Let the women learn

From the biblical notion that men should lead their wives, these guys infer that in order to make this possible, the wives must be hamstrung so that they, the rulers of their future roosts, don’t have to be challenged in any way. By way of contrast, the right response is to imagine a highly [...]

It’s exam result time again

And I’m getting ready for my academic record to go through its annual devaluation.
See here for the figures.

Here’s a suggestion for Mr Brown

So, I gather, he’s proposing to raise the school-leaving age to 18.  He’s clearly never attempted to teach a bunch of bored, resentful, aggressive teenagers who’d rather be anywhere than in his classroom.  I’m sure teachers all across the country are trembling at the thought of being stuck with 8F for an extra 2 years.
Here’s [...]

Something that’s irritated me for a long time

I was just having a discussion about this earlier with a recent GCSE student and so I looked up some figures.
From a BBC website:
GCSEs were introduced in England and Wales 1986, with the first exams being taken in 1988.
In 2006, 59% of pupils achieved 5 or more grades A-C. This was an increase of 1.9% [...]