'a' Level Results

[dave50]

Why do they always show girls jumping up in the air every year? Never boys. I wonder if they hand pick the most attractive ones to do the deed.

[Sqad]

...and scream dave......

[Quizmonster]

Different things happen to girls' - as opposed to boy's - bodies in the process of jumping up and down! The ones they show on TV are generally long-haired and with developed bosoms. At the risk of sounding like Humbert Humbert, he of Lolita fame, it's pretty clear why producers choose the people they do in A-level celebtration clips!
Actually, they are all over 16, so hardly nymphets in truth.

[jno]

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[ludwig]

It bores the sb1t out of me when this is all over the news every year, and yes, with the inevitable cliched pictures of girls jumping up and down and group hugging.
'I've done better than expected!! - 5 A*s which is fantastic as I only took 4 subjects!'. Yawn.

[Sqad]

"In my day"....no big deal.School cert at 16, those who did well went into the 6th form and those who didn't left school for work OR went to night school at the poly (now universities)

Higher school cert or A-levels at 18 yrs old results...those who passed went to University, those who failed .......went to a Teacher's Training College.

University picked the students....now the students pick the University.

Yes...you are correct.....things have changed.

No TV cameras, no videos, no squealing with delight, no gap years....one just couldn't wait to start one's studies.

[McMouse]

Girls generals express emotion in a different way than boys.....it's natural. Little girls scream in supermarkets while little boys lie on the floor kicking.

[factor-fiction]

The pictures tend to be taken early in the morning so they can be included in the afternoon local paper. maybe the boys are still in bed at this time.
In my day results were just pinned up on the wall in school but most of us just rang in for them- there was no password/security check. I always rang in as I was working doing summer jobs

[agchristie]

Yes,one of the predictable annual reactions!

[sandyRoe]

In my day we left school at 14 without any qualifications and next day started down t'mill or pit, if we were lucky.

[Old_Geezer]

Boys are too dignified to go jumping up & down. It's just an 'A' grade or five after all. It's the emotional gender that makes 'good TV' in that situation.

[sandyRoe]

I wonder do the buxom tight topped teenagers realise they're being used?

[New Judge]

Apart from the fact that when I got my 'A' Level results it was not mentioned anywhere, what I don't quite understand is this: Today (or whenever it is) we will see girls jumping and squealing with delight having gained 10 'A' levels each with distinction; tomorrow we will have the bosses of the major companies saying they cannot recruit young Britons because they cannot read, write, string a sentence together of get up in morning.

I didn't get an 'A' Level in the bleeding obvious so I cannot reconcile these two things.

[factor-fiction]

The ones who cannot read, write, string a sentence together of get up in morning are unlikely to be there for the cameras

[anotheoldgit]

Preferably picked from the ethnic minorities if possible, note the photo calls when a Minister visits a school.

[Prudie]

Well in my day I went to a well established Sixth Form College in the South with about 500 students. Only about 5% got As and they were the ones who went to Oxbridge, Durham,LSE etc etc. We all knew they were exceptionally bright. I don't care if you all disagree with me and call me a dinosaur - I heard a teacher on R4 this morning saying their results were even better this year with 50% of students getting A or A*. There is absolutely no way today's students are that much brighter than they used to be. I know what it tells me and no-one can change my mind.

[factor-fiction]

I only got a C in A level Maths, Prudie, even though I was really good at it. I still don't understand this result because I was never phased by any questions when doing past papers and expected to get around 90%. Despite the disappointing grade I still managed to go on and get a 2(i) in Maths at university but nowadays I probably wouldn't even be accepted on a course with a C

[Bazile]

aog - really - only you could manage to introduce ethnicity into a discussion about girls jumping up and down , following a level results

[ludwig]

These days 90% of the people getting A grade maths can't do basic arithmetic, and the other 15% aren't much better.

[youngmafbog]

I agree Prudie.

Something just does not add up. but then I didnt get 5 A*'s so perhaps that is why I dont understand it.

However I am one of those that interviews bucket loads of Grads every year. Believe me, you really wonder how some got where they are and for many of they we have to widen the door posts so they can get their heads in !

[Prudie]

Well funnily enough I also got a C at A level and went to get my degree, admittedly only a 2.2 so probably wouldn't get in either. My daughter, bless her, got an A in Maths GCSE but hasn't the faintest about her tables, has to really think before answering simple additions. It beats me.