England people...is this for real?

[UrAteUp]

I found this article on the internet. Want to see if this is real or just bs.

http://www.deadbrain.co.uk/news/article_2005_08_18_0633.php

They actually have a class called Pornology? Where the hell was this class when I was going to school? I would have been an A++ student...

That article leads me to this one...

http://www.deadbrain.co.uk/news/article_2004_08_19_4211.php

At this crap...

"If anything, the exams are getting harder. For example, in order to stand a chance of getting above a C grade, a student not only has to show up for the exam at the right time and place, but also must get his or her name completely correct on the answer sheet. It used to be that they only had to get it mostly right."

WTH...they have to give you guys a grade to do just this? Damn man...you might want to rethink your whole education system if this type of stuff is true...

[Muck]

Modular exams and re-sits.

[Ensano]

this has to be something like "The Onion" articles...

there's no way a system this bad would be put in place... the country would be the laughing stock of the world...

I bet it's a spoof of the American "No Child Left Behind" plan... where even if the kid can't read or add 2+2 they still move them to the next grade lvl...

[Ciso_B]

Yeh those must be joke articles....would be hilarious if it was true though I agree.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

Yes, "deadbrain" sounds like a site that publishes serious news stories. Maybe it is the Iowan educational system we should be worried about.

[suitedaces84]

I'm still looking forward to the day UAU reveals that he has been leveling us for years.

[supafrey]

I'm still looking forward to the day UAU reveals that he has been leveling us for years.

The road to hell is paved with dozens and dozens of smiley icons.

[Muck]

Are you guys reading the same links?

Doug fell foul of two different regulations while taking his A-levels. In Gardening Studies he failed to turn up for the exam because he "wanted to watch Neighbours" and consequently got a zero mark, which translates as a B under the current grade boundaries.

How can anyone think this is serious?

I didn’t even bother to comment on the bad spoof. I went straight to making a point on what it’s satirising. High marks in UK A levels has been the norm recently for many reasons.

Easier papers, harder working students and more supporting resources for three. But the biggest one I think is modularising exams and being able to re-sit the parts you did badly on.

[Ensano]

imagine that... blowing off your test and still getting a B.. man i would've graduated college 3 times with that type of grading...



pav before you start up i said blowing off a test and getting good grades... not your teacher... that's how YOU passed your classes..

[UrAteUp]

Maybe it is the Iowan educational system we should be worried about.

We are...lol...but I wasn't educated in Iowa...

I'm still looking forward to the day UAU reveals that he has been leveling us for years.

LOL...ok I am an educated idiot. I actually have a bach degree and I am just a small few hours away from a dual associates degree as well. So I do have some education.

The road to hell is paved with dozens and dozens of smiley icons.

The real road to hell has the tour guide named Ensano...and he has a jar of vaseline in his hand and smiling at you Supa.

How can anyone think this is serious?

I knew Deadbrain wasn't a serious site. I mean if the UK education system was this bad then how could they produce smart people like Muck, Craig and (can't beleive I am saying this name) even Geno.

imagine that... blowing off your test and still getting a B.. man i would've graduated college 3 times with that type of grading...

pav before you start up i said blowing off a test and getting good grades... not your teacher... that's how YOU passed your classes..

Supa...I would watch this one...I think he wants to do nasty gay things to you.

[crack]

I R SMART BOY

[UrAteUp]

I know the original article I posted a link to was a joke article but I found this on a Lodon news site this morning. This article was posted by the editor for laughs but it does make me wonder about you college kids in the UK...

Students' exam blunders

University students have been shamed with a list of exam blunders including references to "escape goats" and claims that railways were invented to relieve pressure on motorways.


Among the gems from this year's exams are an economics student at City University in London who attributed Northern Rock's downfall to "laxative enforcement policies".

An English literature student from Bath Spa University wrote that Margaret Atwood's book, The Handmaid's Tale, shows how patriarchy treats women as escape goats.

A University of Southampton student concerned by global warming wrote that: "Tackling climate change will require an unpresidented response."

And a fellow undergraduate concerned by the threat of diseases, wrote: "Control of infectious diseases is very important in case an academic breaks out."

Students at St Helens College of Art and Design were asked to outline the importance of the railway in 19th-century Britain.

One wrote: "The railways were invented to bring the Irish from Dublin to Liverpool where they were promptly arrested for being vagrants", while another responded: "The railways were invented to take the weight off the motorways."

They have all been entered in the Truer than Intended section of the Times Higher Education's revived "exam howlers" competition.

Deputy editor Phil Baty said: "This is simply meant to be a fun snapshot of what students come out with when under pressure, although many of our readers would agree that academic standards of literacy have got a lot worse and there is research suggesting it as well."

[jimmer]

I know the original article I posted a link to was a joke article but I found this on a Lodon news site this morning. This article was posted by the editor for laughs but it does make me wonder about you college kids in the UK...

Students' exam blunders

University students have been shamed with a list of exam blunders including references to "escape goats" and claims that railways were invented to relieve pressure on motorways.


Among the gems from this year's exams are an economics student at City University in London who attributed Northern Rock's downfall to "laxative enforcement policies".

An English literature student from Bath Spa University wrote that Margaret Atwood's book, The Handmaid's Tale, shows how patriarchy treats women as escape goats.

A University of Southampton student concerned by global warming wrote that: "Tackling climate change will require an unpresidented response."

And a fellow undergraduate concerned by the threat of diseases, wrote: "Control of infectious diseases is very important in case an academic breaks out."

Students at St Helens College of Art and Design were asked to outline the importance of the railway in 19th-century Britain.

One wrote: "The railways were invented to bring the Irish from Dublin to Liverpool where they were promptly arrested for being vagrants", while another responded: "The railways were invented to take the weight off the motorways."

They have all been entered in the Truer than Intended section of the Times Higher Education's revived "exam howlers" competition.

Deputy editor Phil Baty said: "This is simply meant to be a fun snapshot of what students come out with when under pressure, although many of our readers would agree that academic standards of literacy have got a lot worse and there is research suggesting it as well."

I knew it! My decision to not waste time getting an education has paid dividends again!

[UrAteUp]

Yes Jimmer...and just to think you didn't have to go to college to be a mod for THP...that's more then a few of the other mods can say...lol. I guess it is just natural ability for you..

[jimmer]

Yes Jimmer...and just to think you didn't have to go to college to be a mod for THP...that's more then a few of the other mods can say...lol. I guess it is just natural ability for you..

Actually I did go to uni. In fact I went to Oxford University.

(my mate was studying law there, so i visited him for the weekend). I got thrown out the campus and ended up on a ferry to Dieppe, France, drunk with three girls from Oxford Brooks Uni.

I can't remember getting off the ferry and I eventually woke up in a trolly shelter in the car park of a massive supermarket.

God knows how i got there, it eventually cost me £200+ to get back the the UK.

My parents are so proud.

(please don't tell the other MODs as I never declared this during the THP interview process)