Do people really not understand how A-levels work?

I knew it was you who made this thread

Yes people panic, but when you're in a room and the only thing you can hear is an invigilator telling you very clearly what to do and how to do it, I don't see how you can get it wrong.

Wow, it's almost as if people have different experiences in education and not everyone can achieve the same ableist and classist standard you suggest!

(Also congrats on making yet again another thread that serves primarily as an ego boost as I see no evidence of helping other members or genuinely contributing to interesting discourse. I also spot an interesting contradiction as you discuss the lack of AS grades and then present an invigilated exam situation)

So you're really telling me in other schools the students walk in, the invigilators say and do nothing at all except sit down, then when the exam is over they make a silent signal and dismiss everyone?

People are saying on here their predictions are bad when they haven't even got their AS results, of course if they perform better than their mocks their teachers will adjust their predictions. People don't seem to be able to grasp this and think the grades they've been predicted from informal, internal tests (often made up from different past papers from the specifications) are what they're stuck with for their university applications.

People are posting they've 'just missed' their offers when they don't have their results, they don't know whether they've got in or not but are talking in the present tense. People can't grasp how to attach extra sheets to their exam papers, how to write their names and candidate and centre numbers on their papers or that they're allowed to write on the exam papers, all of which is said before every exam they ever sit. What don't people understand? Yes people panic, but when you're in a room and the only thing you can hear is an invigilator telling you very clearly what to do and how to do it, I don't see how you can get it wrong.

Panic can cause normal sensible people to lose their marbles and do dumb things. Exams are very stressful for most people and I've seen people totally lose it. Exams are like walking down a street on your own and some dude turns up and pulls a knife on you. Different people react differently - some would freeze, some would say / do something dumb, and some would calmly take the guy out.

No, but the difference between an A and a C is not going to be based on whether you can check the time and write your name on the paper. That being said, I am sure there are schools that are worse at following protocol. Even in my school, one of my exams (a language oral prep) was ""invigilated"" by a woman who did not mention the time and was fully engrossed in her Times newspaper.

Also, students do not really pay too much attention to centre numbers and candidate numbers.

Exams are stressful but when you've been prepped for two academic years about how to do something by numerous different people, I see no reason why you can't do it.

See my edited post. Of course the different between an A and a C could be about checking the time. If you spend an hour on Section A and only have half an hour to spend on Section B when they we meant to take 45 minutes each, that's a lot of marks you can lose by not giving a long enough or detailed enough answer in Section B.

Exams are stressful but when you've been prepared for two academic years about how to do something by numerous different people, I see no reason why you can't do it.



See my edited post. Of course the different between an A and a C could be about checking the time. If you spend an hour on Section A and only have half an hour to spend on Section B when they we meant to take 45 minutes each, that's a lot of marks you can lose by not giving a long enough or detailed enough answer in Section B.



At my school the centre number is always written in massive numbers on the big whiteboard at the front that everyone can see. Our candidate numbers are put on our desks, though they're easy enough to memorise.

People are saying on here their predictions are bad when they haven't even got their AS results, of course if they perform better than their mocks their teachers will adjust their predictions. People don't seem to be able to grasp this and think the grades they've been predicted from informal, internal tests (often made up from different past papers from the specifications) are what they're stuck with for their university applications.

People are posting they've 'just missed' their offers when they don't have their results, they don't know whether they've got in or not but are talking in the present tense. People can't grasp how to attach extra sheets to their exam papers, how to write their names and candidate and centre numbers on their papers or that they're allowed to write on the exam papers, all of which is said before every exam they ever sit. What don't people understand? Yes people panic, but when you're in a room and the only thing you can hear is an invigilator telling you very clearly what to do and how to do it, I don't see how you can get it wrong.

Not entirely related, but after my first AS exam someone in my class asked if the exams 'counted towards our final grades'. My teacher couldn't believe it; he'd spent nearly two months reminding us how important the exams were (worth 25% of the final grade and she thought they were mocks).

Are you doing the new specification from 2015? If yes, then the AS results do not contribute to your final grade.