Grading on a Curse - British students get marks for obscenity. (Warning obscene language!)

City Journal ^ | 11 July 2008 | Theodore Dalrymple

[neverdem]

The head examiner of a British school-examination board, Peter Buckroyd, whose examinations are taken by 780,000 children, recently explained to teachers why a pupil who answered the question, “Describe the room you’re in,” with...

[neverdem]

Theodore Dalrymple, a physician, is a contributing editor of City Journal and the Dietrich Weismann Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

[allmost]

I almost lost that sip. :)

[A_Former_Democrat]

The head examiner, Feter Buckroyd, needs his head examined.

[allmost]

If you rephrased that in his preferred vernacular he might just consider it.

[BIV]

Peter Butryde is, among other things, an idiot. More charitably, he belongs on a cutty stool; he’s a robotic tool of political correctness.

[4Liberty]

Amazing race to the bottom.

[Chode]

seems Ungland just can't get to the bottom fast enough...

[Lonely Bull]

British students get marks for obscenity

There's (scanty) hope for DU yet.

[Enchante]

"Buckroyd added that, after all, the candidate was “better than someone who doesn’t write anything at all.”"

This displays monumental stupidity on the part of this examiner. The most elementary issue for assigning any partial credit should be "does the answer attempt to address the question with any information at all?"

Since the student made no attempt to address the question with any information or analysis, the only reasonable grade is 'ZERO' and the examiner deserves a zero as well. Such a person is unfit to be in education in any capacity.

[Impy]

****ing A.

[Ciexyz]

tee hee.

[Mercia]

It might be worth pointing out that the US firm responsible for the running of the SATS, the distribution of the papers, the collection and subsequent re-distriubtion has had its contract terminated by the UK Gov. Law suits and compensation claims are expected to hit the firm hard, as aside from the IDIOT marking, this has been the most farcical SATS handling ever.

So thanks to these Muricans for failing to do this tiny job even half way right!

[Chode]

you'll get no argument out of me... they can't get it right here, why should it be different there?