Red Leicester Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Although quite how this thread has turned into a debate on the standards of compulsory and post-16 education is something of a mystery. A mystery - then you want this guy...who, incidentally, I think is at the same level of the lad who started the thread. *Boom* The circle is now round.
Guest Bilo Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 A mystery - then you want this guy...who, incidentally, I think is at the same level of the lad who started the thread. *Boom* The circle is now round. Is it weird that I really wanted a can painted in the Mystery Machine colours when I was a kiddie. It's the van I always promised myself.
foxoffderby Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 I'm not sticking up for the poster when I say this; but you're not quite the representation of eloquence, either.What I'm really trying to say, is that the lad who posted is obviously retarded, but to use him as an example, and generalise a whole demographic, is in-accurate. He's not representative of the population of young people. If anything he's a representation of a percentage of people in England. - The percentage of those who either left school early, or couldn't grasp education. This percentage is true of all ages, not just youngsters. What chance do teenagers have? If GCSE pass rates decreased, we'd get it in the throat. They're increasing, yet we still get it in the throat. Oh, and to those who say 'GCSE's are getting easier' - Teachers that I know, maintain that they are not, and surely they'd know as it's their job to teach it. I did GCSE's last year, but my point still stands. I might not be representative of eloquence but im not a chav either. I'll say what I like when I like to whom I like. I don't need a life lesson by a little oink like you who has just grown a few hairs on his balls in last 12 months. The GCSE and A'level is easier now than in my time despite how many teachers you may speak to. No go back into your bedroom and play on your xbox.
Number 6 Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 To be fair when I look at some past papers for my uni modules a lot of material does get trimmed off. Seems they might be getting a little easier.
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Anybody who says it is not getting easier is a deluded fool. Check out this 'higher' paper from last year. http://www.gcsemathspastpapers.com/p4j08allqs.htm FFS my 11+ was harder than that!!
demon_dog Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 GCSEs are piss easy.It's the people who say A Levels are getting easier that fook me off, especially when i'm doing 2 of the hardest subjects you can do, and they aint easy. To be honest I'm to old to remember taking my exams and as to how easy \ difficult I found them. In my day day it was simply 'O' Level and 'A' Level. Don't know which subjects you are finding the hardest. I do know though that the teachers today will simply teach you how to pass the exams, if possible they will avoid difficult areas of the curriculum and simply concentrate more on easier ways to pass the exam. For example in Maths they can get you to pass 'A' Level without you having to learn Calculus. I have a degree in electronics, in my day you would never have got this without learning Calculus. Hope this makes a point regarding taking exams. However back on subject. Nigel will not be going anywhere unless Milan gets frustrated at our progress next season.
hairy Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 If their spelling and grammar are really that bad it's good that he/she had the courage to post on here.PS. I failed GCE English many years ago - but then it was harder to pass! PS Failed O level twice, got it the third time somehow
lcfc81 Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Nobody actually knows if exams are getting easier because cross generational comparison is impossible. The reason it is impossible is because exam boards change grade boundaries yearly. Why do they do this? So that similar % of people pass each year. They do this by converting raw scores into UMS and UMS marks into grades. Why do they do this? So people don't click on to what they are doing. In reality exams are only accurate in assessing your ability compared to other people taking the same exam. However the only exception to this was the year I took my exams, these are widely acknowledged as the hardest ever.
Ultra Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Anybody who says it is not getting easier is a deluded fool. Check out this 'higher' paper from last year.http://www.gcsemathspastpapers.com/p4j08allqs.htm FFS my 11+ was harder than that!! You're not kidding! But I got A level maths anyway...
Nod.E Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 I might not be representative of eloquence but im not a chav either. I'll say what I like when I like to whom I like. I don't need a life lesson by a little oink like you who has just grown a few hairs on his balls in last 12 months. The GCSE and A'level is easier now than in my time despite how many teachers you may speak to. No go back into your bedroom and play on your xbox. - On this evidence, you're the one that seems to have gone through more puberty over the last few months. - I never said anything about you not being able to say your opinions, I merely dis-agreed. - I love how i'm a 6ft 1" 'little oink.' - You have not taken A levels, or GCSE's at the present moment, thus you have no arguement. - I don't like xbox's, and I don't see the attraction with them. I bought one to see what all the hype was about, and sold it a month later. Now, is there anything else that you'd like me to contradict?
