Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi

To an extent, they're already necessary in a lot of cases. When I was at school we did some sort of course thing where the seniors went along to Glasgow Uni for a few evening sessions in order to earn some sort of credit. This was to help kids from schools in bad areas but the school i currently teach in which whilst not mega affluent, still performs well and recently had an inspection that was rated outstanding has a similar set up where all of the kids wanting to go to uni have to do extra modules to get some sort of accreditation.

It's quite frightening to think how bad things are for the kids just now.

I had a bunch of Advanced Higher pupils stressed out of their heads last year. I pointed out to them that AH's are really difficult, not everyone gets them and if they fail or don't get a fantastic grade, it's not the end of the world.

I then found out in the ensuing conversation that universities have upped their minimum requirements to the point that you really want AH's to give yourself a good chance at getting in. One girl was wanting to do the exact same undergrad that I did in the same university and I found out that with my school qualifications (2 A's and 2 B's at Higher), I'd no long meet the minimum requirements to get in. And I'm teaching this stuff!!!