I completely agree. It's wonderful that we have a system in this country which chronically underfunds the education of the majority (who as we all agree are thick as sh*t anyway), but gives tax-free world class education to a privileged few. Look at Boris for example, a man whose elite education allows him to take the tough, intellectual decisions us plebs could never dream of making, like...shaking hands with infected people!

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Nope.

I was talking to a Head of Physics today. He said the results have been massively unfair, students that were nailed on to do well given ability and history being downgraded. Odd how England refused to learn from Scotland

Economic figures have little to do with it. Labour would restrict more. Any individual cases that obviously need changing can be and anyone can do retakes. I can’t imagine why you’d want to ‘go to’ university via video in your first year anyway. Check your undercarriage.

COYP

Well you didnt make me wrong, that's for sure.

Not directly related to the results, but what I took to be a rather worrying indication of the modern student's take on life.....I was talking to a Professor from Manchester University a year or so ago and he said that, because of the status of the University, most students who got in were high achievers at their respective schools. However, in their new groups, not all could be as high achievers as the next as some had to be, by definition, lower than others in the group.

The consequence was that some had very serious reactions to their "failure" as they'd never experienced failure before. So the University had to introduce cookery classes because it was "OK" to be a bad cook and it taught acceptance of not being best.

I do wonder whether this is what happens if the one that comes last in a swimming gala gets as much or more applause than the winner, or you are second or third runner up rather than having lost.

One of the most dangerous things in my mind is this "you can be anything you want to be" mantra that has been doing the rounds for some time now. No you can't. There are endless things that you can never be. Accept it. I would have loved to have been a professional footballer but it wasn't meant to be. I'll never be on the front cover of Men's Health magazine either. It doesn't mean that I begrudge those who can do those things.

Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry.

I failed all my GCSE's didint bother with education again until i was 20 did a course and worked in tesco for years, went to uni got a degree got a good job and have just moved into my own place i have bought.

GCSE's and A Levels are not the be all and end all!