Unchallenged by GCSEs???

They do usually have harder questions at the end of the paper particulary in subjects like maths. Also i dont see any reason why a naturally clever person should get as good a mark as someone who has revised for ages. If they are revising this shows they are dedicated, commited and care about thier work. Its not fair that someone who isnt naturlaly as bright but works very hard gets a worse mark than someone who is naturally clever and uses this to get themself through the exams although i do realise life isnt fair and this is how it works

Just before I start - THIS IS NOT A GENERALISATION!
Some people who revise hard and long did not work hard over the previous years, so they need to revise. Alos some people who do not do much revsion may have been revisng as they go along, and just go over it before the exam!!! Just because people revise a lot doesnt always mean that they are dedicatied to getiing their best, they may have realised that they need GCSEs to get into college or whatever they want to do!
Sorry just get a bit het up when people say that people who are bright dont deserve good marks

i think that what you said was right, but IS a generalisation... because you can always find exceptions.
for example, i worked hard over past 2 years, well at least i generally knew what was going on all the time, to extent i can help my friends, but still had to do a LOT of revision simply so that i dont get all the details muddled up. so i had to do lots of revision but that doesnt mean that i didnt work hard along the way.

for example, i revised last christmas (well, for my mocks), over half terms and over easter... yet a lot of little details i just always forget, because my memory is like that. when it came to these exams, things i revised over easter i forgot. like the poem blessing i revised over easter, really well, and i thought i knew it well, and when it came up in the exam i was like yay... but then realised because id been working on poems that i didnt know so well, well i forgot what i DID know well.

its definitely not because i dont understand things because i dont work hard, and im not a thick person. i like to think not. but i DO have to revise a lot for exams.

i did kinda try not to make it a generalisation - its just ma views on this particular subject! btw sorry if i offended any one!!!

GCSES are difficult because of the breadth (11 :O) not the depth

They do usually have harder questions at the end of the paper particulary in subjects like maths. Also i dont see any reason why a naturally clever person should get as good a mark as someone who has revised for ages. If they are revising this shows they are dedicated, commited and care about thier work. Its not fair that someone who isnt naturlaly as bright but works very hard gets a worse mark than someone who is naturally clever and uses this to get themself through the exams although i do realise life isnt fair and this is how it works

GCSE's are designed to be a measure of intelligence, ie the understanding you have of a subject.

Dedication commitment are personality traits, which shouldn't be measured by GCSE's.

Obviously personality traits will have an effect on your grades but they should not be the determining factor.

There is a proven theory, I can't remember what it is called but in effect it says ' everyone has a maximum potential of intelligence, which is determined by genetics. Reaching as near to their potential is governed by environmental factors'

Applying this to GCSE's simply means 'natural intelligence' is your potential to get top grades and the grades you do get are governed by environmental factors like persoanlity traits, upbringing, wealth, standard of school etc

Hope this clarifies

And unfortunatly standard of schooling and social enviroment can have a huge affect. But there are different kinds of intelligences, people who completly screw up do really well in life. Just because someone isn't superb academically doesn't mean they're thick. I do not agree it measures intelligence because also I don't believe examination such as these are right for individuals, it is a system were some indivduals will prosper and others won't, what a thing to put 'natural intelligence' like some people are better or are worth more than others? Could you re look up your proven theory please.

Also, commitment isn't always a personality trait, people commit to things they believe they are or will get alot out of, that apllies to everyone, just because someone isn't commited to a one thing doesn't meant they wouldn't commit to something else they enjoy.

I reckon it's all relative. After (most of us) have finished GCSEs, we look back and see that the exams weren't as frightening as we expected, and the coursework wasn't too demanding (except when you had 11 pieces on the go at the same time) and generally it all came together at the end. However, I bet at the start of year 10, most of us saw the amount of stuff that we had to learn as a pretty daunting task, although at that point the urgency and stress wasn't apparent. Wind back to year 7, and GCSEs seemed like the scariest things in the world. I bet most of us here got wound up a little by those. Year 9 SATS, the first in proper exam halls (well for us at least) sure seemed challenging at the time. It's all relative. As we move on, some may get jobs, and maybe even move out for the first time. What a leap and a challenge. Some may do A levels where you finally begin to start speciallising, and have to learn in depth about things. Challenging also as the work committment piles up. Moving on to uni is another great challenge. Living on your own, having to get to lectures in a less structured environment, being completely overworked, and then spending months revising for individual papers. Getting a job is another great challenge. Then follows advancing in the carreer ladder, finding a home, starting a family, fullfilling what you want from life, retirement. It's one challenge after another. As we get older we become wiser, and looking back we realise what a good deal we had back then when the work was easy (although it didn't seem so at the time). GCSEs are taken by pupils of all abilities, and while to the brightest, most organized and hardest working they can become easy, they are certainly still a challenge. Taking 9-11+ of them means that you have to broaden your knowledge and use a wide range of skills.

GCSEs are ****ing boring.Life is boring.Everything is boring. But everything is challenging. So shut ur ****ing mouth and dont say that GCSEs are easy