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16 August 2012

A Level results and leaping Home Counties teenagers

It's a comforting newspaper staple, but surely all a bit old hat now?

By Steven Baxter

Across the country, photogenic blonde teenagers have been jumping into the air to celebrate their exam results, in a tale as old as time.

The less photogenic, less blonde teenagers have probably been getting results too (and possibly jumping) but who cares about them? They’re grubby, and probably smoke and smell of colleges and readymeals, and some of them don’t look like English Roses, so who gives a shit about them?

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