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#21

16 August 2007, 08:49

Mixed effort by Sky News

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...280104,00.html
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#22

16 August 2007, 10:03

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Yeah, right!

Cynic mode today then...

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16 August 2007, 10:17

I once knew a girl who did A-levels.
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#24

16 August 2007, 10:49

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I once knew a girl who did A-levels.

I see what you have done there...

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#25

16 August 2007, 11:31

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I once knew a girl who did A-levels.

I've known a few ...

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#26

16 August 2007, 12:39

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 don't understand why they don't just mark on a grade curve, i.e. the top 5% get an A, next 10% get a B etc. etc. That way, the best always stand out.

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16 August 2007, 12:50

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I don't understand why they don't just mark on a grade curve, i.e. the top 5% get an A, next 10% get a B etc. etc. That way, the best always stand out.

Nobody in Education can do fractions or percentages. Anyway, EVERYONE has to pass with flying colours... new rules.
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#28

16 August 2007, 12:51

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I don't understand why they don't just mark on a grade curve, i.e. the top 5% get an A, next 10% get a B etc. etc. That way, the best always stand out.

Ah but that is not fair because the top 5% one year may not be a good as the top 50% were the previous year!!!
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#29

16 August 2007, 13:04

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I don't understand why they don't just mark on a grade curve, i.e. the top 5% get an A, next 10% get a B etc. etc. That way, the best always stand out.

Because you should be measured against a set standard, not everybody else in your year.

I managed to get an B at GCSE English this way, but I still start sentences with "Because".

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#30

16 August 2007, 13:05

Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

I don't understand why they don't just mark on a grade curve, i.e. the top 5% get an A, next 10% get a B etc. etc. That way, the best always stand out.

That's what they used to do. However, it is true to say that makes comparison between years difficult and/or meaningless.

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