Saintandy666 Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Anyone else get theirs today? 7 A*'s, 5 A's and a B, really happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Anyone else get theirs today? 7 A*'s, 5 A's and a B, really happy Well done, you! I only got six - that was in 1963, though (they were really hard back then and I was distracted by Saints' cup run). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I blame the 76 cup final for failing my A-levels that year. I was still ****ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I forgot I had any GCSE's, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 my daughter passed all hers. really pleased for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Did anyone hear Moyles this morning, Aled got an 'A' at GCSE Geography despite only achieving 57% This just makes a mockery of the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Did anyone hear Moyles this morning, Aled got an 'A' at GCSE Geography despite only achieving 57% This just makes a mockery of the results. The fact that they increase accross the board every year for about the last 1,000,000 makes a mockery of the whole system. Congratulations to all who achieved the reuslts they wanted though - you can only beat the team put in front of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 27 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Did anyone hear Moyles this morning, Aled got an 'A' at GCSE Geography despite only achieving 57% This just makes a mockery of the results. One of my A's was in geography... well, I guess the idea is to make sure some amount of people get the top grades? So they moderate it. Remember, when they say 20% of grades were A or A*, most of those grades will belong to a much smaller percentage of people. I get annoyed when people say they are easy and worthless, I worked really hard for two years on coursework and again for exams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 One of my A's was in geography... well, I guess the idea is to make sure some amount of people get the top grades? So they moderate it. Remember, when they say 20% of grades were A or A*, most of those grades will belong to a much smaller percentage of people. I get annoyed when people say they are easy and worthless, I worked really hard for two years on coursework and again for exams! I got 11 GCSE passes, didn't work really hard at all, and found them p1ss easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 27 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I got 11 GCSE passes, didn't work really hard at all, and found them p1ss easy. Oh, yer don't get me wrong, most people can get a C grade pass(I assume that's what you mean as a pass, not a G grade?), but it's not so easy to get strings of A*'s and A's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 As far as Im concerned kids are dimmer than they were 10-20-30-years ago. Ask any of them to do some mental arithmatic and they get into a hot sweat. The government are pulling our plonkers, of course the parents wont have it that the exams are easy and so look favourably on them for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Oh, yer don't get me wrong, most people can get a C grade pass(I assume that's what you mean as a pass, not a G grade?), but it's not so easy to get strings of A*'s and A's. Yeah I'm on about B's and C's. I could have got A*s and A's if I wanted to but settled for plodding along not doing any work, settling for C's or better. Was ridiculously easy for anyone with a bit of general knowledge though, like myself Didn't do any coursework either, and still got B's and C's :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 27 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2009 As far as Im concerned kids are dimmer than they were 10-20-30-years ago. Ask any of them to do some mental arithmatic and they get into a hot sweat. The government are pulling our plonkers, of course the parents wont have it that the exams are easy and so look favourably on them for that. Is that a hobby of yours then? Jumping out on children asking them what 17 times 6 is? No wonder they are breaking out in a hot sweat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 27 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Yeah I'm on about B's and C's. I could have got A*s and A's if I wanted to but settled for plodding along not doing any work, settling for C's or better. Was ridiculously easy for anyone with a bit of general knowledge though, like myself Didn't do any coursework either, and still got B's and C's :cool: Yer, GCSE's are easy to get a C at like 66%ish of grades and above got apparently if you have a little bit of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Is that a hobby of yours then? Jumping out on children asking them what 17 times 6 is? No wonder they are breaking out in a hot sweat! No just when they are serving me at Tescos coffee shops etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 27 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 27 August, 2009 No just when they are serving me at Tescos coffee shops etc To be honest, alot of people aren't that amazing at maths, but your statement 'As far as Im concerned kids are dimmer than they were 10-20-30-years ago. Ask any of them to do some mental arithmatic and they get into a hot sweat' is a bit sweeping and unfair. There have always been people not so good at maths and there is no proof that there are any more these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Anyone else get theirs today? 7 A*'s, 5 A's and a B, really happy Not bad at all! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Very well done saintandy, unfortunately though mate, past the first apprenticeship or first job you take will be the last time you ever have to mention GCSE's again, they really are f*cking pointless. I got 2 A's, 8 B's a C and a D at GCSE god knows how many years ago, and like Scott i found you just didn't need to try. Personally i think they should just start unacademic types on vocational studies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Well done, you! I only got six - that was in 1963, though (they were really hard back then and I was distracted by Saints' cup run). RPB Did you take GCSE in 1963 or 'O' Levels? I sat latter. All exams in those days, no course work, and a pass was 40% with an 'A' Grade 80% (I think) Was also distracted by the cold weather and Saints Cup Run (went to every game) and only achieved 5 'O's which scraped me into the 6th Form of my Grammar School. Worked a bit harder for 'A' Levels and achieved 3 but not outstanding grades. Have to say schools offer much more of choice nowadays and facilities are great compared to the very basic arrangements we had to put up with then. Discipline was much stricter and we had to wear uniform (incl