Exam pressure
From Aimée Schofield
Sir: In his article ‘Stagnant Britain’ (28 May) Martin Vander Weyer wrote about what he calls the ‘dumbing down of A-levels’. I am 17 years old and am at present going through the process of sitting the AS-level examinations. I was appalled by his statement, ‘Does anyone seriously doubt, for example, that A-level standards have been progressively dumbed down?’, to which my response is that I for one do.
Yesterday I sat through six gruelling hours of tough examination. Today I will work through a further two and a half hours. The questions are not as easy as Mr Vander Weyer implies.
I propose that for those who suggest that A-levels are being ‘dumbed down’ a trip back to the classroom may well be in order, and I believe that they too should take the AS and A2 examinations, since they would obviously be so easy for them.
Aimée Schofield Darwen, Lancashire
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