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Originally posted by vole-woman:
We don't know that the student who made the liver comment had been predicted an A in his biology, though, do we? He might have been predicted an A in drama, or Spanish, or Technology.

Taken from the Times Educational Supplement witten by James Williams (deputy head & housemaster)
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"Thirty teenagers, predicted to get at least one grade A*-C in science, were selected to spend four weeks boarding in the fictional 1950s Charles Darwin grammar school."

One would hope that a pupil predicted an A*-C in GCSE science would know the position of the liver in the human body.

To read his article see
Platform: Back to the 1950s - that'll teach 'em