Another BBC quiz- Comprehensive, Grammar or Private?

[Dave 123]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37353926

7/10

 

[guitarpete247]

5/10 for me.
I don't know my celebs then.

 

[User33236]

2/10 for me primarily as I haven't a clue what the difference between a comprehensive and a grammar school is!

 

[GM]

4/10

 

[wheresthetorch]

8/10

 

[Goonerobes]

6/10

 

[swee'pea99]

6/10, but there's something a bit dodgy about the whole thing, with its clunky, smug delight at 'catching you out'. The unspoken underlying message would seem to be 'you're wrong to think Britain is a country where your prospects are largely decided by the school you attend'. Which is crap. Without wanting to come on too Dave Spart, it's not hard to establish that, eg, private school education, while accounting for 7% of the population, also represents 71% of senior judges, 62% of senior army officers, 55% of Sir Humphreys and half of the House of Lords.

So what exactly is the BBC up to, with its 'fun quiz' none-too-subtly broadcasting the opposite impression?

 

[Paulus]

Middle school

Your score:
5/10

I did well until the halfway mark.

 

[Dave 123]

5 for me .....that's would have meant a good thrashing by a prefect at my old public school.

And would he have forced you to butter his crumpet?

 

[hopless500]

2

 

[ACS]

6/10

 

[Toshiba Boy]

7/10, all educated guesses.

 

[BrumJim]

4/10. Full of prejudice, me.

 

[stephec]

5/10.

I think you'd need a subscription to Hello magazine, or similar, to get 10/10.

 

[Dayvo]

I 'could have done better.'

5/10