Are you feeling yourself Darwin old chap? 
Aren't all boys?

Personally I don't know either as I was educated abroad. However, it would seem in the current climate that there isn't much incentive to do well educationally. Why would you want to go to University and saddle yourself with a load of debt? When you could doss about on the dole and end up with the same amount of money each month as someone who is earning a wage and yet still paying off debts incured from gaining this wonderous education?
Parents these days in general don't seem to want to encourage their children to do better than they did. Mainly because it would be impossible. Personally I'm not sure if I will encourage my children to go to University. If the climate is the same as it is at the moment I have every intention of encouraging them to learn a trade or skill. They would be far better off as plumbers for instance then they would with an English Literature degree.