I don't believe it
Aug. 8th, 2008 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janewilliams20Apparently these days you can get a GCSE in music without being able to read music.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article4481222.ece
I've heard of dumbing down exams, but that's ridiculous. What next, English Lit without knowing the alphabet? Has someone come up with the idea that something I learnt at six is too hard for sixteen-year-olds, or something?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article4481222.ece
I've heard of dumbing down exams, but that's ridiculous. What next, English Lit without knowing the alphabet? Has someone come up with the idea that something I learnt at six is too hard for sixteen-year-olds, or something?
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Date: 2008-08-08 07:37 pm (UTC)Actually It wouldn't surprise me if they took the books out of English Lit. I remember once in an A level English Lit lesson some guy told me he hated books.... I despaired