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Should an A grade in, for example, Business Studies be graded as less than an A grade in a Science, or English?

Originally posted by HumeA
Should an A grade in, for example, Business Studies be graded as less than an A grade in a Science, or English?

Originally posted by Wheely
Could you explain how a grade of "A" is graded less than another grade of "A" please?

Originally posted by HumeA
Sorry, badly phrased. I mean ´counted as less´, or to be more specific, given a lower points score (if such a system were to be implemented).

Originally posted by Wheely
If you mean it doesn't have as much academic status then perhaps they should be equal. Do you feel they aren't?

Originally posted by HumeA
That´s pretty much it. The issue is that it is currently far easier to attain an A level grade A in, say, Business Studies, than it is in Maths. The latter requires a far greater level of a certain type of intelligence than the other. The two are already being treated differently, but I am considering whether it would be worth upgrading the grading system.

I wonder how long it is before a university is sued for discriminating against someone because they weren't clever enough to get in.

Since English is often graded subjectively, I think that its grade should by no means count for more than any that of any other class (I have always been bad at English, so my opinion may be squewed).