GCSEs are an utter joke
Discussion for GCSE students, including those studying for IGCSEs and O Levels.
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokePretty poor sentence. You sure you did a GCSE in English Language?(Original post by Sabster)
Additional maths is one of those exams that, the freaks who think that they are clever because they can work hard and get grades, are shown up.
No i did them years ago.
Anyway, what did you get, may I ask?
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeCommon sense pretty much = intelligence nowadays to be honest. Way too many people lack common sense..(Original post by Aldridge)
Does anybody else agree GCSE's are a complete pisstake?
They are far too easy, you can practically turn up on the day and get an A* using common sense.
IMO they definitely need to make them far, far more difficult, to separate people with intelligence from people with common sense. -
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokesome people may find GCSE's easy and thats great for them, they're the lucky ones! I got 11 and a half A-C grades, didn't actually do good at all tbh but I am proud of what I got because not so long ago I was told I'd never properly learn to read or write so saying my grade C in English is easily achievable and an utter joke is a little bit offensive - each to their own and all but for some people who may have had situations similarly to mine achieving some GCSE's is actually a major milestone. Luckily some people are naturally clever but it doesn't mean they have to belittle other people's qualifications they've worked hard for.
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeNo you didn't(Original post by Sabster)
FFS i took a GCSE in Italian with no knowledge of italian and got an A*. -
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeWhat? How did you get an A* in GCSE Italian with **** all knowledge?(Original post by Sabster)
Finally someone who thinks like me....
Yes I agree, they are a complete piss take, most of them you can just turn up with no revision whatsoever A* (like Maths, French, Biology, Geography etc). And it just makes a complete mockery of the system.
They need to be made sooo much harder.
FFS i took a GCSE in Italian with no knowledge of italian and got an A*
It is a complete piss take and makes all grades worthless.
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeYes I did, admittedly i did know spanish to a high level but even then..(Original post by Aeschylus)
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Re: GCSEs are an utter joke13 A*(Original post by erniiee)
Pretty poor sentence. You sure you did a GCSE in English Language?
Anyway, what did you get, may I ask?
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeActually if you google a random RS paper, it's pretty much a written form of TSR debate forums except it requires less knowledge.(Original post by TheCurlyHairedDude)
No-one can turn up on the day and get an A*
That's stupid. I'd get an E if I did that. However with a little work you can get an A*. -
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeNo.(Original post by Id and Ego seek)
Take that back, TAKE THAT BACK.
I'm not saying it's the easiest per se (though it was for me), just that it's one that it's entirely possible to get an A* in just turning up on the day. I did. There's no specific content you need to learn for it, you just have to be able to write.
I got a B in german having learned no vocabulary past the letter E.(Original post by im so academic)
What? How did you get an A* in GCSE Italian with **** all knowledge?
I know it's a B, but still...Last edited by TimmonaPortella; 31-12-2011 at 02:37. -
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeIt is very similar to Spanish + Latin(Original post by im so academic)
What? How did you get an A* in GCSE Italian with **** all knowledge?
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeWow. And what did you study for A Level?(Original post by Sabster)
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeMaths, Further Maths, Spanish, French, Greek, Latin(Original post by erniiee)
Wow. And what did you study for A Level? -
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeI presume you're going to Oxbridge with those sort of A-levels?(Original post by Sabster)
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeWhat year / university are you in now? Or did you do them a few years early?(Original post by Sabster)
Additional maths is one of those exams that, the freaks who think that they are clever because they can work hard and get grades, are shown up.
No i did them years ago.
GCSEs were a pisstake, but I do find that your arrogance is quite funny. That's why I had to ask whether you took your GCSES early and, as a prepubescent, erm, prick, decided to begin a revolution of 'OMFG GCSEs need reform!' on TSR. I can't begin to imagine you working within a team of any sort, as a doctor, or as anybody who works with people or with an element of care in the future despite what sounds like reasonable GCSEs. -
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Re: GCSEs are an utter jokeAnd what were your grades?(Original post by Sabster)
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