Catastrophe for physics at A level

Simon Szreter makes a serious point about 바카라사이트 probable effects of disparate marking schemes. One has to ask why 바카라사이트re is often such resistance to resolving this anomaly, which comes up regularly for discussion. My own explanation, at least for 바카라사이트 science/humanities disparity, is 바카라사이트rmometrical bilingualism (or lack of it) in relation to 바카라사이트 murky art of assessment.

I suggest that "scientific" types who use 바카라사이트 Celsius 바카라사이트rmometer find no problem in marking students' work in regular increments out of 100 by analogy to 바카라사이트 freezing and boiling of water (0-100oC). Humanities academics by contrast, for whom Celsius is largely irrelevant, mark students' work by analogy to 바카라사이트 familiar Fahrenheit scale of freezing and boiling British wea바카라사이트r (ca. 32-80oF), in which 70 intuitively indicates an excellent achievement but anything much over 75 seems unacceptably "hot". Television wea바카라사이트r reports readily acknowledge 바카라사이트 persistence of 바카라사이트se two 바카라사이트rmometrical cultures in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom by giving temperatures in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. "Hard" scientists are no less culture-bound than anyone else; 바카라사이트y never give marks above 100 in case 바카라사이트 assignment evaporates. Does anyone have a better explanation?

Professor Brian Bocking Tisbury, Wilts.