Explain this juxtaposition to me please.?

Question

Every year, our school leavers are getting higher and higher results, our country is simply overflowing with smarter young adults, and yet, things like Big Brother and X-Factor pique the nations entertainment taste buds?

I'm sorry, but you need a single figure IQ to sit there wasting millions on texting TV shows to vote for one worthless example of human failure over an other. Who is doing it? Is it these same kids that leave school with ever improving exam results?

The UK is devolving into a nation of bottom dwelling retards, and yet every August we produce evidence that things have never been so good.

Someone please make sense of this for me?
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Well lingt69, I define Juxtaposition as holding two different things up that contrast and comparing them, what does it mean to you?

Answer 1

Well, the government decided that 40% (or was it more) of school leavers were to go into Higher Education. The best way to do this was to make sure it was easier for them to get in, so we get 1000s of more or less clueless graduates each year.

And don't forget: the Sun has been the biggest selling daily paper for years.

Answer 2

Other responants are correct - the exams are getting demonstrably easier over time and have been for many years. Although I live in the US now, I was raised in the UK and I vividly recall a newspaper report in 1984 that showed that the exact same question (word for word) that appeared in the Physics O Level of 1976 (when I did my O Levels) appeared in the 1984 Physics A Level. So, in the space of 8 years a question had gone from being an O Level question to being an A Level question. Who says they are not dumbing down today's kids?

Every time some mealy-mouthed prat comes out with the absurdity that examination standards are being maintained, I just have to laugh. UK educational qualification that used to be a source of pride are now just a laughing stock.

Answer 3

Not round here, lots of retards in the Westcountry.

Maybe I'm getting old (quarter century), but kids don't seem to be interested in anything these days other than their Emo hair cuts and accessories.

I think it's the minority that are getting the A grades and I think the rest are just failing.

For info, back in my day everyone got a selection of relatively respectable grades between A to C.

Answer 4

The exams are not the same as they used to be! In my day (not so long ago!) very few achieved an A grade but all my nieces and nephews did in practically every GCSE they sat. I love them all dearly but they can't spell, punctuate or add up. it's such a shame that academia and competition are things of the past. At my daughter's school sports day we were told that we had to cheer "come on everybody" rather than the leader. How pathetic can you get?

Answer 5

When you see viewing figures in the UK for example, it normally shows that at prime time on a Saturday evening about 3 in 10 people are watching TV. I would therefore expect that the more intelligent people you give in your example belong to the remaining 70%. Give them trash TV, it keeps them out of bother.

Answer 6

It seems you're not exactly sure of the definition of juxtaposition.


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And what exactly are the two things you're holding up for comparison here? Increased education vs. taste in entertainment that is different than yours? You're just complaining and moaning. SHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Answer 7

Final exams are getting easier.
That's what's happening over here in Ireland anyway.

Answer 8

basically how one object affects the look or feel of an other object in the frame, could also apply to color also i guess.

Answer 9

Damn... You're right... That is hard to make sense out of...