Diluted Dante wrote:

Maybe Uni's should just let people in anyway then.

That may well be the solution, for Unis to accept predicted or Ofqual grades maybe.

Personally, if I knew anyone heavily effected by this I would tell them to take a year out. It will be a shit gap year, there isn't exactly much they can do with it, but it would relieve what must be an immense amount of pressure currently.

Although I'm a supporter of more kids taking a year before uni anyway, take time to breath a bit and really consider next steps. Not all kids need it or would benefit from it but many I think would end up on more appropriate courses, less stressed by knowing their grades before application.

regmcfly wrote:

Its amazing how the sqa look like saints next to the english system. I guess oxbridge should start treating Highers more seriously *



*this is just my gripe. I am trying to get more kids form our school into oxbridge.

For recruitment I had to run hoggers by a Scottish employee. Still have no idea what's good. Suspect Oxbridge too. They certainly suck at French baccalaureate.

Yup. No one will resign, be sacked or anything of consequence

Maybe we should all vote Tory next time, I mean at this point it's worth a try right?

LarryDavid wrote:

A Levels fiasco Rapist MP fiasco Cummings fiasco Late lockdown fiasco Worst deathrate fiasco Worst recession fiasco PPE fiasco Care Homes fiasco Corruption and government contracts fiasco's Quarantine fiasco Track & trace fiasco ... there's probably more.

It's difficult when the opposition and much of the media is doing so little to hold them to account. They know they'll be allowed to get away with it. Any one of those things could have been made into a much bigger deal.

STRONG AND STABLE (like an algorithm)

They fuck up and that fuck up leads to another one which leads to another one. It’s an endless chain of fuck ups.

Imagine being as shit as these clown shoes and getting to keep your job.

The most frustrating part of this, is that we have known since March 23rd that this was going to be an issue, teacher assessment seems like the most pragmatic solution to grading this year (and I suppose playing a part in next year's grading as well as kids in the first year of their GCSEs and A Levels have lost most of a year now) and yet for some reason, we still ploughed on with a system that people had identified would not be able to adequately manage an anomolous year.

It's baffling.  They've just seen Scotland have to bin the algorithm and embarrassingly U-turn on the grading process but rather than think it might be a good idea to preempt having to do the same thing the rancid fuckwits actually doubled down and stated that there absolutely would not be a U-turn.  It's like they're actively taking any opportunity to fuck things up and buffing it for maximum damage.

LivDiv wrote:

And there is the U turn.
They can't hide it saying it isn't a U turn either as on Saturday Williamson said there wouldn't be a U turn over the grades.
So not only is it a U turn on the grades it is a U turn on the announcement that there would be no U turn.

U turn.

Two u turns cancel one another out, so technically they can argue there was no uturn, just a sort of spiral thing.

Always this to look forward to https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/17/us-chickens-literally-sitting-in-each-others-waste-says-rspca-brexit

If there’s any thing this government will be cumming into the pants at the sound of it will be algorithms.

Algorithms are the pseuds solution to everything because YouTube guessed correctly you’d like curb your enthusiasm clips.

And how was Dominic Cummings involved?

It’s part of the game. They try and manage the public sentiment. If it can’t be contained and the public gets angry, they reflect that anger. They’d lose trust with their audience otherwise. In a few days time when it’s settled down again they’ll be back to management. “Revealed: How the FRENCH have messed up their exams even worse!”
“Exposed: Starmer’s Exam Plan would have fucked your kids even harder somehow!”