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== Grade inflation in the United Kingdom ==
== Grade inflation in the United Kingdom ==
Grade inflation is demonstrated by pass rates in the United Kingdom for the 'A Level' (General Certificate of Education Advanced Level) public examinations usually taken at age 17-18, in the final year of school. A levels are taken in England, Wales and Norther Ireland; a different system applies in [[Scotland]]. In 1991 78% of pupils passed their A levels, with 11.9% receiving the top A grade. In 2001 a pass rate of 89.6% was recorded, with 18.6% getting the A grade. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1495184.stm</ref>. In 2008 the pass rate was 97.2%, with 25.9% getting A grades<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7560654.stm</ref> Yet employers organisations increasingly criticise the poor standards of numeracy and literacy of school leavers, and university teachers have to devote energy to coaching new university students to reach the levels of knowledge and ability which in previous years were taken for granted.
Grade inflation is demonstrated by pass rates in the United Kingdom for the 'A Level' (General Certificate of Education Advanced Level) public examinations usually taken at age 17-18, in the final year of school. A levels are taken in England, Wales and Norther Ireland; a different system applies in [[Scotland]]. In 1991 78% of pupils passed their A levels, with 11.9% receiving the top A grade. In 2001 a pass rate of 89.6% was recorded, with 18.6% getting the A grade. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1495184.stm</ref>. In 2008 the pass rate was 97.2%, with 25.9% getting A grades<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7560654.stm</ref> Yet employers organisations increasingly criticise the poor standards of numeracy and literacy of school leavers, and university teachers have to devote energy to coaching new university students to reach the levels of knowledge and ability which in previous years were taken for granted.
== Obama grades himself a B+ to an A-! ==
President Obama told Oprah Winfrey that he would give himself a B+ for his first year in office and he would raise himself to an A- if ObamaCare passed. With 10.2% unemployment, over 4 million jobs lost just this year alone, and gas prices doubling, talk about grade inflation! What else would you expect from the first [[affirmative action President]] who back in law school cheated more qualified students out of the editor-in-chief position like magna cum laude graduate and editor [[Andrew Schlafly]], solely because of his race?
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