The Scotsman

Making the grade

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Another day, another whingeing teenager bemoaning the fact that they had not secured the grades to which their hard work “entitled” them.

This attitude presuppose­s that the harder a student works, the higher the grades which should be awarded. What they fail to take account of is that examiners are also required to assess academic ability.

I know from personal experience that hard work doesn’t always guarantee exam success, because not all students have the same level of intelligen­ce. Of course we should sympathise with and support those who have clearly been unreasonab­ly treated, but a bit of balance in reporting wouldn’t go amiss.

DAVID EDGAR

Main Street, Symington, Biggar

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