[Merry Mockmas]

I agree that exams shouldn't limit your options as to what jobs you can get if you don't do that well.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

I agree that exams shouldn't limit your options as to what jobs you can get if you don't do that well.

So you don't think that the hard working kids who played by the rules, did what it took to study hard and get good grades, you don't think that those kids should be rewarded more than the moaners who think writing a poem and doing drugs and screwing around learning about about "life on the streets".

Screwing around, writing poetry, and blaming society and adults for all of your problems is NOT hard work. In fact that's the most simple and easy thing to do when you are that age. Why should that laziness be rewarded in any way?

Sorry, but that's just silly. And it sets a ridiculous example.

Basically the idiot child in this video is saying that we should value STYLE over SUBSTANCE.

[Urban Cragou]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

I agree that exams shouldn't limit your options as to what jobs you can get if you don't do that well.

To be honest, if people don't have the ability to do well on exams, it does seem rational that only certain jobs should be available. The workforce is competitive, so employers would rather pick the ones who get the higher grades (A*, A, B) over average - below average ones, if it's a specialised course (e.g. investment banking). It just shows that the person in question is able to think logically and with a sound financial understanding (in that case).

It may well be that there are those who do understand the concepts and would be suited to such a job but struggle to apply their information in exams but getting Cs and Ds don't really prove that with our current system, which is a shame. Certainly not over those with better grades. And then there are loads with those kind of grades who absolutely would not be suited to that kind of work, whereas those who do better provide far more evidence for their suitability for it.