Grades dropped, smiles faded, students left, and all that remained were the memories that we would safely lock away.

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If one failed a class or dropped it due to low grades, the money was reimbursed, to us.

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In 1997, students in grades 10 to 12 from low-income families dropped out at an annual rate of 12.3 percent.

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Extra first year work will not necessarily damage students' eventual A-level grades, she argues - on the basis that under the old system, those who had dropped from studying three subjects to two had not necessarily got better results.

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