The Fish and Chip Club. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Whitwham, Ian
• Is Part Of: Changing English. Volume 24:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 10
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: History -- segregation -- selection -- 11-plus -- grammar schools -- assessment -- childhood -- parental aspiration -- secondary modern schools -- class; English literature -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; English language -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 410
• DOI: 10.1080/1358684X.2016.1274197
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1358-684X

Abstract

Abstract: This autobiographical narrative explores how close childhood friendship can be destroyed by the perniciously divisive nature of the 11-plus exam. It describes an irretrievable situation in which all children are victims.