The kids haven't got thicker,
But the standards of education, and the grading of exams, have been shifted.
So, a grade A from 30 years ago is worth more than a grade A from today.

Of course, that guy from 30 years ago has probably forgotten everything by now, so he can fuck off.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:05, 1 reply)

Really?
Because ... as I might have mentioned ... the kids we're recruiting now are at least as good as the ones we recruited 20 years ago.

It's a common claim that education has got shitter but nobody seems able to do more than repeat it as a bald assertion. Which is a pretty damning indictment of their own education.
(Go Man River everybody loves anal, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:18, closed)

30 years ago there was no A* grade.
There currently is one.

So, assuming an approximately even level of intelligence, and that the smartest kids get the top grades, then the A from back in the day is equivalent to the A* of today. Therefore today's A isn't as good.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:30, closed)

Yeah. You're not even going to scrape a 'B' with logic like that.

(Go Man River everybody loves anal, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:37, closed)

I like to claim that my D grade A-level, attained whilst at grammar school, must be equivalent to a B attained at a comprehensive school.
Doesn't make it true, though.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Jul 2015, 9:48, closed)

You've been in the same job for 20 years?
lol
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:26, closed)

No.

(Go Man River everybody loves anal, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:32, closed)

maybe you just have really low standards?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:14, closed)

This isn't going to end well.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Jul 2015, 9:49, closed)

Depends on what floats your boat really

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Fri 24 Jul 2015, 10:05, closed)