I had not even heard of O-levels
at 15, for my secondary modern did not take any exams at all. If you
lived
long enough to get your certificate of eligibility which ensured
that no
longer would you have to have to legally attend school, and could
more-or-less read your own name, write it and work out the change
from a
pound having bought something for three and fourpence ha'penny, you
were
all set for 'life'. (My tongue was in cheek just a little, there!)

How true, I was told "there's no point in you learning your tables, -
you'll always have your slide rule "
(this was 6 months before (Sir) Clive Sinclair brought out his "pocket
calculator" )
jc



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