Do some eleven plus parents sometimes hope for some form of
intervention to help their eleven plus candidate suddenly acquire the necessary
work ethic to be able to pass the eleven plus? The Ancient Greeks may also have
been faced by a similar mixture of hope and dreams.
The term `Deus ex machina’ was used to describe the `the god
from the machine’; this was a mechanical device in Greek drama that was lowered
onto the stage. The god represented the intervention to provide a solution to the
dramatic conflict.
We know that today the term is often used to mean an agency
that comes to the rescue. Every effort is then made sort the problem out. The
good thing for eleven plus parents is that the application of `Deus ex machina’
does not usually require logic or common sense. `If it seems right then it must
be right.’
The `Deus ex machina’ can be used by needy eleven plus
parents to resolve a situation. Once a parent is being out argued and out
witted by their eleven plus candidate then the big guns of the unexpected can
be brought to bear. Is this fair? Of course not but the eleven plus is the
eleven plus and there can be no holds barred. Winning, to some is all!
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