[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
And there's nothing inherently wrong with that. If I was a parent of a clever sixteen year old child about to choose A-level subjects, I would have researched this.

But if nobody in my family or friends had been to university before, then I might well believe that all A-levels were equal, especially if that's what the teachers told me.