THE only comfort I can take from your front-page news that I might have another 15 - rather than 10 - years to go, is that it could mean that before the end of my career I will witness Mike Tomlinson’s scrapping of A-levels in favour of a bac-style diploma (TES, June 20 page 3) and school effectiveness measured by what goes on in classrooms (David Reynolds, page 23). It might just be worth it!
Richard Kuhn (aged 50 34) 88 Huntingdon Road East Finchley, London N2
