Kate's grades

[Doug Alan <nessus@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>]

> From: Geoff Clare <mcvax!root.co.uk!gwc@uunet.UU.NET>

> I think IED's (lack of) knowledge of the British education system
> may be letting him down here.  In the British Grammar schools of
> Kate's school-days a significant proportion of pupils would pass 9
> or 10 `O' levels.  It was common to take Maths or English (or both)
> a year early, then the usual 8 `O' levels in the final year
> (including an "Alternative" `O' level in the subject(s) already
> passed).  So Kate may have 2 Maths and 2 English `O' levels and 6 in
> other subjects.

I'm not an expert in the British educational system, either, but I do
know that Kate left school at the age of 16 to pursue her music
career.  I've been led to believe that this number of O-levels at this
age is at least a bit unusual, if not an indisputable sign of genius.
I don't think anyone has maintained that Kate was a genius student --
just a very competant one, which is also unusual for Rock Stars.

|>oug

...Then again, one of the guys in Queen has a PhD in astrophysics...