What do other people feel about claims that the leaving cert has been dumbed down in recent years. I've just read an article in the Irish Times saying that last year 75% of pupils achieved an A, B or C in English in the leaving cert. I remember when I was leaving school As were practically impossible to achieve, Bs were considered absolutely brilliang and Cs were a very, very respectable result. Nowadays, As and Bs seem to be very achieveable and a lot of kids seem to be very disappointed with a C. Also, a lot of my friends claim that their kids are doing absolutely no work for their exams and, when you nervously enquire about how they did, they seem to have done great. Not sure if its because the exams are easier, or teaching methods have improved.