caps!!) right up to the Upper 6th (I was 18 then!!!) Education is different now (and dare I say better) but think the marking criteria is more relaxed to maximise pass rates which then dilute their meaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I sat GCE (before these GCSE). If the ever improving GCSE results are not a result of dumbing down or devaluing, then it is nice to know that the youth of today are becoming increasingly intelligent. By that token, it means older people, such as myself, must be as thick as two short planks. And if these youths are so intelligent, why is the standard of spelling on boards such as these so **** poor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanovski Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 i missed alot of yaer 10 and 11 with operations and i was lazy at school and i ended up with 7c's 2 b's and 1 e (which was for art which they wouldnt let me drop). You smart ***** ;] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I can't believe it's now 9 years since I did my GCSEs :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 ah...who needs GCSEs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 RPB Did you take GCSE in 1963 or 'O' Levels? I sat latter. All exams in those days, no course work, and a pass was 40% with an 'A' Grade 80% (I think) Was also distracted by the cold weather and Saints Cup Run (went to every game) and only achieved 5 'O's which scraped me into the 6th Form of my Grammar School. Worked a bit harder for 'A' Levels and achieved 3 but not outstanding grades. Have to say schools offer much more of choice nowadays and facilities are great compared to the very basic arrangements we had to put up with then. Discipline was much stricter and we had to wear uniform (incl caps!!) right up to the Upper 6th (I was 18 then!!!) Education is different now (and dare I say better) but think the marking criteria is more relaxed to maximise pass rates which then dilute their meaning 'O' levels, I am afraid - I was pretty much the same and scraped 3 'A' Levels (all with grade E)... You are right, education is much better nowadays - I cringed reading nickh's comments about mental arithmetic, if he could see how primary children are encouraged to use a variety of methods in numeracy to compute in their heads nowadays he would be amazed! Back in our day, we were taught 'this is how to do it' and were expected to apply it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Ah, the time of year for people to say "they're getting easier". I always loved these couple of weeks when I worked for a private hire boat company. We used to get the A-Level leavers and GCSE leavers parties, with some insanely nice totty on board. Sigh, how I wished I was still there, and not earning proper money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 GCSE's were a piece of ****. I did two of them off my tits ffs. Still got 16 of the fookers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 GCSE's were a piece of ****. I did two of them off my tits ffs. Still got 16 of the fookers though. 16 is an irrelevant amount, you just need to do decently in the core subjects. They do, however, reflect well upon the person taking them as a 'whole'. I did mine last year, tbh, with a reasonable amount of work you can do very very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 16 is an irrelevant amount' date=' you just need to do decently in the core subjects. They do, however, reflect well upon the person taking them as a 'whole'. I did mine last year, tbh, with a reasonable amount of work you can do very very well.[/quote'] Was forced to do that many by the school as I was one of the intelligent ****wits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 As far as Im concerned kids are dimmer than they were 10-20-30-years ago. Ask any of them to do some mental arithmatic and they get into a hot sweat. The government are pulling our plonkers, of course the parents wont have it that the exams are easy and so look favourably on them for that. This is utterly ridiculous. Not ALL kids are fukken stupid, not all kids can't do mental arithmetic. **** it, you don't need to be good at mental arithmetic to be a good mathematician. It's not as though the 'kids of today' can sit the SAME exams that you and others did, no, we must do what we are able to. And as such, devaluing others scores under the notion that 'they are getting easier' is rather ridiculous. saintandy for example, has done very very well in his GCSEs, he'd probably have done fairly well in 'old-style exams', as I also would perhaps, yet we don't have the opportunity to take such things and try to 'own' that which is available to us. Also, if you were to ask me to do mental arithmetic, I'd fukken do it, and get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Was forced to do that many by the school as I was one of the intelligent ****wits. You don't appear that way inclined on here. I also believe, Benham, that you're a lying ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Yeah I'm on about B's and C's. I could have got A*s and A's if I wanted to but settled for plodding along not doing any work, settling for C's or better. Was ridiculously easy for anyone with a bit of general knowledge though, like myself Didn't do any coursework either, and still got B's and C's :cool: Ure a kewl kat! Me, I did mine 19 years ago and got 6 B's, 1C, 2D's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 This is utterly ridiculous. Not ALL kids are fukken stupid' date=' not all kids can't do mental arithmetic. **** it, you don't need to be good at mental arithmetic to be a good mathematician.[/quote'] Retard. How would you know that the calculator was giving you [approximately] the right result if you couldn't do mental arithmetic? What if you pressed the wrong button on the calculator, would you blindly accept that the result was right? "You don't need to be good at mental arithmetic to be a good mathematician" is probably one of the most retarded things you've ever come up with, so congratulations on surpassing your normally exceptional standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I hope you're being sarcastic, WSS. I think you are, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 You don't appear that way inclined on here. I also believe' date=' Benham, that you're a lying ****.[/quote'] Orn', I am actually very intelligent. Maths was my thing, got my lowest grades in English language and lit, which was put down to my poor SPG due to my dyslexia. I had extra time on exams, but did not need to use it, just get letters and stuff like that mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I did notg turn up for some of my GCSE exams back then what is funny..I earn more than my mates who went to Uni and got degrees..