Same here - Grammar School where we took proper exam based GCE O and A Levels not GCSE's where no-one can be branded a failure. I remember I took and passed English Language a year early at 15. Doesn't it tell you something that a number of clued up Commonwealth countries inc Singapore & Malaysia still use the GCE system ?Originally Posted by grahamw48
I agree.
Without blowing my own trumpet, I was a pretty smart kid, and at a good Grammar School...top of the class in several subjects too.
I did NOT find any of my 'O' levels easy, and expected (rightly so) to be marked down for poor spelling and slovenly writing.
We were also corrected on our speech.
Yes, 'dumbing down' does spring to mind.
