![]() ![]() Kids who were in Silver schools end up leaving for the big Yellow boarding schools. I really liked this format as it showed how Elena had grown into a more empathetic adult, where as as a teen she was just bitter that she wasn’t one of the popular kids and happy when their roles were reversed when good test scores got you amazing benefits.Īs with any system controlled by a corrupt government, the Q numbers enable the officials to manipulate the figures. The chapters are divided between now and then – Elena’s present day experiences where Freddie is demoted to a Yellow school and has to be taken away, and Elena’s own experiences of school when the Q system was first being dreamed up. They have two daughters, Anne is the oldest, she fits in at her Silver school and succeeds in the system, and Freddie, who is struggling at her middle tier green school and suffers from anxiety. ![]() She’s married to Malcom, high up in the government education department and a big supporter of the Q number system. The book centres on Elena, a teacher at a top tier ‘silver’ school for the kids with high Q numbers. ![]()
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