The boy so set on getting to Cambridge he got 22 A-levels

Daily Mail by Paul Harris, Laura Clark | Feb. 1, 2009 (News Report)

One ambition was fixed in Ali Moeen Nawazish's mind as he made his way through school in Pakistan. He wanted to win a place at Cambridge.

Sitting seven A-levels might easily have done the trick, even though he had started to study some of the subjects only three days before the exam.

But he was determined to get some good grades. So he sat another three, and three more. Then another nine. Just in case, he took a couple of AS levels along ... Full Story »

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Topics: College, High School, Education Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Feb 1, 2009 - 11:43 AM PST
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Edited by: Dale Penn - Feb 1, 2009 - 11:43 AM PST

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 by Dale Penn - Feb. 1, 2009

Inspiring story focuses attention on the student's role in applying themselves as part of a successfl education formula. [Note: See link to Wikipedia on "A-level" or Advanced Level General Certificate of Education.]

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