Snowflake education

[SueEllen]

I like to tell my sprogs that. Winds them up no end. Though quite happy with my first born's A*s.

Old times old exams....

Though there were no A*s in my days.

[eek]

I like to tell my sprogs that. Winds them up no end. Though quite happy with my first born's O level B equivalents.

FTFY - BTW grades change next year to 1-9 instead of G-A*. 7 will be the equivalent of an A, 8 A* and 9 the very best.

[Moose423956]

FTFY - BTW grades change next year to 1-9 instead of G-A*. 7 will be the equivalent of an A, 8 A* and 9 the very best.

How can there be anything above an A*? It's like having the volume controls on your stereo going up to 11 rather than 10, it's still the highest setting no matter what the number is.

[thelastrosbif]

Always thought it was tiered based on your expected grades:

Higher paper -> below C is a fail

Foundation paper -> maximum achievable grade is a C

28,000 a year they should probably have let daddy know what to expect right...?

[teapot418]

That's even worse. In my day it was O levels, and everything below a C was regarded as a fail.

(Mordy in Mode)

Or CSE grade 1.

[NotAllThere]

That's even worse. In my day it was O levels, and everything below a C was regarded as a fail.

At O-level, everything below a C was a fail.

Old times old exams....

Though there were no A*s in my days.

We had special papers (S-levels) for the super-smart. Do they still have them?

[OwlHoot]

Maybe the school's progressive ethos didn't help. What's needed is a return to more traditional teaching methods ..

2017-02-28 Crowds laugh as cruel father dangles his distraught son, seven, above a RIVER to 'make him study maths'

• A father tied his seven years old son to a tree branch over a river in Sichuan

• Onlookers did not stop him but only laughed along and filmed the incident

• It's been reported the man wanted to make his son do calculations properly

[LondonManc]

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

This one's been run over by a feckin lawnmower too.

[SueEllen]

Maybe the school's progressive ethos didn't help. What's needed is a return to more traditional teaching methods ..

2017-02-28 Crowds laugh as cruel father dangles his distraught son, seven, above a RIVER to 'make him study maths'

Least the kid won't be a gardener when he's 18.

[LondonManc]

Maybe the school's progressive ethos didn't help. What's needed is a return to more traditional teaching methods ..

2017-02-28 Crowds laugh as cruel father dangles his distraught son, seven, above a RIVER to 'make him study maths'

Archimedes is a bit advanced for a 7 year-old, even by Chinese standards.