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Janet Downs
Oversubscription is touted as a sign of popularity, but is it?
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Janet Downs
Times article reads like a parody, but leaves unpleasant taste
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4 hours ago Rebecca Hanson said, in response to 'Oversubscription is touted as a sign of popularity, but is it?', "Obviously all our primaries in this area are unpopular as 96% of parents got their first place choice so there was no need to have big lists and many people ..."
5 hours ago A guest said, in response to 'Oversubscription is touted as a sign of popularity, but is it?', "Schools which have lotteries for places are also more likely to named , especially if you have six choices."
6 hours ago Clarence Matthews said, in response to 'The dangers of common sense', "If you add ice cubes to a full glass of pink gin with pearl onions, it overflows. That is common sense. 'About 1917, the eminent English economist Alfred Marshall wrote the following words ..."
7 hours ago Neil Moffatt said, in response to 'The dangers of common sense', "At the root of all this is a demonstration of the political capture and exploitation of public emotions, much as the Daily Mail carries out with its readers. The emphasis ..."