Yes, I agree with the

academic achievement thing. I've met plenty of people who were outstanding at school and university but never made much of career and are perhaps even a bit thick, yet continue to tell you how high their IQ is and how good they were at school. School and university are merely the foundations on which your career is built.

But the requirement for 2 A levels has been in for years, hasn't it ? I know when I left school in 1990, you needed two A levels (I think pass only) to get any office job, if not a degree.

Since the pass rates and grades of A levels are getting higher every year, once can imagine that either the exams are easier, or the kids are getting brighter on average (academically).

So, as an employer, you still want to be employing the same relative quality as you always did so if the grades are getting higher, why not raise your

Posted By: Steve in Holland on August 17th 2007 at 15:55:28

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FAO CB41 (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 17, 15:45:04
- I don't disagree. The point of my original posting was the (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 15:48:38
  - Yes, I agree with the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 17, 15:55:28
    - we have a similar thing (General Chat) - megson, Aug 17, 16:23:09
      - I used to work at a high tech consultancy in Cambridge. (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 16:40:24
        
        that's the one (General Chat) - megson, Aug 17, 16:48:04
        
        Realising it usually comes very hard. They have grown up (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 16:54:31
        
        if you were a football commentator (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 17, 16:47:18
        
        Inded and they would have been (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 16:49:05
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 17, 16:48:13
    - Depends on the job. (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 16:01:41
- Oh, and - do you have kids ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 17, 15:46:59
  - I have two, both finished with school a long time ago. (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 15:53:39
    - BTW, one of them is a teacher. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 15:56:28
    - see your point (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 17, 15:55:35
      - Exactimundo. It's horses for coarses (sp?) (I'm sure I'll be corrected) (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 15:57:32
        
        *courses* (General Chat) - blindasabat, Aug 17, 16:00:10
        
        Indeed ;-) Did Brom? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 17, 16:02:08

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