Are there any personality traits that will help an eleven
plus child to do better in the actual examination?
Easy-going, warm and generous
Inflexible, cold, timid and shy
Independent, reliable
Frivolous, treats the examination as if it is a joke
Stable, realistic
Evasive emotionally changeable
Self-assertive
Self-effacing
Placid, sociable
Agitated
Conscientious
Irresponsible
Friendly, trustful
Suspicious, hostile
At times, thank goodness, it is likely that an eleven plus
child will be any or all of the above. We certainly don’t want an eleven plus
child who is so ambitious and eager to pass the examination that he or she
starts living in an eleven plus bubble.