Nod.E Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 Anybody who says it is not getting easier is a deluded fool. Check out this 'higher' paper from last year.http://www.gcsemathspastpapers.com/p4j08allqs.htm FFS my 11+ was harder than that!! I've not clicked on this link, but from experience, it was hard at the time. When I Look back at previous work, it looks easy. Also, when you do the course it all seems so manageable. By the time you come back to revise the whole year in about two weeks, you begin to struggle. This, perhaps explains why it seems so easy to you. EDIT: To summarise, at the age of 15/16, the work seems so much harder than what it really is, especially when you have lots of other exams to do. Put it like this, last year trigonometry was a bitch. When we did it in Physics this year, it was easy.
Smudge Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 Getting older just allows you to look back and say "Why was that so difficult? And I'm not just talking about exams, that's the way of life? Just for the record taking the piss out of someone who is challenged aint on in my opinion. I'm not sure what his problem is, could be Daggers with a Spanish accent for all I know, but anyone taking cheap shots isn't right in my opinion. You wouldn't do it face to face so why do it because your e-anonymous?
Guest ttfn Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 - On this evidence, you're the one that seems to have gone through more puberty over the last few months.- I never said anything about you not being able to say your opinions, I merely dis-agreed. - I love how i'm a 6ft 1" 'little oink.' - You have not taken A levels, or GCSE's at the present moment, thus you have no arguement. - I don't like xbox's, and I don't see the attraction with them. I bought one to see what all the hype was about, and sold it a month later. Now, is there anything else that you'd like me to contradict? fook me! What is this 'my dad's bigger than your dad?'. Ask yourself this mate. Why on a football board would you start talking about your height and academic success? Congratulations on your A Level success, you must easily be the cleverest, tallest bloke in the world. Maybe we should put our academic quals and height on our signatures from now on
Guest Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 Anybody who says it is not getting easier is a deluded fool. Check out this 'higher' paper from last year.http://www.gcsemathspastpapers.com/p4j08allqs.htm FFS my 11+ was harder than that!! Oh my.
James. Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 Anybody who says it is not getting easier is a deluded fool. Check out this 'higher' paper from last year.http://www.gcsemathspastpapers.com/p4j08allqs.htm FFS my 11+ was harder than that!! That's ridiculous. I did GCSE Maths in 1998 and I can guarantee it was harder than that.
foxoffderby Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 fook me! What is this 'my dad's bigger than your dad?'. Ask yourself this mate. Why on a football board would you start talking about your height and academic success? Congratulations on your A Level success, you must easily be the cleverest, tallest bloke in the world. Maybe we should put our academic quals and height on our signatures from now on exactly....nothing more to be said
Matt Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 When is the name of this thread going to change to Exams discussion or something similar then?
James. Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 fook me! What is this 'my dad's bigger than your dad?'. Ask yourself this mate. Why on a football board would you start talking about your height and academic success? Congratulations on your A Level success, you must easily be the cleverest, tallest bloke in the world. Maybe we should put our academic quals and height on our signatures from now on I hereby challenge Nod.E to a Height/Academic Success Dual.
Smudge Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 I hereby challenge Nod.E to a Height/Academic Success Dual. You lose
James. Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 You lose Aha, I was using a play on words to demonstrate my superior intelligence... Dual may refer to:dual basis, in mathematics, a basis that uniquely has a zero or unity inner product with a given basis Honest.
Rocky Dennis Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 Anyone else worried about possible repurcussions of Tony Mowbray talking to Celtic??
dandannieldanok Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 Anyone else worried about possible repurcussions of Tony Mowbray talking to Celtic?? Not particularly, more bothered if Celtic themselves went in for Pearson, or Wigan. If Pearson was to leave for another championship club, like WBA, then at least we'll know he wasn't the right man for this job.
Lillehamring Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 People like University lecturers and A-level teachers? i don't like them. bunch of wankers. sorry, davieG, - bunch of onanistic ignorami....
Guest Bilo Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 How many O & A levels has Nigel Pearson got? 28 O Levels all at A Grade. 16 A Levels all at A Grade. A First in Being Awesome from Oxford. A Masters in Demigod Practice from Cambridge. A PhD in I Told You So and a knighthood in I'm Not Listening. And a black belt in origami. Like Chuck Norris, but a lot brighter and harder. And therefore more cool.
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