Travel abroad during christmas break 2016

zagfles

Voyager2002 wrote: »

I am relying on my memory of some projects that I completed before 1993 (I no longer have notes from then), so I cannot give the detailed reply that you deserve. We did follow an approach similar to yours, but obviously with a far greater volume of data, and we stripped out the effect of socio-economic status

Why, exactly? If a child is more able then they are more able, whatever the reason. And that's what the selection tests measure. Very successfully, from the results I posted.

(put simply, children from better-off homes are far more likely to be accepted by selective schools and to do well in tests like GCSEs).

Yes, parents who are clever/hard working are likely to get better jobs and therefore be weathier, and their children are quite likely to inherit those traits and therefore do well themselves (intelligence is inheritable, it's been proved, although this is often denied/ignored by those with a political agenda who want to make it all about socio-economic status).

Initially we asked how large the difference in GCSE performance between Grammar and other secondary schools would be if the tests were 90 per cent effective at identifying able pupils, and if that were the case then the difference would be a good deal greater than what was actually the case.

Ultimately we looked for statistical evidence that the selection tests were any better at identifying able pupils than relying on chance, and could not find such evidence. Of course, we had begun by stripping out the effects of home background.

Why would you do that? It sounds like the type of politically motivated stunt to massage the figures to come to a conclusion that suits an agenda - such as getting rid of grammar schools. But which failed completely in Slough - grammar schools still going there over 20 years later

I suspect that what this really showed was that an equally effective selection process would be to choose kids whose parents were able and willing to pay for a place.

Why do most fee paying schools have a selection test then?

All your supposed "research" seems to have done is prove that intelligence is hereditary, rather than selection tests are rubbish :rotfl:

PS apologies to the OP for derailing the thread!

Moto2

psarinuk wrote: »

Can someone who know of an apartment for 4 (2 adults + 2 kids) or hotel room for 4 in Tenerife with a mini-kitchenette please respond here or PM me with the deal.

I need it for 6 nights from 25th Dec to 31st Dec.

No one has responded me so far on Airbnb and Owners direct.

Hope I can find something decent as the holiday is still a month away.

Thanks.

You could try this place too, they're OK

https://www.cloud10renting.com/en/

psarinuk

Just added the API with Monarch and found that my daughter's passport is expiring on 29/01/2017.
Since we are due to fly back on 31/12/2016, would this be OK or should I get the passport renewed ASAP?

Thanks.

gettingtheresometime

psarinuk wrote: »

Just added the API with Monarch and found that my daughter's passport is expiring on 29/01/2017.
Since we are due to fly back on 31/12/2016, would this be OK or should I get the passport renewed ASAP?

Thanks.

I would use it as it is still valid.

psarinuk

Thanks gettingtheresometime

Also found this on gov.uk for travel to Spain:

Passport validity
Your passport should be valid for the proposed duration of your stay; you don’t need any additional period of validity on your passport beyond this. This applies to the whole of Spain, including the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera).