How do people run out of time in exams?

The exam board doesn't just pluck a number out of thin air and run with it. Obviously the amount of time given is proportional to how much time the paper should take, which has been fairly and logically analysed (with extra time given to those legitimately judged to need it, which is not very many at all as a percentage of your year group). If you run out of time then it's down to your poor exam technique, which guess what, you've had two academic years to practise and perfect.

Your teachers have been banging on at you for two years about how much time to spend on each section, how much you should aim to write for each section, how to be concise when you need to, how to write in detail when you need to, etc. They sit there with you time and time again with timed and untimed papers in lessons and revision sessions, going through mistakes you could make and how to correct them. They show you the specification, past mark schemes and sample answers. They tell you to revise the content and practise your exam technique against all of this. Then you still run out of time because clearly, you haven't been paying any attention at all to the people who were trying to help you.

Laugh if he gets an E or something 😂

Much more believable and doable as some gcses have v. low grade boundaries, i am still skeptical and would like to be tagged in proof when you provide it.

All this logic and proof is getting me hot & bothered.

So you're telling me the exam boards just pick a time out of a hat and just print it on the papers? Obviously they've trialled the units internally and decided on a logical and fair needed amount of time, which is reflected in the specifications and the teaching. If you're not able to answer the questions in the allotted period of time then that's poor exam technique and you haven't taken in the specification properly, nor have you revised effectively. My exams are going extremely well, thank you for your concern.

You don't think two years of GCSE teaching and a further two years of A-level teaching is adequate preparation for being able to manage your time in exams?



You should see me with the hot boys.

Hahaha 😂 What a saddo, English essays are so hard to finish in an 1hr and 45 mins, if she was so clever she wouldn't go around degrading others 😂

You definitely have no friends if you don't realise that some people have different skill sets to you. People can work really hard and still not do too well. It's easy for you to brag about unproven marks online and judge everyone worse than you, but you won't go too far if you have no empathy for others. This very thread is proof you have no friends and you don't deserve any. You're not better than anyone. Your either a stuck up c#nt who doesn't understand that some people may find exams stressful from the pressure which will justifiably cause them to run out of time or your just a lying tw@t trying to trigger people. F#ck you

He'll make up some BS when he gets hus results...

First of all why do you care? That's like me asking "How do people get lower than a grade 8? I mean teachers have been giving us techniques and we've had enough time to revise, are people just stupid?!!!"

I'm male.

I care because people never seem to be able to take responsibility for their own failings, it's always the exam board's and/or their teachers' fault, never theirs. You'd have a valid question there.

Much more believable and doable as some gcses have v. low grade boundaries, i am still skeptical and would like to be tagged in proof when you provide it.

Still waiting on that photograph showing his results. Everything can be cropped out, just the grades would be fine, but no- hes a liar

If you read my post properly, you'll see I'll be posting it along with my AS results, on AS results day.

Oh my god. I just realised who the OP is. You're the posh idiot who refused to go on that ski trip because the teachers wouldn't let you share a room with your boyfriend because you'd sleep with him.

Having 1h45mins for 2 essays at GCSE level was tough enough, imagine what writing A level english essays in an exam must be like.

OP, what subjects do you even take? Maths? Biology? All the non-essay subjects?

Please go worry about your own exams and your own grades, and stop sticking your nose into everyone else's business.

You think glassapple made this with the intention of helping people?
Or mocking and belittling them?

I know which one id bet on.