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Exams too hard? Lower the standards.

Sheesh, this is terrifying. From the British Telegraph: Ministers are particularly concerned about exam results this year, having failed to achieve their 2004 target of 75 per cent of 14-year-olds reaching the level expected in English. Just 71 per cent reached the standard, despite a multi-million pound Government strategy aimed at improving lessons in secondary [...]

terrace borders strictly enforced

We were enjoying a beer and the sunshine yesterday afternoon on the Nieuwmarkt (a prominent tourist landmark) when I discovered just how seriously the Dutch take their pub regulations. It seems that space is at such a premium in this country that a pub with outside seating (terraces) has a strictly demarcated area it is [...]