On the issue of dumbing down, 1st class degrees are one of the remaining academic achievements which are still very hard to get, because you need to be consistent right through your degree. Most students who get straight As at A level end up with 2.1 degrees. A lot of bright students have the 2.1 mentality, they will do enough to make sure they get that because its the cut off for what most of the top employers will ask for, but they can't be bothered pushing themselves to get a 1st.



Generally if you have a group of 100 students on a university course, about 8-10 will get 1sts, about 50-55 will get 2.1s and about 30 will get 2.2s. The rest will be 3rds and a couple of fails.

Congratulations Jen, you've worked hard and deserved it! I'm sure you will not have too much of a problem finding a job.



Live Wired, if you actually looked at any degree level maths you will see how useless a calculator would be for the majority of the exams. Jenny has done very well to achieve a 1st class degree.

Those posters who think that a Chemistry and Maths degree is easy clearly have no idea what it is actually like. They are extremely difficult to complete in the first place, let alone to such a high standard. Getting a First in such tough subjects is an achievement most of us could only dream of.

Well done Jenny

Well done Jen. And well done wolfette for bringing up a girl capable of more than being one of the scrotes on this message board.

Geek





But well done that is an amazing achievement which puts 99.9% of the posters on this board to shame. now have fun, you deserve it for the effort you have put in.

Is this your idea of a joke?



If you are taking a swipe at someone who has worked extremely hard, then shame on you.



Did you read for a degree yourself? Somehow, I think not.

Very proud of you Jen. Well done.

Thank you everyone for such nice comments. They've really made me smile. Hopefully I'll catch up with most of you at the games now I'm actually able to attend them again

Thats sooooo wrong....1 rule for the mods and another for the posters....We dont want to come on here and read that sort it out.

Well done Jenny we are so proud of our grandaughter



Nana & Grandad

As its only your 15th post I'll assume you haven't realised that not all off topic threads get locked, (In fact I have just counted 11 OT threads that have not been locked just this week) only certain ones and usually for good reason.



So again thanks to the majority of you for your comments and good wishes.



But to all you green eyed keyboard warriors...

















I am now locking this thread as I don't want it to turn into a slanging thread.