Reply to: Has Fiddle Flounced?

[xoggoth]

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.

[Pinto]

But are they young, firm thighed, eager, bushy tailed and possessed of a trusting glint in the eye?

This belongs in the squirrel thread

[WageSlave]

We 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!!

But are they young, firm thighed, eager, bushy tailed and possessed of a trusting glint in the eye?

[Darren@UptonAccountants]

Students

Ah.... so the students are taking easier subjects... Feck me, that's brilliant!

We 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!!

[Churchill]

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

Ah.... so the students are taking easier subjects... Feck me, that's brilliant!

[PRC1964]

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

[OwlHoot]

Comparison 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.

What's more the exams themselves now count for only a tiny percentage of the total. So a diligent plodder with references to hand could easily, in fact almost certainly would, get an A, and from the results today there's practically no way of distinguishing students who can accurately remember and apply their knowledge in a timely manner.

[Darren@UptonAccountants]

Exams

...ahem...standards were extremely high in the 90s...honestly...

Disagree, they peaked in the mid 80's!!

[WageSlave]

And now they come in packets of cornflakes.

...ahem...standards were extremely high in the 90s...honestly...

[Churchill]

Comparison are difficult because the course have changed so much (particularly since the New Lie came into power).

Yeah ZG especially the physics papers since the discovery of electricity!!!

[Lucifer Box]

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?

[Miserable old man]

Eye'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

[DimPrawn]

I've got fore A-levels incase anyones interested.

[planetit]

We Giant Alien Lizards are reknowned for it...

Renowned- you damned Giant Alien retard! How many 'A' Levels have you got then?

[Churchill]

Unfortunately the trolls we've since gained don't really make up for it.

That was rather cold blooded...