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I did notg turn up for some of my GCSE exams back then what is funny..I earn more than my mates who went to Uni and got degrees..lol Did they do pointless degrees like media studies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Did they do pointless degrees like media studies? one did one in business studies (something along those lines) another did one in Marine Biology another did one in media studies (again, something like that) I find it rather funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Orn', I am actually very intelligent. Maths was my thing, got my lowest grades in English language and lit, which was put down to my poor SPG due to my dyslexia. I had extra time on exams, but did not need to use it, just get letters and stuff like that mixed up. So when you say you got As, you actually got Ds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Todays qualifications are a complete waste of time. They mean sod all. Complete massaging of figures and dumbing down the lack difficulty of 'passing' the exams themselves are the priority it seems. From GCSE's to NVQ's.....all made easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Todays qualifications are a complete waste of time. They mean sod all. Complete massaging of figures and dumbing down the lack difficulty of 'passing' the exams themselves are the priority it seems. From GCSE's to NVQ's.....all made easy. Yeah, but atleast you have to put the f'n work in for NVQ's (not very qualified's) they are just a pain in the ass lot of writing for next to nothing. My advice for the big wide world is get a trade or do a decent degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 (edited) Yeah, but atleast you have to put the f'n work in for NVQ's (not very qualified's) they are just a pain in the ass lot of writing for next to nothing. My advice for the big wide world is get a trade or do a decent degree. Agreed on the NVQ front,i did shed loads of work for my NVQ 3 and too be honest it was only made mandatory by work because external sources told them to make us do it. Any new employee has to sign that they won't leave within a certain timescale as it costs our company a fortune to fund the staff to take the NVQ,if they leave just after completing the aformentioned NVQ the employee has to pay a substantial re-imbursment. Best thing i did was to get city and guilds qualifications and then get kept on for a diploma,it opened so many doors for me and gave me the best career in some superb establishments.Employers in those days were banging down the doors of the college to take the best students. Edited 27 August, 2009 by saint lard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 FFS - work for GCSEs, to get into a decent college, do A-Levels, to get into a decent Uni, work at Uni to get a degree to get a job. All makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Agreed on the NVQ front,i did shed loads of work for my NVQ 3 and too be honest it was only made mandatory by work because external sources told them to make us do it. Any new employee has to sign that they won't leave within a certain timescale as it costs our company a fortune to fund the staff to take the NVQ,if they leave just after completing the aformentioned NVQ the employee has to pay a substantial re-imbursment. Best thing i did was to get city and guilds qualifications and then get kept on for a diploma,it opened so many doors for me and gave me the best career in some superb establishments.Employers in those days were baning down the doors of the college to take the best students. Agreed, the NVQ 3 was a bloody knightmare, but when i did my AMA i had to do it, along with key skills (why??) and the BTeC. Now with my new company and doing my degree, i am tied in for 5 years (4 left) and if i leave early i have to pay back 10k, or indeed if i fail the degree i have to pay an amount of costs. I think this is the way things are going and is as expected really. TBH, me and my other mates who did AMA's and even FMA's, or training, basically start of on kak money and do a trade are now doing much better than the ones that went for the higher started wage jobs and pointless degrees. Just hope the youngsters realise that at their age they are better starting on low wage for technical training for the future, as when they are older they prob won't be able to afford the wage drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 FFS - work for GCSEs' date=' to get into a decent college, do A-Levels, to get into a decent Uni, work at Uni to get a degree to get a job. All makes sense.[/quote'] Or, get the GCSE's, get into a decent job offering on job training etc perhaps AMA or technical courses, they pay for you to get BTeCs, City and Guilds, HNC, HND, full degrees yadda yadda, and then within prob 4-5 years hard graft you will be much better off then the other routes, and will have the life skills and experience of work to get better jobs than graduates, simples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Certain professions are impossible to get into without a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 So when you say you got As' date=' you actually got Ds?[/quote'] No, I got C's in the two English subjects 7A*, 4As, 3Bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Certain professions are impossible to get into without a degree. Not true, Frank Abagnale, Jr. managed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-it note Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Or, get the GCSE's, get into a decent job offering on job training etc perhaps AMA or technical courses, they pay for you to get BTeCs, City and Guilds, HNC, HND, full degrees yadda yadda, and then within prob 4-5 years hard graft you will be much better off then the other routes, and will have the life skills and experience of work to get better jobs than graduates, simples. I can echo this advice. I'm 21, left school 5 years ago with 5 A's, 2 B's and 3 C's, found a job offering a training programme to obtain qualifications specific to my career and am now earning nearly £25k whilst my employer is paying for my degree. Most of my mates have just finished uni and cannot find jobs and are also massively in debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeem Hardison Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 I got 17 GCSEs and I played in the Champion's League for Derry City. And I average 98% in my University modules. And I have spots on my willy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 August, 2009 Share Posted 27 August, 2009 Certain professions are impossible to get into without a degree. Well agreed, can't really argue that, but a majority you can work up to. And many are very well paid. Esso ?? Vosper's ?? SSE ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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