A-level maths standards down on 1960s but not on 1990s

>complains about getting an S1 offer for ages
>says anyone can get an S

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What was with the complaining then?

I don't need to justify myself to you although I already just did in my last post which you quoted as a "..."

I feel like you have had some kind of problem with me from the day we met since I feel like you are trying to conceal some kind of hostility towards me; way before I started complaining about my offer or anything. I'm not very adept socially so it's really hard for me to tell but am I right in saying this?

Nopes.

anyway if you want a better answer to your question; I dont like working hard, sitting around all day playing computer games is easier. I wanted to just coast and lay back with my arms behind my head and not take anything seriously and still be pretty much guaranteed a place, but unfortuantely I can't do that now. I'm still coasting quite a bit but I will probably start prep some time in late april or may so i wont be coasting 100% which I may have done otherwise.

nah anyone can get an S grade on a step paper if they put in the hard work over an extended period of time... like anybody that isnt born with a mental defect of some kind

Maybe you're right. But someone with a mathematical oriented mind would be able to get that S in a much shorter period of time.

anyway if you want a better answer to your question; I dont like working hard, sitting around all day playing computer games is easier. I wanted to just coast and lay back with my arms behind my head and not take anything seriously and still be pretty much guaranteed a place, but unfortuantely I can't do that now. I'm still coasting quite a bit but I will probably start prep some time in late april or may so i wont be coasting 100% which I may have done otherwise.

I didnt choose to be lazy life just made me lazy the same way life chose to make some people more mathematical and artsy than others

nah anyone can get an S grade on a step paper if they put in the hard work over an extended period of time... like anybody that isnt born with a mental defect of some kind

Ok now you're just trolling.

I said over an extended period of time. This implies years of hard work.

Let's assume you grab some fairly average student that's struggling with GCSE maths and getting a C grade. If you rough him up and bootcamp him some maths making him work at his maths for about two hours a week for 6 months I reckon he would be A* grade for GCSE.

If you take this a step further and make him work at his maths for three to four hours a week for a bit less than a year he would probably be A* ish level at A level maths.

If you take this another step further and make him work four to five hours a day at his maths for three years that person will be S grade level for STEP but probably even better than that level.

Except the guy who is at C grade in gcse maths isnt going to end up doing any serious work anyway probably so that's why you hardly ever see it happen and you think it's impossible :P

I said over an extended period of time. This implies years of hard work.

Let's assume you grab some fairly average student that's struggling with GCSE maths and getting a C grade. If you rough him up and bootcamp him some maths making him work at his maths for about two hours a week for 6 months I reckon he would be A* grade for GCSE.

If you take this a step further and make him work at his maths for three to four hours a week for a bit less than a year he would probably be A* ish level at A level maths.

If you take this another step further and make him work four to five hours a day at his maths for three years that person will be S grade level for STEP but probably even better than that level.

Except the guy who is at C grade in gcse maths isnt going to end up doing any serious work anyway probably so that's why you hardly ever see it happen and you think it's impossible :P

True. Someone i know had close personal tuition for her maths gcse for a couple of months before the exam, and she still managed to fail it. In fact her whole class did!

How many hours will it take for me to solve the Riemann's hypothesis? Is that just years of work too?

How many hours will it take for me to solve the Riemann's hypothesis? Is that just years of work too?

I said over an extended period of time. This implies years of hard work.

Let's assume you grab some fairly average student that's struggling with GCSE maths and getting a C grade. If you rough him up and bootcamp him some maths making him work at his maths for about two hours a week for 6 months I reckon he would be A* grade for GCSE.

If you take this a step further and make him work at his maths for three to four hours a week for a bit less than a year he would probably be A* ish level at A level maths.

If you take this another step further and make him work four to five hours a day at his maths for three years that person will be S grade level for STEP but probably even better than that level.

Except the guy who is at C grade in gcse maths isnt going to end up doing any serious work anyway probably so that's why you hardly ever see it happen and you think it's impossible :P

Anyway solving the Riemann hypothesis makes you a legend and so many top mathematicians for ages couldn't do it. It is compeltely different to getting an S grade in STEP. Every year loads of people get S grades and most of these people don't even have to work that hard to get them. So if you have a disadvantage in natural ability you can easily make up for it by simply working harder since it is not such an extreme case. But to be the best in the world at anything you need to work very hard AND have natural ability. It's different, not a fair comparison really. Getting an S grade in step is nowhere near as difficult as solving the Riemann hypothesis