Resits should not be allowed

It is simple; you are far inferior to someone who got the same grade as you if they got it the first time round and you had three tries or even one for that matter! Perhaps a penalty should be applied whereby if you resit you get deducted a certain number of marks - it is unfair when resit candidates artifically raise the grade boundaries when they have had longer to learn the content for a module than people who work hard for it the first time! They should not be allowed to resit and face the consequences of their laziness or sit a separate examination. Enough said.

It is simple; you are far inferior to someone who got the same grade as you if they got it the first time round and you had three tries or even one for that matter! Perhaps a penalty should be applied whereby if you resit you get deducted a certain number of marks - it is unfair when resit candidates artificially raise the grade boundaries when they have had longer to learn the content for a module than people who work hard for it the first time! They should not be allowed to resit and face the consequences of their laziness or sit a separate examination. Enough said.

That's moronic as ****. If you need extra time to learn the stuff you can just miss the first exam do it in what would've been your resit anyway, it doesn't place them at a significant advantage. And it's not necessarily because they're lazy, some people just have bad days, they could be ill or a family member could've passed away a few days before.

That's moronic as ****. If you need extra time to learn the stuff you can just miss the first exam do it in what would've been your resit anyway, it doesn't place them at a significant advantage. And it's not necessarily because they're lazy, some people just have bad days, they could be ill or a family member could've passed away a few days before.

This is a very good argument against re-sits. This, coupled with exams that are not a joke will get rid of the grade inflation problem.

That's moronic as ****. If you need extra time to learn the stuff you can just miss the first exam do it in what would've been your resit anyway, it doesn't place them at a significant advantage. And it's not necessarily because they're lazy, some people just have bad days, they could be ill or a family member could've passed away a few days before.

Partially agree to disagree, people have extenuating circumstances or other reasons they did badly, everybody deserves a second chance, I agree with capping resits to an extent though, getting rid of January modules is just retarded though.

Why would I jeopardise my reputation for some measly months extra? I am committed and work hard for examinations the first time; I do not make excuses for poor performance or laziness. Someone dies, so? It happens all the time.

Agreed, but this isn't grade inflation - it is grade fixing. It is cheating, really.

I completely disagree. People generally learn more, and develop their understanding/thinking skills as time passes. Saying 'no resits' is saying that people aren't allowed to progress from the stage they happen to be at when an exam takes place.

In addition to this, even assuming that the above didn't apply, with the system slowly changing to one where a single exam determines the result of several years work, to not allow resits would be to put people's entire lives down to how they happen to feel, be health wise etc on one particular day. Yes, sometimes in life we don't have second chances, but generally in life we don't have to recall many years work from memory and convey it all on paper within three hours...

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It is simple; you are far inferior to someone who got the same grade as you if they got it the first time round and you had three tries or even one for that matter! Perhaps a penalty should be applied whereby if you resit you get deducted a certain number of marks - it is unfair when resit candidates artificially raise the grade boundaries when they have had longer to learn the content for a module than people who work hard for it the first time! They should not be allowed to resit and face the consequences of their laziness or sit a separate examination. Enough said.

Why? I hate January modules. I was far more prepared for my May examinations in AS - as evidenced by my increased UMS. The modular structure of A Level is too simple, GCSE was harder to manage with linear examinations.

of course it does! students shouldn't take forever to prepare for their exams. 'bad days' should not be tolerated (except for health reasons). At university , nobody is going to care about you being slow! You'll get a second chance, but at the same time new exams coming up, and if you are slow, you're out.

Pretty sure this is a

now because I don't think anyone could be quite that stupid.
It doesn't jeopordise your reputation at all, if you take the exam at the first opportunity or wait no-one cares at all so that argument is a piece of ****e. Oooh well aren't you perfect /sarcasm.

Medical issues, family problems etc.

I think that resit should have to be declared, i.e. when you get a better grade with a resit it must be marked as a resit grade, so that employer/unis know this and can ask for the reason.

No, not declared but ACTIVELY resisted. If somebody does not meet the conditions you mentioned, he shall not be allowed to re-sit.