so disadvantaged students are getting worse grades because the skynet algorythm downgrades people for going to schools which have historically produced lower grades. genius system

the classic factors of lower achievement werent enough. they literally had to build an algorythm out of old cardboard and duct tape that actively lowers your grades for being poor

for the non-brits, "independent" means "private"

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@garfiald what do "academies, comprehensives, and colleges" mean? I assume college is just a university
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@Felthry i honestly have no idea. comprehensives are standardised and dont select students, i can tell you that much. and colleges are another type of secondary school but i absolutely do not understand what the difference it

@garfiald @Felthry Colleges are 6th forms I think, so where you go from 16 to 18 to do A levels

@RedFuture @garfiald This seems to be a whole lot of UK-specific terminology so i don't know what that means but thank you
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