Arrogance, whatever you wanna call it. For all you know she worked her hardest for those grades and she's happy with them yet you feel the need to belittle her attempt.
The GCSE results thread
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Arrogance, whatever you wanna call it. For all you know she worked her hardest for those grades and she's happy with them yet you feel the need to belittle her attempt.
12 GCSE's
Food And Nutrition: B
English Lit: C
English Lang: C
Maths: C
Science: A
Add Science: A
Citizenship: C
RE: E
OCR (IT): Distinction
Personal Finance: B
I'm not sure how the Science grades work, is what you got there the same as double science?
Having been belittled by loads of people over 6 B's and 2 C's, for which I didnt ever try or care about, I couldnt honestly give a **** about someone that got 2 C's a D and an E. You cant work your hardest for grades that bad at GCSE.
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They're all pretty easy yeah, those questions.
What annoys me is when people who pull said grades get gifted stuff where as somebody who might get much better overall grades would get nothing from their parents. Just spoilt kids really, I get nothing for whatever I do because 'you have to do them anyway'. I'm not moaning that I don't get stuff, I'm moaning when people do get stuff for taking an exam.
What annoys me is when people who pull said grades get gifted stuff where as somebody who might get much better overall grades would get nothing from their parents. Just spoilt kids really, I get nothing for whatever I do because 'you have to do them anyway'. I'm not moaning that I don't get stuff, I'm moaning when people do get stuff for taking an exam.
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Uhmm I think so. Year 10 completed 1 Science GCSE (6 Little Units) and year 11 additional science (4 big units)
Oh c'mon. Let's say you have a daughter... and she's just received her GCSE results, and all you see is a load of Ds and Fs with the occasional C. Yay, she's obtained 2 Cs in Science, let's all throw a street party... no.
She may have worked hard for them, and hopefully she will get somewhere with them. All I'm saying, is that those grades are terrible (in my opinion), it's easy to obtain a C in GCSEs, you just have to put a little effort in to revising outside of school.
Also, there's no need to get all edgy over my opinion...
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Oh c'mon. Let's say you have a daughter... and she's just received her GCSE results, and all you see is a load of Ds and Fs with the occasional C. Yay, she's obtained 2 Cs in Science, let's all throw a street party... no.
She may have worked hard for them, and hopefully she will get somewhere with them. All I'm saying, is that those grades are terrible (in my opinion), it's easy to obtain a C in GCSEs, you just have to put a little effort in to revising outside of school.
Also, there's no need to get all edgy over my opinion...
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Back when I did them, double science was the minimum needed to do A level sciences. (Single science = all three sciences to a simple standard (level 6) for a single grade = useless. Double Science = all three sciences up to level 8 for 2 grades, minimum needed for A levels, Triple Science = all three sciences up to level 10 for 3 individual grades).
I was asking because as long as you can do A Levels in science, you should do 2 or 3 science A levels plus IT and / or Finance stuff.
My parents went ape **** mental over me not getting any A's
. I actually had among the lowest grades during my A Levels for both my GCSEs and AS / A2s, and other students pretty much made me feel like an uber dunce with my B / C grades. On the other hand ... 'OMG Yay, are daughta got 2 C's a D and an F!!!! PPPAAAARRRRTTTTAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY?????????'.
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What the smeg are these? These aren't real subjects? that's pishin' in the wind! Go eat a bowl of quadratic equations this instant
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Congratulations to everyone who has got the results they wanted from their GCSEs.
There's not really any need for people to dismiss the achievements of others though, if someone is happy with "just" a pass then good for them, maybe it was relatively speaking as difficult as getting an A* is for a different student. If you want to debate whether standards in exams are declining then another thread would seem to be a better place rather than a thread for people who are just receiving their results.
There's not really any need for people to dismiss the achievements of others though, if someone is happy with "just" a pass then good for them, maybe it was relatively speaking as difficult as getting an A* is for a different student. If you want to debate whether standards in exams are declining then another thread would seem to be a better place rather than a thread for people who are just receiving their results.
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I appreciate you're young but you do understand the word "relative", yes? The girl probably isn't the brightest spark and should be commended for her effort.
Also, there's no need to get all edgy over my opinion...
Oh please. I just find it amusing that now you've got a few GCSEs you feel entitled to belittle those that didn't do as well. Get some real qualifications first
No I'm not young actually, and commending people for such rubbish grades is why we have so many stupid people these days that think they are 'special'.
A person who had gotten grades that low at the school I went to (and not a very good school either) wouldnt have wanted to brag about them to anyone.
You honestly dont need to be 'bright' to get at least 4 C grades in your GCSEs (enough to get into college). Even the least brightest students I knew managed to do well enough to get onto GNVQs, while the ones that didnt wouldnt have even known how to use facebook
Oh right, our school did commend a student that passed all of his GCSEs with C-E grades .... WITH DOWNS SYNDROME!.
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My younger brother was really nervous up untill today, turns out he did brillianty with 6 A's, 4 A*'s and 5 distinctions. I only managed 6 Cs and a D as they wouldn't move me up to higher papers as my house burnt down that April and they didnt want to put me under any stress..
I disagree, we never got taught about these things at school, and I only left a few years ago.
I see no problem with education in these areas, although to have a full GCE based on them......well I suppose if they didn't then they wouldn't be able to fit them into the timetable.
Beats travel & tourism / health & beauty / english lit etc.
Saying that, lots of money to be made in travel/health/beauty etc.
Anyway upshot is, healthy kids with well managed finances as opposed to me - fat ******* hemorrhaging money at every pie shop he passes
At GCSE and Degrees yes.
At A Level you need 40% for an E, and at degree you need 40% for a third (if converting to grades like my uni liked to do, 40% = D-, anything less = F).
A 'D' grade (3rd equivalent) at uni is completely useless and wont get you anywhere either. In most subjects, particularly sciences, a 2:2 / 50% / C grade average at Uni is completely useless too.
At A level hovever, every grade including an E gives you extra UCAS points, so it still helps.
If you get less than a C in any of your GCSEs, then you are better off simply never telling people that you did those subjects, or if all your grades are below a C, you should honestly tell people that you dropped out of school at 15 ... That will actually help you out a lot more then saying you did your GCSEs and got bad grades.