It was a non-selective, mixed comprehensive that was really struggling.
Comprehensive, that is, in terms of what it covers: opera, and not the opera world.
Exams in college are not 100 percent comprehensive — that is, the tests will not cover every topic or problem discussed in class.
Back then, he belonged to a gang of kids from Pimlico comprehensive that called themselves the ASA (Anarchist Street Army) and hung out daily in an independent record shop on nearby Wilton Road called Recordsville.
When it came to secondary school, they didn't get any of their seven preferences, which included William Ellis school in Camden, a much sought-after comprehensive that admits up to 10% of its pupils on musical aptitude.
People do not want their child to have to attend a local comprehensive that is severely underfunded after years of cuts hidden behind the pretence of having "ringfenced education".
On the other hand one white parent I spoke to had chosen to send her child to the local comprehensive that was approximately 98% Asian out of principle, not wishing to imitate the other white parents who went to great lengths to send their child to a majority-white school some distance away.
The lesson here, Ward says, is that workable solutions are regional and comprehensive; that is, some authority or commission governs the water in a whole river basin and includes in its mandate the economic, social and environmental effects of messing with it.
But there are other technologies that are more comprehensive that could potentially be used to solve the medical credentials and other paperwork issues as well.
"We took our curriculum framework which is comprehensive – that is to say, it covers everything a child needs to be ready for kindergarten and prepared for learning – and it's a hierarchy," explains Arena.
And what's problematic about that experience is you really get undifferentiated lists that are not personalized, that are not comprehensive, that are full of advertising, and so we think we really provide the best of asking a friend or family member because of how unbiased and data-driven it is, but also the convenience of being able to do this from your mobile phone".
