Zooropa

An A Level in the study of U2. Just what I need to get me interested in study again. A monkey could do it? Quite insulting, isnt't it when you think of all the effort that goes in, and that horrible feeling three days before the exams. Easier? I'd say that A Levels are stressful simply because the exams come all in a two-three day period usually, which is challenging enough for most university entrants. A Level graduates certainly have something to be proud of when they score A grades, of that there is no doubt.
The post-war swarm of graduates who made babies and pushed for academic success have made us into a nation of highly educated obsessives. You can re-sit many modules now, giving candidates time to correct mistakes. To make it more challenging, maybe students should do three in a year. And then another three the following year. There is no doubt the system is more flexible, and easier to succeed. But we want a job at the end of all this, do we not? We have been allowed to draw out our childhood dependency for a long time by surviving on grants/loans. And we are better educated, which is good. But the answer to all this lies in the labour market itself, and finding suitable employment.