PeanutButter Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Everyone is the best! https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/10/a-level-entries-across-uk-awarded-top-grades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanutButter Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 It's like Oprah handing out cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurCopperCrutch Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 45% get grade A's?!?! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wighty Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) The government priority is to get every student's grade above the country's average. Edited August 10, 2021 by wighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump Invective Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Lap it up students, because it's pretty much the last time you'll ever not feel screwed over. Welcome to debt, rent, and precarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wighty Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Trump Invective said: Lap it up students, because it's pretty much the last time you'll ever not feel screwed over. Welcome to debt, rent, and precarity. In simple terms a shyte job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) Best way is to do a good job interview, including English and Math test, previous experience, psychometric test.....and where all candidates are given a six month probationary period......a degree is not necessary in most cases for most first jobs, doing the job is learning, learn as you earn. Edited August 10, 2021 by winkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainb Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Sadly the impact is decent unis will set their own exams.. which private school kids will be well preped for and state school kids won't. Another nail into social mobility. Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, MonsieurCopperCrutch said: 45% get grade A's?!?! 🤣 My son got 3 A’ s today he got refused by Cambridge as he did not do well in the interview, he goes to a private school and none of his friends could get into oxbridge, but he got into one of the top 5 university in the UK Edited August 10, 2021 by shlomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 The university system imo is outdated it does not work for many......I do know those that thrive on taking exams got so many qualifications and grades it became their full time occupation...... couldn't stick a job for long, not for want of trying so went back to passing tests and continue to do so.....a lifetime work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Roady Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 We never seem to find the right balance here in the UK do we! Here are 2 links from the same YouTube file. Its a German woman who has lived in the UK but is now leaving. These are from her "10 things I hate about the UK" video...TBF she did do the opposite, as in things she loved. This concurs with my views that we coddle our kids too much in the UK when they are in full time education...then throw them to the wolves once they join the workforce. Hows about we instill some independence into them at school and then protect them a bit more when they join the world of the worker? These new A level graduates will just find that the world isnt as easy as they think...just like those who went before them. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 hours ago, PeanutButter said: Everyone is the best! https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/10/a-level-entries-across-uk-awarded-top-grades House prices....Everyone is rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Roman Roady said: We never seem to find the right balance here in the UK do we! Here are 2 links from the same YouTube file. Its a German woman who has lived in the UK but is now leaving. These are from her "10 things I hate about the UK" video...TBF she did do the opposite, as in things she loved. This concurs with my views that we coddle our kids too much in the UK when they are in full time education...then throw them to the wolves once they join the workforce. Hows about we instill some independence into them at school and then protect them a bit more when they join the world of the worker? These new A level graduates will just find that the world isnt as easy as they think...just like those who went before them. Â Â Did she mention lack of panzer factories ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Roady Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said: Did she mention lack of panzer factories ? ...and right there is another thing about the UK. Isnt it time to let go of the whole German WW1 WW2 thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Roman Roady said: ...and right there is another thing about the UK. Isnt it time to let go of the whole German WW1 WW2 thing? Â And the Roman invasion too ? Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Roady Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said: Â And the Roman invasion too ? Â Â This is in danger of turning into a UK citizenship test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btd1981 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, Roman Roady said: This is in danger of turning into a UK citizenship test "What is Boris Johnson's favourite colour?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, Roman Roady said: This is in danger of turning into a UK citizenship test We're all citizens of the world. Apart from the British who are still Subjects of an organised crime gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coypondboy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Northern Ireland still one of the best places to get a free education due to huge number of grammar schools as the latest results confirm. Just a shame so many have to leave to go to uk for degree and stay to find work, still ryanair do nicely with the irish despora in the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58152067 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zugzwang Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 If they can do this well with the schools half-closed we ought to think about closing them fully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btd1981 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 The thing that annoys me here is that even last year's students' achievements have been devalued in comparison - if their grades are taken on face value alone. It even further applies to my cohort of 20+years ago, where an A was a pretty decent achievement (and A* grading wasn't necessary). It's not that I'd expect to get a job based on my A levels, but I just can't get excited for kids that have got As now when it's barely more valuable than a certificate of exam attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanutButter Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 21 minutes ago, btd1981 said: "What is Boris Johnson's favourite colour?" Watermelon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btd1981 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, PeanutButter said: Watermelon Now come on, let's not take things out of context here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump Invective Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 47 minutes ago, zugzwang said: If they can do this well with the schools half-closed we ought to think about closing them fully. Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 53 minutes ago, zugzwang said: If they can do this well with the schools half-closed we ought to think about closing them fully. No, my children studied a lot more as they had no distractions even though they were gaming 50% of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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