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Gordon Booth · 26-08-2010, 13:59

Less, no one has suggested the pupils are at fault, my whole line of direction was that it was the exam system at fault! And that NO political party is prepared to act to make exams meaningful again.When I was at school some didn't work and failed,some worked VERY hard and scraped through or still failed and some,the real university material,didn't have to work very hard but still walked through with 'A's. The rest of us weren't jealous of them, we didn't feel cheated or failures, we just accepted that they were an awful lot sharper academically than us.
With a 99% pass rate in GCSE and 97.6% pass in 'A' level(+27% 'A' passes) the whole point of the exams is being lost, how do universities and employers make a choice?
Yes, every credit to the young ones who have worked hard and done well within the system they have been given. My point is that system is wrong and is failing them.

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Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46611	Re: 99% Pass rate?-Are we being fair to our teenagers? Less, no one has suggested the pupils are at fault, my whole line of direction was that it was the exam system at fault! And that NO political party is prepared to act to make exams meaningful again.When I was at school some didn't work and failed,some worked VERY hard and scraped through or still failed and some,the real university material,didn't have to work very hard but still walked through with 'A's. The rest of us weren't jealous of them, we didn't feel cheated or failures, we just accepted that they were an awful lot sharper academically than us. With a 99% pass rate in GCSE and 97.6% pass in 'A' level(+27% 'A' passes) the whole point of the exams is being lost, how do universities and employers make a choice? Yes, every credit to the young ones who have worked hard and done well within the system they have been given. My point is that system is wrong and is failing them.