Correction
I was reading this article on the BBC news website which is apparently written by a professor.
Here is the single most important fact about MEDIA STUDIES.....
THE STUPID* PEOPLE AT SCHOOL DO MEDIA STUDIES.
Now you can argue that it is not easy and that it is just as difficult as other A-levels but anybody who has been through the education system in this country at circa the same time as me will know that the only kids that took Media Studies where the ones who either couldn't spell their own surname or who had a record of "thumping" teachers, or both!**
Please Mr Blair, when will there be a national announcement detailing "Proper A-Levels" and "Crap A-levels".***
* Please replace the word "Stupid" with whatever your country's politically correct word/phrase with the same meaning is.
** Or who wrote sentences that were too long with bad grammar!
*** If there was such as list for degrees, computer science would certainly be in the later category I am afraid to admit.
Here is the single most important fact about MEDIA STUDIES.....
THE STUPID* PEOPLE AT SCHOOL DO MEDIA STUDIES.
Now you can argue that it is not easy and that it is just as difficult as other A-levels but anybody who has been through the education system in this country at circa the same time as me will know that the only kids that took Media Studies where the ones who either couldn't spell their own surname or who had a record of "thumping" teachers, or both!**
Please Mr Blair, when will there be a national announcement detailing "Proper A-Levels" and "Crap A-levels".***
* Please replace the word "Stupid" with whatever your country's politically correct word/phrase with the same meaning is.
** Or who wrote sentences that were too long with bad grammar!
*** If there was such as list for degrees, computer science would certainly be in the later category I am afraid to admit.
posted by Nurton at 11:21 pm
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My favourite quote from this article can be found in the discussion section near the bottom. One Jonny Casey, who states that he is expecting an A* in his Meadeya Studees exam, that 'teaching is getting better' and (wait for it...) 'teachers should stop being prosecuted for it.' I think the case for the prosecution rests whilst the defence is laughed out of court.
Okay. I have a clear reason as to why there will never be an officially-sanctioned hierarchy of A Level difficulty. Sort of clear. Ish.
Before embarking upon a trip to the land of Degree, I took three qualifications and a joke. One 'lite' A-Level, one 'almost' A-Level, and one 'real' A-Level. These were (London) Physics, Maths, and Further Maths. The 'real' quotient of each is left as an exercise to the reader.
Oh, and I also took an Advanced GNV'Q' in IT, which was so laughably easy I could get top grades without even thinking, and in fact did.
You see, the easy A-levels give one an unburstable feeling of confidence and self-satisfaction. This results in a low questioning of the enviroment.
Hard A-levels however develop the beginnings of cynicism, doubt and self-loathing that will be the foundation of one's personality during the course of any serious scientific degree.
That is my theory. Crap A-levels are encouraged, because they lead to a population that is easier to control. Through the secret messages implanted in ITV programming and The Sun, of course. ;)
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