It's that day again! Exam results!

[43034 The Black Horse]

Congratulations to everyone receiving results, hope you all believe it was worth it, however, the above comment did make me wet myself.

Good. Glad to see others enjoyed my grade too!!

 

[Oswyntail]

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Welsh - F ( )....

Shouldn't that be "ff"?
And well done to you all!

 

[Mojo]

Shouldn't that be "ff"?
And well done to you all!

Hope everyone got the results they were hoping for to get into college/University/work.

 

[yorkie]

Well done to everyone, hope the others who have not posted got what they wanted.

43034 - nevermind the Welsh, I doubt that matters but any idea how 'emergency ladder' can equal just one word in welsh, that also seems to mean 'school'?

 

[43034 The Black Horse]

Well done to everyone, hope the others who have not posted got what they wanted.

43034 - nevermind the Welsh, I doubt that matters but any idea how 'emergency ladder' can equal just one word in welsh, that also seems to mean 'school'?

Not a clue as I failed Welsh.

Not doing the exams/nor turning up to the second ones means I somehow don't get a U

 

[yorkie]

That's quite funny, but not entirely surprising! I think that as long as you have at least some functioning brain cells, and turn up to at least 1 exam, you will avoid a U

 

[thefab444]

Well you can get an F just for writing your name!

 

[Railjet]

That's quite funny, but not entirely surprising! I think that as long as you have at least some functioning brain cells, and turn up to at least 1 exam, you will avoid a U

Some years ago now (and I won't divulge the Examinations Board or the subject), I had a holiday job checking exam scripts (basically that the examiner had added up the marks correctly). The raw marks were often standardised (by a computer program) to take account of disparities between examiners.

This particular subject had just one examination (not a combination), so the effects of standardising the marks could be significant. Indeed for one examiner (he must have been tough), a zero mark was standardised to 22%, which was the lowest pass grade. I did a bit of investigation and found about twenty zero marks which had therefore been awarded a pass. Further investigation showed that about half of these candidates had not written a single thing on the paper (except for their candidate number) - so had been awarded a pass just for showing up .

Red faces all round, and the Board had to write to the candidates telling them they had not passed after all.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

It certainly is possible to get 100% UMS, whilst only getting 42/45 for instance.

 

[class313]

That's quite funny, but not entirely surprising! I think that as long as you have at least some functioning brain cells, and turn up to at least 1 exam, you will avoid a U

My English teacher always says that for speaking and listening (English Language) to get an 'F' all you have to do is stand up and dribble.
I got:
A=Physics
B=Maths, English Lit, English Lang, Chemistry
C=History, Classical Civilisation
D=Latin, French

 

[Drsatan]

Well you can get an F just for writing your name!

Or indeed for writing 'F*** off' on the exam paper! Apparently if it's spelt correctly a couple of marks can be obtained simply because you've made a point at the same time.

 

[Zoe]

My English teacher always says that for speaking and listening (English Language) to get an 'F' all you have to do is stand up and dribble.
I got:
A=Physics
B=Maths, English Lit, English Lang, Chemistry
C=History, Classical Civilisation
D=Latin, French

Don't you still have to take all three sciences these days?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Don't you still have to take all three sciences these days?

Most do Core and Additional Science now, with each subject as a unit.

 

[scotsman]

Most do Core and Additional Science now, with each subject as a unit.

Bloody hell! 'Core' Science? We're not obliged to do any sciences past 2nd year in Scotland (but it is certainly enouraged), but at least we still do Physics, Chemistry and Biology as separate subjects!

[I got an A @ Int 2 for Chem and a 1 @ Standard Grade for Physics.] There was a standing joke among those sitting Credit Physics that those doing Int 1 (an equvilent qualification at a lower level) would get more marks for writing their names than in the multiple choice section!

 

[thefab444]

As Ralph says, most students do Core Science, and then Additional Science, both of which comprise elements of Biology/Chemistry/Physics. Students "whose strength lies in practical activity rather than academic ability" may do Core Science and Applied Science. However, the brightest students will do Triple Science which gives you a separate GCSE in each of the three disciplines.

I did the latter, although our science department forced all Triple Science students to take Core Science as well (in year 9 IIRC), in order to boost the school's results. Despite my dislike for Biology and Chemistry, I managed to get grade A in all three.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

However, the brightest students will do Triple Science which gives you a separate GCSE in each of the three disciplines.

Very unusual for schools to offer triple science now - mine didn't and neither did any other school at which I have contacts - and this is straight A* students. Which is annoying as if I had been offered that I would have had 2 A*'s and an A.

 

[mbonwick]

Most of the schools in Lancaster offer Separate Sciences, with the exception of Scumton, sorry, Skerton...

 

[thefab444]

Triple Science is "higher" than Additional Science, you do 6 modules of each instead of 4, or at least that's how it was on the OCR course we did. I guess if your school doesn't offer it, it's because you don't have enough science staff, or because there aren't enough kids who would be expected to achieve well in such a course.

I would say it's very unusual for schools to NOT offer the Triple Sciences.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

or because there aren't enough kids who would be expected to achieve well in such a course.

I can pretty much guarantee there are kids at my school who would be getting straight A*'s in everything.
I shall ask to see why we don't do it, but my school don't offer any OCR courses so that might have something to do with it.

 

[thefab444]

It won't be to do with the exam board; AQA, Edexcel, and I believe WJEC, also do Triple Science.

It's probably a lack of Science teaching staff? When I did Triple Science, we had one lesson every day!