Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

The leaves of apple and cherry trees are pentastichous.

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Of the hundreds of thousands who served in Vietnam, most still do not understand the whys and wherefores of our involvement.