...a stretch of Borstal if they said 'no'?
2007-03-23 06:32:27 · 5 answers · asked by nativexile 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Thank you, Dels - maybe I'm feeling like most other people after watching the news, and how these supposedly 'nasty little things' are going to be told in the near (or distant) future. Uttering words like 'fines' and 'prison' could end up being something this government regrets.
2007-03-23 07:10:50 · update #1
It didn't happen just like that.It was announced some years previously that in 1972 the school age would be raised from 15 to 16, so pupils would have been well aware of this in advance. Similarly, and I don't know the year, the school leaving age had been increased from 14 to 15. When I left school in 1947 I was 16 having passed the scholarship(11 plus)and by moving schools knew that the leaving age was 16 instead of the ordinary schools who left at 14.
2007-03-23 06:57:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had to stay on until they were 16 to do CSE`s or GCE`s. Until then a `5th year` to do these was optional. I can`t remember how they were told though, I left in 1971 at Easter because I was old enough to do so.
2007-03-23 06:40:59 · answer #2 · answered by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats funny i was 15 in 1975 when i left school.
i was working at 15 and did not pay any tax on my wages because of my age,
i was 16 in sept
2007-03-23 06:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by minty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was talked about in the news before hand then brought in on a certain date and we had no option but to comply
2007-03-23 06:36:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
under sedation !!!!!!
2007-03-23 06:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