the value of things

Many times in life, things aren't really assigned their true values...


Take for example a poly cert and an A'lvls cert. Three A's can get you into law school, but a 4.0 GPA wont even make the interview. Think this is normal?

An A is about 23% (as of 2007), (BBC). So we can safetly say because of one of the two universal laws, inflation, the percentile of distinctions will reach about 25%. (up 0.9% from 2007. Or 1 in 4, for easier tabulation)

Although it dosent really make sense to grade a calibre of a student via statistics. To make three As, it would be the probability of 3As in a row( 1/4 . 1/4 . 1/4 : I discount variable change, I'm in Masscomm, so I'm entitled to have poor maths ), thats about 0.0156% (offset variable change with law of nerds whos A's come stringed).

**EDIT: Guess I was wrong, 1 in 10 get 3A's... A-stringed nerds > variable change**

1% of the cohort of A level students? Hmm, taking into account of the 17 JCs, so roughly its about.. 250-300 students per year?

Now ask yourself, how many 4.0 diplomas have you seen?

Then there are times the objects have a buffer for their values...

Like at times when you just slapped your friend, the value of friendship plummets to the level of an ice-cube to an eskimo.

So what really presents a true value? If oil could cost under 100/barrel five years back... time?

If you were to assign a numerical value to your life, what would it be?