Eleven Plus Signals

You ask for a report from school.

“Your child is doing the best he / she can.”

You ask for a report from your eleven plus teacher.

“Your child is doing the best he / she can.”

You ask for report from your spouse.

“Our child is doing the best he / she can.”

You ask for a report from your child.

“Mum, Dad I am doing the best I can.”

The next time you are in Paris and you are gazing up at the Eiffel Tower your attention could swing back to the Eleven Plus. A time signal is sent out from the Eiffel Tower. There is a story that the Director of the Paris Observatory was making an official visit to England – and enquired about the English transmitter.

“Please tell me Mr English Director, how do you set your clocks?”

“Well M le Directeur we telephone your Observatory twice a day and check our clocks against yours.”

“But how do you check your clock against ours?”

“M le Directeur we set our clocks by listening to your Paris signal.”

If you are receiving the same eleven plus signal from many sources – do you listen, collate and act on the information or do you do your own thing?