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    #11
    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    I really do lament of NL and their "problem solving". Every young adult is not suited to higher education, yet NL insist on pushing them to remain in school/college/uni as long as possible.

    It's a shame because folk who work hard get put down by comments like the above.

    My brother has worked his arse off trying to pass Maths, Further Maths, Physics & Chemistry basically on his own as the scholl he went to was so crap. We'll find out today whether Cambridge is going to happen or not.
    I am very sorry, but the standards have fallen. Fact. The Unis are saying so, and they have a handle on this sort of thing. I am able to say that with a clear conscience, as I don't have kids.

    I do feel sorry for the bright ones, and they deserve to be praised.

    It must be bloody frustrating for them to see their considerably dimmer pals also getting top-notch grades.

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      #12
      Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
      ...on his own as the scholl he went to was so crap.
      Perhaps if he went to an institute for learning rather than a footware manufacturer then he might have had better luck?

      ...IGMC
      It's about time I changed this sig...

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        #13
        Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
        Perhaps if he went to an institute for learning rather than a footware manufacturer then he might have had better luck?

        ...IGMC

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          #14
          Originally posted by richard-af View Post
          I am very sorry, but the standards have fallen. Fact. The Unis are saying so, and they have a handle on this sort of thing. I am able to say that with a clear conscience, as I don't have kids.

          I do feel sorry for the bright ones, and they deserve to be praised.

          It must be bloody frustrating for them to see their considerably dimmer pals also getting top-notch grades.
          For the sake of logical precision, I will point out that the Unis are not saying exactly that, not in the quoted BBC article anyway.

          They are saying that it is harder to select on the basis of A-level results, which you are guessing means that standards have fallen. But it might come from pupils' standards having risen, so that more of them now get As: so that the number with As no longer corresponds to the number that the Unis want to take in.
          Wissen ist Macht, aber nichts wissen macht nichts.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Methuselah View Post
            For the sake of logical precision, I will point out that the Unis are not saying exactly that, not in the quoted BBC article anyway.

            They are saying that it is harder to select on the basis of A-level results, which you are guessing means that standards have fallen. But it might come from pupils' standards having risen, so that more of them now get As: so that the number with As no longer corresponds to the number that the Unis want to take in.
            Yeah, right!

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              #16
              Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
              Brother gets results today (Maths, Further Maths, Physics & Chemistry). If he doesn't get into Cambridge then he's going to have to go to Durham. Poor little sod.
              Durham is a fine university. It should not automatically be seen as second to Cambridge.
              Wissen ist Macht, aber nichts wissen macht nichts.

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                #17
                Nice effort by Reuters:

                http://uk.reuters.com/article/domest...26401120070815

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by richard-af View Post
                  Yeah, right!
                  I am not asserting what is fact about standards; merely pointing out that you are wrong in your reading.
                  Wissen ist Macht, aber nichts wissen macht nichts.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post
                    Now that is good.
                    Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post
                      That's more like it.

                      Good to see somebody is keeping this thread on topic.
                      Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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