The department of education are carrying out an investigation in to why results have improved so much over the last couple of decades…
‘Grade inflation’ is the latest buzzword coming from the government these days. Want my view as to why grades have improved constantly over the last couple of decades? Because the government have got the message across that education is valuable, so people take it much more seriously these days and therefore don’t necessarily work harder, but work smarter to achieve the goal – which is maximum points.
It’s also incredibly easy to find information these days and get questions answered. You can blame the internet for that. Google, wikipedia, forums, twitter… we can transmit information quickly & easily. Grinds, software, forums… they’re all ‘teachers’ outside of the classroom which didn’t exist 20 years ago.
Your parents couldn’t do all that back in 19 ‘insert two digits here’. It’s only natural that as an economy develops, people want to learn more to get better jobs & get more money. That’s exactly what the government has told us to do and is still telling us to do – education is everything… we need a ‘knowledge economy’ bla bla bla…
But apparently, they can’t accept that students are smarter now than they were 20 years ago. They may have a point – i don’t believe i’m smarter (in general) than a student 20 years ago, but i can put money on it i’d kick his ass when it comes to sitting exams simply because i have so many different opinions and resources on hand to study. If i do any sort of study at all i should be able to produce a much more rounded & polished answer than the guy 20 years ago.
All he had was a local library and a teacher.