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Benjamin A'Lee wrote: > Well, they're right, science should be made easier. What's all this > nonsense with ? = 3.14..., for example? Make it 3, so the poor little > dears can remember it without over-taxing their brains. > > They say they want pupils "...to acheive the best grade expected"; I > don't see how making the exams easier will help this; it'll just give > them a better grade than they deserve (with the downside that people at > the top end of the scale won't have the opportunity to demonstrate their > ability). It's madness... > > Ben > Talking of madness my first week in Uni two years ago, the lecturer for QMS [1] went round asking everyone multiplication questions. Given that I am on a computer related course I was shocked at how many got them wrong! e.g. 7x8=56 - NOT 49! Not to mention the guy behind me asked '7x7...' We waited.. and waited... I muttered under my breath '49 FFS' and the guy sat next to me leaned over and whispered 'This is _ _ _ _ ing embarrassing!' I agree wholeheartedly with Ben, in fact I would go further. What is this *rubbish* about 40% being a pass? How can you pass NOT knowing 60% of the work?? Kind regards, Julian [1] Quantitative Methods and Statistics -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html