What is equality and diversity? please help very urgent i need it!

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  1. majmado's Avatar
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    What is equality and diversity? please help very urgent i need it!
    ok right now i am currently in secondary school year 11 in london i am on study leave right now. i am finishing my last few gcses which are history nazi germany retake, science p6b6c6 and science b5c5p5 retake and then thats it but i got a text in the morning saying i am involved in something called "equality and diversity" course or something which allows me to get an extra gcse because the school wants to make sure i get my 5- A*-C but the thing is i am in fast track maths and i have already got my real gcse grade in maths at year 10 which is an A and also in english after the exam was over my teacher added up all the grades of controlled assessment, exam and speaking and listening and she said it was a C so that baisically means i have already got my main 2 GCSES which are english and maths and as for the other ones i am sure i will pass RE also Double science which is 2 gcses so i know i am getting 5 gcses maybe even more if i pass history so why am i doing this course and what is this about because some people are doing it and some are not also my friend who has worse grades than me Ds Es Fs Gs didnt get the letter and isint doing it so is something wrong with me? i mean i am not less abled then others i have no learning difficulties no other things that say i am not normal and my english is good too so why am i doing it and what is it about also these sessions are going to start from 21st of june please tell me i want to know badly

    thanks
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    Re: What is equality and diversity? please help very urgent i need it!
    oh sorry if i have posted this in the wrong forum this is my first time on this website but please dont delete the post i need an answerrrr
  3. itssketan's Avatar
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    Re: What is equality and diversity? please help very urgent i need it!
    Not sure what type of definition you want...

    Equality is to be equal or to be treated equally; correspondence in, value, rank, ability, etc.

    Diversity is difference, being different, and/or variation.
  4. ThumbsUp's Avatar
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    Re: What is equality and diversity? please help very urgent i need it!
    sounds like a citizenship type gcse??? why dont u contact a teacher from your school and ask?
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