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gcse disqualification / warning?

In my english exams, for the writing sections i’m really apprehensive incase my work gets safeguarded or interpreted incorrectly. For the story, i wrote a kind of detailed description of a dead body. In my other one, i panicked and in one of the paragraphs which at the time i thought was thinking outside the box and different, post-exam seems a bit weird and extremist even though that’s not what i was thinking at all - talking about how society should become the best versions of themselves but now it feels absurd.

Is this worth any kind of penalty? and how would i know. It’s july now so results day is in a month. am i just stressing or should i be expecting some sort of letter or phone call? Thank you so much in advance.
In my english exams, for the writing sections i’m really apprehensive incase my work gets safeguarded or interpreted incorrectly. For the story, i wrote a kind of detailed description of a dead body. In my other one, i panicked and in one of the paragraphs which at the time i thought was thinking outside the box and different, post-exam seems a bit weird and extremist even though that’s not what i was thinking at all - talking about how society should become the best versions of themselves but now it feels absurd.
Is this worth any kind of penalty? and how would i know. It’s july now so results day is in a month. am i just stressing or should i be expecting some sort of letter or phone call? Thank you so much in advance.
I don't think you would get disqualified or a warning for this. Yes its weird but its you're own writing, you were answering the paper as best as you could. I think if you get deducted points when you write inappropriate or offensive notes that is meant for the examiner. I think examiners mark what's in front of them like marking based on what meets the criteria - I don't think they would spend time wondering if this individual needs safeguarding as they need to mark many papers.
I wouldn't worry about it, I'm sure you would have heard something by now! I've never heard anyone get disqualified for this sort of thing, many people talk about weird concepts!
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Original post by cherrycosmos
I don't think you would get disqualified or a warning for this. Yes its weird but its you're own writing, you were answering the paper as best as you could. I think if you get deducted points when you write inappropriate or offensive notes that is meant for the examiner. I think examiners mark what's in front of them like marking based on what meets the criteria - I don't think they would spend time wondering if this individual needs safeguarding as they need to mark many papers.
I wouldn't worry about it, I'm sure you would have heard something by now! I've never heard anyone get disqualified for this sort of thing, many people talk about weird concepts!


Thank you so much for your reply, that does make a lot of sense. I honestly don’t know what i was thinking looking back but i guess we’ll see on results day. Thanks again!

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