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[DanTheMan 0]

An A* is a pretty decent achievement to be fair, you have to get high A's in every single module of your subject. I think the biggest cause of grade inflation is allowing unlimited retakes.

[ewerk 26446]

An A* is a pretty decent achievement to be fair, you have to get high A's in every single module of your subject.

 

Aye but that should be a rarity, rather than nearly 1 in 10 sitting.

[Dr Gloom 19838]

I have to say though...regardless of what marks I got in school or college, I have never had to tell anyone what I got nor has anyone ever asked! I remember my first job interview, fresh out of school when I took my fake red leather record of achievement along with me. I got a funny look for having it in my hand, it was never looked at and I never took it out again. Education? What a load of old shite!

 

 

I always have a chuckle when i see people carrying those about.

 

 

aye, those record of achievements really came in handy like

[Renton 17828]

An A* is a pretty decent achievement to be fair, you have to get high A's in every single module of your subject.

 

Aye but that should be a rarity, rather than nearly 1 in 10 sitting.

Exactly, so it's not much of an achievement really.

 

Dan, the root cause of grade inflation is that exam boards have become incentivised to make exams easy.

[DanTheMan 0]

The article is a bit ambiguous to be fair; it says 1 in 12 exams were marked with an A*. You need to get 6 A*s in a module to get an A* overall, suggesting to me 1 in 72 are getting A* grades, which is a bit different. It's still an excellent achievement, takes a lot of self discipline.

 

Don't disgree about grade inflation however.