pk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't remember all schools being equal and all > schools being good ever > > because they weren't and never will be (not least > 'cause not all parents/pupils would define 'good' > in the same way, and neither should they) Of course not, and of course people have varying definitions of good; especially so for schools when, as is the case now, so much is expected of them that they could not possibly be 'good' at everything. But as rahrahrah says, the simpler the better.