fingerle@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (J. Fingerle) (06/18/91)
I was just talking to an RAF exchange officer stationed at the Navy facility
where I work. He is a Kate fan and said it is fairly common knowledge in
the UK that "Kate is rather clever" and that she passed "four A-levels."
In the recent thread concerning this, I believe that this was not mentioned.
We had only discussed Kate having passed her 10 O-levels. So I put it to you
people, is this true? Anyone know for sure?
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/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) (06/19/91)
>From article <9106181438.AA13260@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL>, by fingerle@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (J. Fingerle): > > I was just talking to an RAF exchange officer stationed at the Navy facility > where I work. He is a Kate fan and said it is fairly common knowledge in > the UK that "Kate is rather clever" and that she passed "four A-levels." > > In the recent thread concerning this, I believe that this was not mentioned. > We had only discussed Kate having passed her 10 O-levels. So I put it to you > people, is this true? Anyone know for sure? According to an interview in the "Kate Bush On Tour" show (recently posted by Ron, thanks Ron). Kate got 10 O-levels and took her "mock A's" before leaving school but never got any regular A-levels. I assume that "mock A's" are some sort of practice exam taken to prepare for the regular A-levels. Whether it could be said that she got four of these "mock A's" I don't know. Considering that she had thought of becoming a vet or a phyciatrist it would make sense (from what our international correspondents have told us) that she would take a large number of Os and then prepare for her A-levels with about four "mock As". Strange thought. Another time. Another place. Kate (or is it Cathy) Bush sits quietly completing her O-Level exam. Does she have the faintest idea that fifteen years later devout fans all over the world will be talking about how well she did? Was Rod Serling standing in the room at the time? <theme music...fade out> "Don't drive too slowly." Richard Caldwell AT&T Network Systems att!cbnews!nrc nrc@cbnews.att.com
ee8kh@gdt.bath.ac.uk (K House) (06/20/91)
Neal R Caldwell writes: >I assume that "mock A's" are some sort of practice exam taken to prepare >for the regular A-levels. Whether it could be said that she got four >of these "mock A's" I don't know. >Considering that she had thought of becoming a vet or a phyciatrist >it would make sense (from what our international correspondents have >told us) that she would take a large number of Os and then prepare >for her A-levels with about four "mock As". Perfectly sensible. You're correct that "mock A's" are practice exams, they are set by the teachers in the schools (as opposed to being set by Examining boards like the real things) usually three or four months before the real exams. It is not really reasonable to claim to have "mock A's" since they have no real comparative value. Having passed them however is at least a guide to a person's likely performance in the real thing. I've never heard about Kate taking mocks but if she stayed through most of the Sixth Form (i.e. yrs 6/7 ages 16-18) then she probably did. That doesn't actually mean that she did well though ! (or that she didn't :-) Kevin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Kevin House | School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, | | ee8kh@uk.ac.bath.gdt | University of Bath, ENGLAND | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------