Diane: I know you didn't say Grade VIII was a "hard and fast prequisite" of getting on the course. But you did say prospective students would be unlikely to be admitted if they didn't reach that standard.I am merely pointing out that the people who made the name we call it by would not necessarily have reached that standard, or anything like it.That standard exists to measure a completely different kind of ability, which is fun to possess, but not wildly relevant. If anybody disagrees with me, check out what you have to do to pass Grade VIII and figure out how that applies to Harry Cox or Woody Guthrie.