{"id":11,"date":"2010-09-14T07:48:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T07:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2010-09-14T07:48:20","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T07:48:20","slug":"exams-getting-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2010\/09\/exams-getting-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Exams getting easier"},"content":{"rendered":"

No doubt about it. When I was at school 30 years ago, half of what is now in AS maths and AS physics was part of O Level maths and physics. I was on holiday \u00a0recently and bought a second hand O level textbook. It contained over 500 pages of densely written physics more suitable for A level than GCSE.<\/p>\n

Exams are no doubt more suited now, but to say they are the same difficulty as 25 years ago, only different is frankly, lies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No doubt about it. When I was at school 30 years ago, half of what is now in AS maths and AS physics was part of O Level maths and physics. 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