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Having to wait about 2 mins on Vodaphone GSP (at cost of about £1.50 I think) for a page to appear, I have totally forgotten what this thread is about and what I meant to say. Can someone refresh my memory? I will respond in a week or two.
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Originally posted by WageSlaveBut are they young, firm thighed, eager, bushy tailed and possessed of a trusting glint in the eye?
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Originally posted by Darren@1stAccountancyServWe get some superb CV's in every year from ex-students with degrees that are EXTREMELY relevant to accounting! Can't see how studying child psychology for 3 years would help calculate someone's tax liability!!
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Students
Originally posted by ChurchillAh.... so the students are taking easier subjects... Feck me, that's brilliant!
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Originally posted by PRC1964From the latest Private Eye:
50% - Drop in students taking A levels in French or German in the past decade
500% - Increase in students taking media studies A level in the past decade
84.2% - Pass rate in 1995
97% - Predicted pass rate in 2005
Ah.... so the students are taking easier subjects... Feck me, that's brilliant!
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From the latest Private Eye:
50% - Drop in students taking A levels in French or German in the past decade
500% - Increase in students taking media studies A level in the past decade
84.2% - Pass rate in 1995
97% - Predicted pass rate in 2005
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Originally posted by zeitghostComparison are difficult because the course have changed so much (particularly since the New Lie came into power).
But up to 1982 the results were adjusted statistically.
About 10% were awarded an A grade.
Now it's over 22%.
No one in my A level year achieved 3 As.
In fact the only person I know who got 3 As was my sister in 1975.
The swot.
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Exams
Originally posted by WageSlave...ahem...standards were extremely high in the 90s...honestly...
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Originally posted by zeitghostAnd now they come in packets of cornflakes.
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Originally posted by zeitghostComparison are difficult because the course have changed so much (particularly since the New Lie came into power).
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I read yesterday that the 'E' I got for one of my A-levels back in the old days is the equivalent of a 'B' today. Of course, I immediately updated my CV to reflect the new reality. I wonder when my new result certificate will be issued?
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Originally posted by zeitghostEye's got too A levles, but they's proper, leik in 1972.
Standards had fallen by then, things started to go down hill in August 1954
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Originally posted by zeitghostWe Giant Alien Lizards are reknowned for it...
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Originally posted by zeitghostUnfortunately the trolls we've since gained don't really make up for it.
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