I AGREE with your lead (“A relic of old distinctions,” TES, May 18) - key skills should be taught pre-16. Children should learn wat parents now fail to teach: to be still, be quiet and listen. RM Lane, 24 Fairview Avenue, Prestatyn, Denbignshire.
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