I freely admit that I'm a naughty buggar, that I'm powerless over naughty buggarness and that it has made my life imagineable! 

Kleen Harry wrote on Jul 15^th, 2007 at 10:31am:


Yep, I was 14 on june 5th this year.

Kleen Harry wrote on Jul 15^th, 2007 at 10:51am:


Beg pardon, we have a different system in the UK (which is where I live). Compulsory education is split into four 'Key Stages' - and you pass through three schools in the process, which covers a total of 12 years in school before moving on to college and university.

First there is 'Infant School' - students are age 4-7, covering 3 years of school - Year R (reception), Year 1 and Year 2. This makes up Key stage 1

Then there's 'Junior School' - Students are age 7-11, covering four years of school - Years 3 through 6. This makes up Key stage 2.

Finally, there's 'Senior school' or 'Secondary school' (different names for exactly the same thing) - students are age 11-16, covering 5 years of school - Years 7 through 11. Years 7, 8 and 9 are Key Stage 3, Years 10 and 11 are Key stage 4.

You sit exams at the end of each Key stage - you have 'SATs' (Standard assessment tests) at the end of Key stage 1, 2 and 3, and GCSE's (General Certificate of Secondary Education) at the end of Key stage four.

What is odd about our system is that the name of your year is one digit lower that the actual amount of years you've been in school, due to 'Year R' stuck on the front of the system. So for example, 'Year 6' is your 7th year in school.

Following that lengthy explanation of our system, I can say that I am in Year 9 (i.e. my tenth year in school), and have recently done my 'SAT's' - I've got good results in Maths and science, and I'm still waiting for my English results. The levels system in this country is too complicated to explain in depth here.

P.S. we've actually only got one week left of Year 9 before the Summer holidays... after which comes year 10 and the start of preparing for GCSE's. Oh joy.

Mictheslik wrote on Jul 15^th, 2007 at 11:18am:


Wasn't fun, but I got a level 8b in maths (one sub-level away from the highest possible in maths, i.e. a level 8a) and I got either a 7b or 7a in science (not sure which yet), which is also very close to the highest possible in science - a 7a. Don't ask me why you can get an 8 in maths but not in science or english, because I don't know.

Like I said, still waiting for english results. I'm quite happy at the moment because of those results.

P.S. I'm gonna be the one laughing in around a year's time when you do your GCSE's

Kleen Harry wrote on Jul 15^th, 2007 at 11:48am:


Thanks for the compliment.

Now for some back; your dry cynicism is absolutely hilarious!!

Kleen Harry wrote on Jul 14^th, 2007 at 6:02pm:


Nothing wrong with the model??

But...

But...

She still has clothes on!! 





I like the shot, mate. It has a hint of that artistic style. Keep at it! 

Hee heeeeeeee! 

I was never one for homework, John. Just paid attention in class. One of my math teachers refused to pass me unless I made up all of the homework for the entire year, never mind that I passed the course. My father actually made me do all of that homework! 

Sounds like school there is exactly the same, in some regards, as school here today. It's all scores and tests. Never mind teaching students how to think and problem solve!

As regards the woman, we could turn the image upside down and see what happens!