Great article.
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Originally Posted by Boris
The tragedy is that the A grades in the sciences, advanced maths and languages are increasingly ghettoised in the grammar schools and the independent sector, and when the Blair Government is brought to the bar of history, it will be one of the single heaviest charges that, by failing to tackle the crunchy subjects in state schools, a Labour government presided over a shocking decline in social mobility.
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This is so true. I went to a selective grammar school and took History, Politics and Economics at A-Level. Equally I could have done other such 'advanced' subjects such as Philosophy and Further Mathematics.
No state school seems to offer all of these anymore - which is a great shame. Can Business Studies ever be as academically challenging as Economics? Is Psychology a viable subject in comparison to Philosophy? I don't think so.