Current Year 13 thread Mark I (2014-2015)

Oh, I didn't mean 'girls' as in schoolgirls!

No, that absolutely would not be okay. Not at all.

I'm not even sure I fully support student/teacher friendships, really. It's good to get on well obviously, and I'm extremely grateful for their help and support, but I'd definitely hesitate to refer to my teachers as my friends.

As I mentioned previously, I think that it's important to have distinct differences between professional relationships and friendships (and definitely romantic and sexual relationships!!!!). My teachers have a job to do. As a student I'm essentially a client of my school, and I don't feel comfortable with the idea of getting too close to anybody. I have my own friends, and I stick with them for a reason. I have to see my teachers whether I like them or not, whereas I only have 'friends' whose company I enjoy, so there's a difference in that respect. If in a few years I'm still in contact with any of my teachers then I'll probably consider them to be friends, but for now, nah

I think there's a fine line that needs to be drawn when it comes to the student-teacher relationship.

I do believe it's important for people to have open discussions with their teachers though. As long as it doesn't cross into much too personal territory. I think one of my school's Classics teachers, who will be taking my class next year, struck the right balance with this. He's a lovely guy, you can easily have a chat with him about anything from academia to contemporary music, but he keeps certain things private and maintains a good level of authority over everyone.

I think there's a fine line that needs to be drawn when it comes to the student-teacher relationship.

I do believe it's important for people to have open discussions with their teachers though. As long as it doesn't cross into much too personal territory. I think one of my school's Classics teachers, who will be taking my class next year, struck the right balance with this. He's a lovely guy, you can easily have a chat with him about anything from academia to contemporary music, but he keeps certain things private and maintains a good level of authority over everyone.

Oh, I didn't mean 'girls' as in schoolgirls!

No, that absolutely would not be okay. Not at all.

I'm not even sure I fully support student/teacher friendships, really. It's good to get on well obviously, and I'm extremely grateful for their help and support, but I'd definitely hesitate to refer to my teachers as my friends.

As I mentioned previously, I think that it's important to have distinct differences between professional relationships and friendships (and definitely romantic and sexual relationships!!!!). My teachers have a job to do. As a student I'm essentially a client of my school, and I don't feel comfortable with the idea of getting too close to anybody. I have my own friends, and I stick with them for a reason. I have to see my teachers whether I like them or not, whereas I only have 'friends' whose company I enjoy, so there's a difference in that respect. If in a few years I'm still in contact with any of my teachers then I'll probably consider them to be friends, but for now, nah

One of the coolest teachers I had was also an avid gamer. I dreamed of gaming with him, but he had a PS3 and I only had a PC TuT

My Latin teacher also used to play World of Warcraft a lot, and back then, some of my friends and I played and we were SO determined to find him. We couldn't though

Would it be weird if I was killing bosses with my teachers?

Hmmmm...

I don't see what's wrong with it though, if they happen to fall in love

Like student teachers, coming in. But yeah

My favourite teacher now, can talk school, can talk music, can talk football, he's great. Obviously not friends, but its a v nice relationship.

I dunno, it's certainly not something that I would do, but if you were both comfortable with it then I guess it's okay.

Would it be weird if I was killing bosses with my teachers?

Well, when you think about it, it is entirely possible that you could have already run into a teacher or some other form of staff from your school online.

He/she could have passed you by in a city on World of Warcraft, or replied to one of your posts on TSR... You never know, since everyone's anonymous.

Oh hey Rob, it's your Classics teacher

My old school got twitter so we could get work while we were shut during the asbestos saga, but I don't even know what College are going to do with Instagram, I hope they don't find all my selfies or something._.


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DOES THIS RULE APPLY TO US A2 STUDENTS?

I saw a thread where - correct me if i'm wrong - USYCOOL said there was a new official rule regarding exam retakes.

To retake an exam which you did poorly in say Maths - C1: a + C2: a + S1: b
^ If you wish to retake S1 you have to retake C1 & C2 again due to there being a new 'Terminal rule' = 100% and not 40%.
BUT SURELY THERE IS A FLAW -> A person could deliberately not revise for an exam which they scored significantly high in & just revise for the exams they did poor in. However, it would only be an missed opportunity to score even higher.

Does this apply to us this coming year i.e 2015 May/June AS/A2 exams etc ?

At least selfies are relatively harmless... albeit embarrassing

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GUYS GUYS GUYS
Personal Statement has to be 4,000 characters, right?
Can we go over/under it? I have no idea><