Under Luke Sheppard's direction, adult actors match the high standards set by their juniors.
He sets the tone, and the others match his high standards.
But, if this story illustrates best practice in France, what has happened to investors in companies that have failed to match these high standards?
Murray's last match was a gruelling defeat to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Shanghai Masters, and he intially struggled to match the high standards he reached in defeat in China.
But Alastair Cook's side failed to match the high standards set before Christmas and, after two rain-affected draws, were thoroughly outplayed over the first four days after putting the hosts into bat.
The Spaniard's second season in charge of the Toffees has so far failed to match the high standards of the first, with the side 16 points worse off than they were at this stage last term.
"The quality of service which we are committed to providing for our customers comes at a cost and we have now reached the point where we have to increase the prices of some of our tickets to ensure that we can continue to match the high standards which our customers rightly expect.
For centuries, violin-makers have tried in vain to match the high standards of excellence set in the first half of the 18th century by the two legendary masters of the craft, Antonio Stradivari and Joseph Guarneri del Gesù in Cremona, Italy.
Like the other two Alans – Bennett and Bleasdale – his name guaranteed a quality of humour, heart and humanity, usually matched by high standards of acting and production values.
Marcus Taylor, a sophomore from Lansing, Mich., who was the Spartans' biggest local signee since Magic Johnson, played last season behind point guard Charlie Bell; with Bell departed, Taylor must be a commanding force for Michigan State to come close to matching its high standards this season.
But one thing is certain: there are few states (only 5, at last count) that matched the high standards of the national exams.
