... and you send them home with letters in their book bags saying that, because they've 'been identified as being above average ability', they're being invited to join a 'Thinking Club' after school, at which they will be undertaking various, um, thinky activities.
And then the other parents get wind of this and people start complaining, and other parents are pissed off and hurt, and some of the children work out what's going on and are very upset not to have been asked.
WHat do you reckon to this then? And yes, this is my daughter's year - but I'm not telling you which side of the fence we're on until you tell me what you think!
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PoptyPing · 15/10/2009 14:50
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