A-level day

[richard-af]

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.

[MrRobin]

...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

[richard-af]

Perhaps if he went to an institute for learning rather than a footware manufacturer then he might have had better luck?

...IGMC

[Methuselah]

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.

[richard-af]

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!

[Methuselah]

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.

[PRC1964]

Nice effort by Reuters:

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

[Methuselah]

Yeah, right!

I am not asserting what is fact about standards; merely pointing out that you are wrong in your reading.

[Xenophon]

Nice effort by Reuters:

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

Now that is good.

[VectraMan]

Nice effort by Reuters:

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

That's more like it.

Good to see somebody is keeping this thread on topic.