A Level Results....guess what :-)
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scenario8 said:
Congratulations to her.
I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you?
Thanks, I SO wanted to make a comment, but didn't want to be the first!I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you?
Congratulations to her; hope she does well there too.
scenario8 said:
car crazy said:
My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october
Congratulations to her. I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you?
anonymous said:
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During my A levels a few students at Oxbridge interview had achieved 100% in AS Geography. You would expect a perfect score to be rare (nevermind a A) to my suprise every single student who had been interviewed and had taken Geography had achieved a perfect 100.scenario8 said:
Congratulations to her.
I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you?
We aren't putting down the young people- just the system that tests them. I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you?
The average grade should be a C, with a very very small percentage getting an A.
Exams should get harder and harder, not easier and easier.
And yes they really are getting easier and easier- 15 years ago when i did A-levels we practiced on O-level grade maths papers.
I recently picked up my nephews AS_level maths papers. With no revision, and 14 years after A levels, i still got 68%.
Edited by PugwasHDJ80 on Thursday 18th August 16:42
PugwasHDJ80 said:
I rencetly picked up my nephews AS_level maths papers. With no revision, and 14 years after A levels, i still got 68%.
I took AS Maths when i was 14 and got an A .. me thinks a bright 10yr old could do it now! not that i'm boasting .. coughIMO we should just move to a Grade Point Average as per US - then it would get rid of the hit-or-miss (getting an A or not) problem.
Edited by fido on Thursday 18th August 16:29
BoRED S2upid said:
BrabusMog said:
When were A*'s introduced? I had to settle for 3 A's back in the day.
A few years back. Didn't have them in my day. I should update my CV really as all grades should be upgraded A becomes A* B becomes B etc...
Kwai Chang Caine said:
Who'd have thought it? This year's kids are cleverer and better educated than last year's!
8% A*
27% A
97.8% E and above which I think is a pass.
So only 2.2% of students failed....hmmmm.
Has such a sustained annual increase in 'intelligence' levels ever happened across any other population ever?8% A*
27% A
97.8% E and above which I think is a pass.
So only 2.2% of students failed....hmmmm.
It's amazing. Thank goodness for Tony and Gorgon. Or maybe it's flouride in water or something.
scenario8 said:
grumbledoak said:
At this rate we'll soon have a generation of 'highly qualified' Uni students who cannot use a broom the right way up.
They are not getting magically cleverer.
For an alarming number of graduates that is precisely the skillset they need in these difficult times.They are not getting magically cleverer.
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