Dom's Rambles

I know, I know - I said I wasn't going to do political stuff on here but in amongst all the hoo-ha about this years record GCSE results I heard something that had me wanting to write a furious letter to the Daily Mail. Back in May a load of Radio 1 presenters took GCSE exams and opened their results live on air whereupon I discovered that an A grade is awarded for a score of above 50%. When I did my O Levels way back in 1980 it was generally understood that a score of 50% meant that you had just about scraped through with a C - have things really dumbed down that much? I guess the fact that most of the jobs I've applied for of late included literacy and numeracy tests as part of the application process rather suggest they have.