Walkers Cajun Squirrel
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- Mar 13, 2008
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Yes if youa re doing A-level, no if you are doing B-TEC
I am going there.
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GCSE's
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Jimmy Grimble
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Technically I did 10 as one was a double GCSE..
Dave the OAP
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sorry mate what is the point in that comment.
Some kids work their arses off to get exams and that comment is very churlish.
It's THIRTY-THREE YEARS since I got my O Level results
Today Junior Hiney ended up with 1 A*, 2 A, 5 B and 5 C
*proud*
Today Junior Hiney ended up with 1 A*, 2 A, 5 B and 5 C
*proud*
That's not ACTUALLY true though is it?
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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Cool your boots fella. It's just a comment. It happens to be true but it is just a comment. Now stop ruining my fun by being all serious and shit.
Dave the OAP
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1975 I had just moved schools for the 7th time and got 5 E's, 1D and the rest unclassified!
Retook some of them in the November and got 5 C grades at Maths, English and Language, Geography, History
Bloody hard work that was
Retook some of them in the November and got 5 C grades at Maths, English and Language, Geography, History
Bloody hard work that was
Dave the OAP
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Uncle Buck
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It is not so much that they are meaningless, but for many they are in reality a stepping stone to the next set of qualifications, which become a stepping stone to a degree and often the degree is used to get on to a professional qualification etc.
Nibble
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Because they are no true indication of a persons ability. The more course work based subjects give a better indication but as I say they really don't give a decent representation of education and they are piss easy.
Dave the OAP
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ah I see.
I will pass on your comments to our HR department who regards qualifications as a pretty good indication of a persons ability. But hey...what do we know
Thanks
SeagullRic
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How can you judge whether they are 'piss easy'? Or is that just what you read in your paper?
Nibble
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What paper? I judge that they are piss easy 'cos I did them and they were piss easy.
turienzo's lovechild
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to be fair i've had more challenging shits than my gcse's
that was a couple of years ago, so they might've got harder though
Nibble
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Very closed minded of you. However I agree that qualifications are generally regarded by HR departments as an indicator of ability.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
And hence, they are rather important.
Dave the OAP
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With all due respect, that is absolute f***ing shit.
I would say GCSEs are a pretty good indication of a person's ability. If you end up with, say, 11 A* then it's a pretty good indication that that person has quite a bit of ability and is well placed to move onto higher education and a good job. If you end up with, say 4 GCSEs at Grade C or D, then that is a pretty good indication that your career as a Nuclear Physicist is pretty much dead in the water.
As for saying they are 'piss easy' that is an equally crass comment to make.
Two of my children have gone through GCSEs and they certainly DID NOT think they were 'piss easy' Quite the opposite in fact.
SeagullRic
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You did them 16 years ago. Maybe you were vry intelligent at school, and so found them easy, but your comments are degrading to people who are not as academically able, and so would be very pleased with their results.
In my experience, people who say that any exams are 'piss easy' are usually people who regret not working hard enough and are now paying the price for their laziness.