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, 3 replies)

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)