The GCSE results thread

[DJ_Martin]

Alright so the A level people had their own thread so why can't the people doing GCSEs? Not sure how many of your are. Anyone nervous?

I'm really not thinking about it at the moment (apart from deciding to make the thread), just watching all the series's of Breaking Bad.


Good Luck everybody!

 

[DJ_Martin]

I remember back in my day, GCSE's were actually a challenge and weren't dumbed down.

Actually that's a lie, they were still dumbed down for me too, but even more-so now.

Go back to the Daily mail

 

[DJ_Martin]

I didnt revise for a single subject and got 6 B's, 2 C's. There was nothing that I ever found difficult in education up to 16.

If people actually find GCSEs difficult, then I pity what will happen when they go into A Levels because that is where the the only difficulty actually exists within the current education system, and then only if you do Maths / Pyshics / Chemistry.

With your complete confidence, I was expecting straight A*s, I would be disappointed with the grades you got and I didn't do revision for much. I tend to find biology hard for some reason so revised for that. Also had to learn quotes for English but not much else.

So these really easy exams you got Bs and Cs in, did you just not do some of the easy questions then? you obviously would have got them right if you had done them. They were easy!

 

[DJ_Martin]

I was also never bothered about getting A's. I was fine with getting B's, thats all I wanted.

Probably why you found it easy.

I would probably agree win you normally in that the exams were quite easy, most of the questions I know I missed out turned out to be alternate ways of wording questions I already knew the answers too but failed to see the link. I just think the way you are putting forward your argument really doesn't help.

 

[DJ_Martin]

While everyones busy complaining about the education system I'll just say I got an A* in maths and physics (100%) A in almost everything else and Bs in RE and PE. Quite happy, annoyed I didn't get an A* in IT though.

Very happy, got into 6th form

 

[DJ_Martin]

I have no idea what any of this information means or what to do with it.

Why couldn't they just give you a piece of paper with all your subjects and your results on it?

That's what I got

 

[DJ_Martin]

I'm assuming as it was an E it was a foundation paper, We looked at one just to see the difference and the first question was something like "Write, in digit form, Two thousand and 40" They still have some reasonably challenging questions towards the end but it is a total difficult gradient throughout. She probably didn't need much to get an E.

Didn't surprise me as she is obviously an above average person.

Edit: apparently I took ages to write this, was talking about the six year old

 

[DJ_Martin]

Oh we are going to play "Choose some easy questions" these are from the first exam paper I looked at the 2000 higher tier june maths exam. 2nd and 3rd questions being:

3(i) may be a little above the questions you put but the others are very easy.

 

[DJ_Martin]

I've had this sixth form enrolment form in front of me all afternoon and i haven't put pen to paper yet

How long is it? I didn't even have to sign mine, just put in the 4 subjects I wanted to take and the grades I got for them at GCSE.

 

[DJ_Martin]

Teacher here. I personally got 91% C or above for 34 students I teach. Dead chuffed.

How long have you been teaching? It would be interesting to have the opinion on how much exams have changed from a teacher rather than, other people...

 

[DJ_Martin]

Pretty sure you shouldn't have been allowed to sit it then, but hey ho.

You are able to begin the exam at the earliest time it could have finished (imagine a two hour exam starting at 8:00. You can start up until 10:00.) or if in isolation, as long as you are isolated.