On the front page of today's Telegraph is a story about a tale of two essays, about someone called Pip Davenport, one which got 8 out of 12 and one which got 7. The former is littered with spelling and grammatical errors, the latter not. The former is less coherent than the latter. The Latter is, needless to say more comprehensible. You can read both here.
The head teacher of the children's school was shocked.
Alas I am not. The reason why exams results are going up is not because children are any better but that the exams are getting so much easier. Well, at least for those not capable of coherent writing.
Before any one whinges at my comments, saying I am discriminating against people from certain backgrounds, I would point out that both universities and employers certainly will. They will do so my binning the CV's of the illiterate, interviews and increasingly there own exams.
Labour are simply letting down everyone in state schools by failing to ensure proper marking and a proper education. This will also destroy our economy.
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"They will do so my binning the CV's of the illiterate, interviews and increasingly there own exams."
Gaudere's Law (Link) strikes ;-)!
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