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UK no longer in the top 10 for reading and maths

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    UK no longer in the top 10 for reading and maths

    From the beeb

    READING TOP 10
    S. Korea
    Finland
    Hong Kong
    Canada
    New Zealand
    Ireland
    Australia
    Liechtenstein
    Poland
    Sweden

    MATHS TOP 10
    Taiwan
    Finland
    Hong Kong
    S.Korea
    Netherlands
    Switzerland
    Canada
    Macao-China
    Liechtenstein
    Japan

    Responding to the Pisa reports on science, reading and maths, the Schools Minister Jim Knight said that the science results showed that the UK remained above average.

    Well that's okay then. Well done us. Really putting the 'Great' into erm....

    #2
    READING TOP 10
    S. Korea
    Finland
    Hong Kong
    Canada
    New Zealand
    Ireland
    Australia
    Liechtenstein
    Poland
    Sweden

    MATHS TOP 10
    Taiwan
    Finland
    Hong Kong
    S.Korea
    Netherlands
    Switzerland
    Canada
    Macao-China
    Liechtenstein
    Its a lie. New Zealanders obviously cannot do maths as we are not in the top 10.. so how can we be trusted to add up the number of people who can read? We are dodgy.

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      #3
      Oh hang on .. just had a look at the full rankings, NZ are 11th in maths and above average.... .... Boy did I slip through the crack.. which is also what I tried to do on Sat night but thats another story for another day.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
        From the beeb

        READING TOP 10
        S. Korea
        Finland
        Hong Kong
        Canada
        New Zealand
        Ireland
        Australia
        Liechtenstein
        Poland
        Sweden

        MATHS TOP 10
        Taiwan
        Finland
        Hong Kong
        S.Korea
        Netherlands
        Switzerland
        Canada
        Macao-China
        Liechtenstein
        Japan




        Well that's okay then. Well done us. Really putting the 'Great' into erm....

        Some people actually believe 'Great' in Great Britain stands for something other than the size of the Island.
        The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

        But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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          #5
          Where does Scotland appear in the list?

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            #6
            Originally posted by tay View Post
            Where does Scotland appear in the list?
            They are a minor part of UK statistics. Remember, the English defeated and subjugated them many years ago.

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              #7
              Only just confirms why I'll shipping back to the great white north in a couple of years.
              McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
              Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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