The idea that this should reassure an 18-year-old in 2020, two recessions and a global pandemic already under their belt, only to be punished by an algorithm, makes me cringe to my core. (Both real examples, I very much kid you not.) Or “I fluffed my A-levels at private school and I still inherited a peerage!” sort. The “I didn’t even go to school after 11, wore newspaper for shoes and now I’m a rich and famous author!” kind. Not the very real catastrophe at hand, but the tedium of adults who use the moment to share their wisdom on why exams don’t matter because hey! Have you heard? Grades are overrated and dreams can still be achieved without a piece of paper!Įvery August, on TV, radio, in newspapers and especially on Twitter, we are treated to a grotesque strain of humblebrag masquerading as Good Old Fashioned Advice that might as well come from 1842. You would think that at least this year, of all years, we would be spared the annual farce of A-level results day. View image in fullscreen A protester against the downgrading of A-level results outside the Department for Education on 14 August.
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