[HPFGU-OTChatter] Remember the Madness.

[Kathryn]

 Shaun said :


Yes, he says, he went home and didn't go back because he decided he'd
be too late - well, he still should have gone back - if he'd gone
back to school, again I'd have a problem if the school had refused to
let him in, having sent him home to change. But he didn't go back.
 

K

Mostly I thought you had a point - although I note he says he'd been wearing
the same shoes to school since April and they'd never complained before, so
I would say he had a reasonable expectation of being allowed to get away
with it - but I know that when I was taking GCSEs (admittedly a while ago)
the official exam board rules said no one could be admitted more than half
an hour late (to avoid disturbing other students), it may even have been
fifteen minutes, and since it took him twenty minutes to get home and change
(presumably most of that was travel time because how long does it take to
change your shoes after all) then there was no chance of him being admitted
when he got back to school. So why bother.

On a related note, I never saw the result of this story, but the morning
after Liverpool's stunning win in Istanbul (football for those of you who
don't know and/or care) the BBC were interviewing people as they arrived
back at John Lennon airport, including one kid who couldn't stop to talk
because his Chemistry A-LEVEL started in fifteen minutes time! I can't
decide if he deserves to be applauded for his loyaltu to his team or smacked
upside the head for stupidity - possibly both. I hope he made it! (for the
non-Brits A-Levels are the real world equivalent of NEWTS and, except where
your school offers a different qualification like the international
Baccalaureat, vital for entrance to university - and it's not like you can
resit without rearranging your plans dramatically as the exams are in May
and the resits in January, university begins in September, so a resit pretty
much requires a year out.

K

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