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To: Neocon who wrote (23912)	10/7/1999 1:53:00 AM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24894

At that time, boarding school was about the only way you could expect to get into university. You took a test when you were 7 or 8, maybe even younger. On the basis of that test, the rest of your education was laid out b4 you. If you did well, as my husband did, then you were put on a track that would prepare you for university. If you did poorly on the tests, then you would take classes that would prepare you for non-university careers. It was a very rigid system. The system has changed over time, and I believe it is more flexible. I do not know if there are many scholarships available in England these days. I think Margaret Thatcher did her best to cut funding to universities. Probably, there are very few scholarships compared to the past. When my husband was in school, he had to decide fairly early what his specialities would be. I recall my husband complained about the lack of science classes, biology in particular. But he got all he needed to get into a top university for an undergraduate degree. He also received full scholarship for those years as well. M....