14: Education, Education, Education ft. Emily Gann

Fresh off our half‑term adventures, what better moment to dive into the delightful strangeness that is the British education system.Class might be out for summer back in the homeland, but here in London pupils will still be slogging away for weeks - dreaming of undercooked potatoes on pebbly beaches and EasyJet flights packed tighter than a Year 9 lunch queue headed to destinations with visible sunlight.  This week we’re joined by Emily Gann, an American teacher in British schools who helpfully explains what the acronym GCSE means. Should A‑level results day be a national holiday, what is the right reaction when a small child asks for a "rubber", and why is everybody so obsessed with the details of school uniforms?It turns out the old saying is true: you really do learn something new every day.