Sorry I just turned it on but in the first second the Asian dad really pissed me off. What a wanker, can't watch anymore. So much for boosting kids self-esteem. Must turn off now because I FEAR THIS COULD TURN INTO A RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:24

god i am so glad my parents didn't hassle me like this

I do remember going for the test for my school aged 5, but my parents just took me along and said "have fun"

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blossom2 · 23/08/2006 21:24

definitely do not agree with Mehdin's dad and his views ... unfortunately at the start i heard Mehdin says that nothing good comes of people who go to state schools which i find just plain shocking

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:26

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southeastastra · 23/08/2006 21:26

grrr i send my ds(12) to do an entry exam (without any tuition) but was put off and send him to the local comp which is great !!!

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:27

his and her matching jackets??? wtf?
this man is WARPED

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Thomcat · 23/08/2006 21:28

Blimey, poor kids, it's awful isn't it. I mean, want the best for them, but let them be kids at the same time. The pressure they must feel. It's not right.
Listen to that asian dad, "it's a competition, I've got to win'

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southeastastra · 23/08/2006 21:28

what are these children told about their local schools!! poor things they sound about 34

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:29

YES "I"
He is treating his kid like a posession

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blossom2 · 23/08/2006 21:29

fingers crossed for the girls though

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MoreTeaAnyone · 23/08/2006 21:30

I'm now watching Everybody Loves Raymond on Paramount. I feel calm and I'm getting a laugh.

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CountessDracula · 23/08/2006 21:30

god when I did the 11+ I just remember asking my form mistress "oh did I do it" and she just grinned and said "yes"

My Mum and Dad bought me a cuddly badger as a reward

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southeastastra · 23/08/2006 21:32

yep blame the system ! grr did you hear the child earlier say that the children at the local school were the sons of thieves!!

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2ManyPimms · 24/08/2006 08:53

Sadly, I am going to be one of those "pushy parents". Hopefully, I won't be as horrible as that Asian kid's dad. (Only saw the last moment of the programme last night and making that judgement by your comments....).

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MaloryTowersIsSlimAndChic · 24/08/2006 08:56

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2ManyPimms · 24/08/2006 08:57

In saying all of that...can I just be a b a moment and put in that in a way I had a niggling hope that the kid didn't get into the Grammar school - seeing his dad's face would have been PRICELESS!!!!!!

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MaloryTowersIsSlimAndChic · 24/08/2006 09:00

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Fimbo · 24/08/2006 09:08

I hate to think what the Asian would have done it the little boy didn't get in - ffs out in the street looking for the postman.

I loved the bit where Alex was talking to Mr Crofts the headmaster - that was so sweet.

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CaligulaCorday · 24/08/2006 09:08

Malory - because he's heard on the news that if you go to private school, you'll be discriminated against by universities, so he's shortening the odds...

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CaligulaCorday · 24/08/2006 09:09

What a dreadful man he was to be sure.

What a dreadful message he's sending to his son.

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blueshoes · 24/08/2006 09:43

dh and I were really scared for Mehdin and what his dad would have done to him if he did not get in.

Agree with Malory that his dad should have just paid for him to go to the prep school, if he was concerned about shortening the odds. But I guess the house, cars and microphone (lol) are more important.