We is all fick

[sasguru]

Physics has the word "theory" all over the place, which translates as "we are just guessing". The word of God is all that matters

QED.

[WTFH]

Physics GCE 'O' level in SI units.

Physics GCE 'A' level in MKS, CGS, Imperial units.

Degree 1st year in MKS, CGS, Imperial and Engineering Imperial units with the odd bit of SI thrown in for good measure.

But never mind, we Welsh are even thicker than the rest of you.

No doubt they'll be reshuffling the deck chairs on the educational Titanic quite furiously.

Did you not do any studying in FFF units?

[Forumbore]

There is nothing wrong with being thick just look at Dodgyagent

[tomtomagain]

India scored so badly in the PISA tests in 2012 that they decided not to enter again.

Which is one way of dealing with a low ranking.

[BrilloPad]

India scored so badly in the PISA tests in 2012 that they decided not to enter again.

Which is one way of dealing with a low ranking.

Couldn't they offshore them?

[SueEllen]

India scored so badly in the PISA tests in 2012 that they decided not to enter again.

Which is one way of dealing with a low ranking.

That's cos their pupils' parents couldn't bribe anyone.


(Sorry on a phone & in meeting so can't provide link.)

[Fronttoback]

And the gap between A-level Maths and university level maths is also high.
A-level maths is a joke now compared to when I did it in the 80s, bite sized questions leading you to the answers.
Which means university maths has also fallen in standard, since the raw material cannot deal with sophisticated concepts.
But that means old farts like me stay in business as the younger generation are so crap, mathematically

Just a small stats point...

The distance between a-level and degree level maths is largely a function of where you did your maths degree, and therefore hard to measure usefully.

Gap between GCSE and a-level much easier to measure consistently across the country and thus make generalised statements thereof.

[VectraMan]

Just a small stats point...

The distance between a-level and degree level maths is largely a function of where you did your maths degree, and therefore hard to measure usefully.

Gap between GCSE and a-level much easier to measure consistently across the country and thus make generalised statements thereof.

I was in the last year to do O-level, and I remember in year 2 of A-level my maths teacher complaining about the new influx of GCSE maths students starting A-level but being a long way behind we'd been after O-level.

But then I went to University (computing/electronics) and it seemed everything in the first year was rehasing stuff I already knew from A-level Maths or Physics.

Internationally we were probably all fick in 1989 too.

[shaunbhoy]

Gap between GCSE and a-level much easier to measure consistently across the country and thus make generalised statements thereof.

Once you have been here a little longer it will rapidly become apparent that very little factual data need be supplied before assguru jumps to outlandish conclusions.
It is a function of his one-dimensional mind, and whilst it invariably makes him look like a complete jackass, he is at least OUR jackass.

HTH

[Fronttoback]

Once you have been here a little longer it will rapidly become apparent that very little factual data need be supplied before assguru jumps to outlandish conclusions.
It is a function of his one-dimensional mind, and whilst it invariably makes him look like a complete jackass, he is at least OUR jackass.

HTH

I'm not really into passive aggressive bullying thanks.

But thanks for the tip!