Comments on: Are our children getting more intelligent year on year? http://trueblueblood.com/2009/08/are-our-children-getting-more-intelligent-year-on-year/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian Ehttp://trueblueblood.com/2009/08/are-our-children-getting-more-intelligent-year-on-year/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Brian E Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:40 +0000 http://trueblueblood.com/?p=1006#comment-676 When I took my "O" levels, too many more years ago than I care to remember, the most that anyone took was eight subjects (at a top Grammar School). It was not considered possible for a pupil to study more subjects, it was hard work managing eight. Most of us passed about six and with a bit of luck we got a credit or a distinction in maybe one or possibly two subjects. Maybe about a dozen pupils would pass all eight subjects out of about 120 taking the exam. Today I hear of all the A* and A passes, presumably equivalent to the old distinction, and also of pupils taking 16 subjects and passing them all. And the government and schools try to tell me that the exams haven't got any easier! Pupils may be cleverer - Evolution may have its place, but no-one will convince me that children are twice as clever today as they were 60 years ago, evolution just doesn't work that fast. When I took my “O” levels, too many more years ago than I care to remember, the most that anyone took was eight subjects (at a top Grammar School). It was not considered possible for a pupil to study more subjects, it was hard work managing eight. Most of us passed about six and with a bit of luck we got a credit or a distinction in maybe one or possibly two subjects. Maybe about a dozen pupils would pass all eight subjects out of about 120 taking the exam.
Today I hear of all the A* and A passes, presumably equivalent to the old distinction, and also of pupils taking 16 subjects and passing them all.
And the government and schools try to tell me that the exams haven’t got any easier! Pupils may be cleverer – Evolution may have its place, but no-one will convince me that children are twice as clever today as they were 60 years ago, evolution just doesn’t work that fast.

]]> By: Simone Hugheshttp://trueblueblood.com/2009/08/are-our-children-getting-more-intelligent-year-on-year/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Simone Hughes Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:05:54 +0000 http://trueblueblood.com/?p=1006#comment-673 I got my results today and I got 8 A*s.But even I admit, looking at some of the old O'Level papers they were hard man! I think we do get things easier. But I ain't complaining. If I saw Ed Balls I would snog him! I got my results today and I got 8 A*s.

But even I admit, looking at some of the old O’Level papers they were hard man! I think we do get things easier. But I ain’t complaining. If I saw Ed Balls I would snog him!

]]> By: Jasonhttp://trueblueblood.com/2009/08/are-our-children-getting-more-intelligent-year-on-year/comment-page-1/#comment-672 Jason Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:03:17 +0000 http://trueblueblood.com/?p=1006#comment-672 Sorry to those getting their results today.You are part of the Government PR machine Sorry to those getting their results today.

You are part of the Government PR machine

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