Letters: Gaddafi  Related Topics  I find it sad that at this
time of year local newspapers are full of photos and statistics
relating to those who have got the "highest" or "most" exam
passes, and implying how good their schools must be. How do
other children feel who have worked their socks off, but are not
able to achieve so highly?  I have never understood the logic of
being proud of having clever children in one's family or school,
any more than being proud of them having blue eyes or black
hair. Of course there is reason to be proud of the hard work
done by the children, their parents and their schools, which
enables them to achieve as highly as they can – though not if it
is at the expense of them "having a life" or enjoying extra-
curricular art, drama, music or sport.  I think it really would
be an even greater achievement to be proud of though, if schools
publicly rejoiced in how many children progressed from being
below average, at entry, in academic attainments, attitude or
confidence, to having cau