vindication!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 06:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tamaranthAt the age of 11 I was foiled: my parents wouldn't let me take the 11+, they thought it was elitist. (Fast-forward through 5 yrs of comprehensive hell.)
11+ on BBC website: how do you score?
"Top of the class!You've scored 15 out of 15."
(in, er, 5:03 minutes rather than 10. Not sure what this proves but I am pleased with my brain.)
11+ on BBC website: how do you score?
"Top of the class!You've scored 15 out of 15."
(in, er, 5:03 minutes rather than 10. Not sure what this proves but I am pleased with my brain.)
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Date: Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 06:57 pm (UTC)That doesn't mean it proves nothing: it means it's a test of logical / reasoning ability rather than knowledge and facts. And one's knowledge, fact-retention, comprehension do change markedly over the course of a life.
I'm occasionally unnerved by the level of general knowledge expected of mid-C20 schoolchildren, but I wouldn't expect the 11+ to include questions that would probably be easier for an older age-group. Isn't it supposed to be about potential?