They have been robbed of an opportunity to progress to the job or career they desire or the college course they crave, and many have not got anything like the recognition they deserve for their efforts. And all they can do about it is to take it on the chin.
There is a palpable sense of disappointment, of being lied to, that the system of exam marking – often written off over the past few years as “dumbing down” – is simply unfair, with some candidates unjustly marked in an effort to curb grade inflation.
The years of youth are supposed to be the best of your life – a time of opportunity and hope in which your expectations of the future are shaped by your experiences of the systems in society that influence your life.
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