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Exam Grades not comparable to 50 years ago
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Originally posted by gables View PostYes, those that set the curriculum, teach it and set the exams
Wanting a system where everyone is at least of a certain standard is all well and good but some kids are just plain thick and you also stifle the elite by concentrating on making sure that your F and U grade students get up to an E or D. 100 IQ is the average for a reason. For all the bright people out there, there has to be a bell-curve distribution of people balancing them out. Others may simply not have the aptitude for exams.
We're crying out for skilled tradespeople but Bliar and Brown insisted that a high percentage should go to uni. On balance, the Tories upgraded polytechnics to universities, diluting the quality of graduates by default. While some employers may recognise the traditional red bricks, others just see a graduate then moan that Dave and his two E grade A-levels in media and sports science isn't up to the job.
We're sorting people later in life, at which point we've already invested too much money in their failed education when they could already have been showing promise as an apprentice. You shouldn't be allowed to college without 5 A-Cs; YTS should be re-introduced for those who are ambitious but not as smart to give the a vocational qualification of some sort.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostNot even those. It's higher up than that.
Wanting a system where everyone is at least of a certain standard is all well and good but some kids are just plain thick and you also stifle the elite by concentrating on making sure that your F and U grade students get up to an E or D. 100 IQ is the average for a reason. For all the bright people out there, there has to be a bell-curve distribution of people balancing them out. Others may simply not have the aptitude for exams.
We're crying out for skilled tradespeople but Bliar and Brown insisted that a high percentage should go to uni. On balance, the Tories upgraded polytechnics to universities, diluting the quality of graduates by default. While some employers may recognise the traditional red bricks, others just see a graduate then moan that Dave and his two E grade A-levels in media and sports science isn't up to the job.
We're sorting people later in life, at which point we've already invested too much money in their failed education when they could already have been showing promise as an apprentice. You shouldn't be allowed to college without 5 A-Cs; YTS should be re-introduced for those who are ambitious but not as smart to give the a vocational qualification of some sort.Comment
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