Passing the eleven reveals a strategy for the acquisition, utilisation,
improvement and retention of eleven plus information.
This statement brings out many of the features about what is
good about the eleven plus. The words acquisition and utilisation show the wide
scope of eleven plus information that a child needs to be able to call upon in the
examination.
Of course there are going to be children who do not need to
work through eleven plus exercises and papers. For other children financial restraints
may make them less competitive.
We hope that the vast majority of eleven plus children will
be able to enjoy life at university and will emerge as potential leaders. Some
will be scholars, others business people and there will also be a wide range of
young men and women with interests in the arts, science, technology,
agriculture and the human sciences.
If only the eleven plus examination could help our bright
ten year old children to explore and investigate some of these areas. The eleven
plus relies heavily, in some areas, on reasoning topics – some of which are archaic
and unwelcome.
Is there no way some careers guidance can be woven into the eleven
plus?
