Degrees in business
Sir, —‘'Parent of Students” shows an alarming lack of knowledge about the role of the seventh form. In no way does advanced, concentrated learning “hinder maturity development.” The pressures and responsibilities on these pupils are considerable. Any ideas of “the elite” are in the minds of parents, not pupils. A specialised year, Form VII is (especially for science subjects) invaluable in the context of university work. Most students would be struggling were they to go from Form VI to stage 1 in subjects such as mathematics, applied mathematics, or chemistry. The suggestion of. two years, at work after Form VI is utterly nonsensical and remote from present realities in education. "Parent of Students” presumes that school pupils lack “common sense” and “stable habits,” and believes that the magic of two years as a worker will remedy such student inadequacies. There is no such magic, and even if there was, who needs it? —Yours, etc., A.M.B. September 8, 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32707, 9 September 1971, Page 12
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