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Anyone else waiting? I might get a tattoo of my daughters grades.......
No, I'm not. What I bored of though is all the stuff on the radio saying "didn't do as well as you hoped...we have a helpline and special programmes" etc etc as opposed to "Did what you wanted to? Well done! You've done bloody well and should be celebreating. We've dedicated two hours to party music and celebration".
Too negative this country.
if you were smart iDave you'd get it painted on the side of a new estate car 😉
good luck for the daughters grades! (any anybody else waiting)
Got mine - 3 As, 4 Bs and a C. And an E in woodwork.
Mind you, that was in 1990.
[proud dad]
6 A*
4 A
1 B
[/proud dad]
iDave how much have those great results cost you?
Pretty good going 😀
I got 9 As, 2 Bs and 1 C back in the day...and got £20 for it 😛
anyone else notice all the people they showed on the BBC did well and didn't look that surprised about it?
Can't spell much with though iDave, shit tattoo.
Well done to her I know how proud I am just for my 7 year old going back to school in the year above her age.
Can't spell much with though iDave, shit tattoo.
ABBA, with a tasteful silhouette of a dancing queen as a background?
I have noticed that the BBC never show a few complete thicko's opening their results!!
ABBA, with a tasteful silhouette of a dancing queen as a background?
Only if you had a stutter.
..... could tatto all sorts of words with the letters from 'sixastarfiveaoneb'
anyone else notice all the people they showed on the BBC did well and didn't look that surprised about it?
That is because the BBC get everyone to open their results, find who did well, then open the envelopes again and look surprised when the cameras are pointing at them.
It is a bit like being in Communist North Korea though, every year the exam results are better than the year before!
Yeah, this years results are due to the condem governments glorious youth program they'll put in place next year.
Only if you had a stutter.
A*BA, then, although you run the risk of people thinking that you're a bit embarrassed by your ABBA love. Perhaps instead of a silhouette, a dancing queen with iDave's daughter's face?
Wait a minute, that's 11 bloody GCSEs! You some kind of slave driver?! 🙂
No, she's always loved school, loves study, works hard, wants to be a surgeon, if anything I'm forever telling her to chill a bit
Wait a minute, that's 11 bloody GCSEs! You some kind of slave driver?!
12, surely? Bet molgrips got a D in Maths!
last time I checked, 6+4+1 was indeed 11 - mogrim, back of the class please!
she's always loved school
Freak.. I'm suspicious of people like this...! 😉
happy for you, enjoy your day
im currently trying to track down a lad who has almost certainly failed english lang, so he cannot even get onto his college course
EDIT: only just heard, scraped a C in Eng
iDave - Member
last time I checked, 6+4+1 was indeed 11 - mogrim, back of the class please!
Ah, didn't see that post: I translated the following (your post, too): sixastarfiveaoneb (6+5+1 <> 11)
Back of the class for both of us, molgrips promoted to official Teacher's Pet.
well im just going to collect my lads results...... although im sure he has sufficiently high enough grades, its all a bit of an anti climax really has he has already got an genuine uniuion rate apprenticeship and therefore no stress this morning has he set of for work tool box in hand 😀
o the joys of now trying to get board off him 🙄
good luck to all waiting but the academic route is not always the best way ..IMO of course
Nice on maxsatnav, a proper apprenticeship is infinitely better than another Media Studies graduate!
[proud dad]
My little princess got
6A*s
4As
and she's got a hot (so I'm reliably informed) boyfriend...
[/proud dad]
iDave - congrats to your daughter. Waiting for my son to come home and open the results. He is so bothered by them that he has gone away for a couple of days of watching his cricket club U15 team try to win the national championship. His parents are more bothered!!
I imagine they are bothered, but are "too cool" to show it. Most kids work hard to get good results despite what people spout every year about them getting easier.
Edric 64 - MemberI have noticed that the BBC never show a few complete thicko's opening their results!!
That's because it would give the game away when the thikos opened the results and got 5 a's and 3 b's.
The most pointless exams of all time!
congrats to those who did well (those who didn't should have worked harder)
The most pointless exams of all time!congrats to those who did well (those who didn't should have worked harder)
how old are you? you sound like a spoilt 16 year old to me, for many/majority they are very important and make a serious difference to their life chances. OK if you go on to get good a levels then a degree they are less important but you need them to do a levels.
Well done iDaves daughter!
seven C and above includes eng and maths.
In my book that qualifies as a pass, as he will never need to revisit them again - college enrolement on friday hopefully!
Given the current climate for college entry i really feel for those that didnt get the 5c's baseline - look on the brightside, all passes do is qualify you to take more exams!
iDave - MemberAnyone else waiting? I might get a tattoo of my daughters grades.......
FFS! Do you have to get a tattoo? That is not cool. Ts! Ts! Ts!
Oh ya ... well done to your daughter.
The father on the other hand .... is definitely not A* for wanting tattoo.
🙂
Well done the teachers too! Ok we can cut education funding now and privatise the schools!
What? we have plenty of educated people for yrs now! 😉
I would like to take this moment to redress the balance and congratulate my brother on failing his English for the 4th time. He found out on Thursday that he got 3 U's in is AS exams! How he managed to get U's in PE, IT and Music is beyond me.
My parents are so proud of him. My wife is hoping our children's DNA is diluted enough for them not to suffer the same fate in 14 years time!
how old are you? you sound like a spoilt 16 year old to me, for many/majority they are very important and make a serious difference to their life chances. OK if you go on to get good a levels then a degree they are less important but you need them to do a levels.
Your GCSE's do not make a serious difference to your life chances. its people with that attitude that put too much pressure on people at ages where they should really be doing more to enjoy life rather than worry and stress over pointless exam results. As for A levels you don't really need them either 😉
Your GCSE's do not make a serious difference to your life chances
they do if you want to go on and do A levels, and a medical degree in order to be a surgeon
Congrats to all who got what they wanted. I was sitting doing some shortlisting for a teacher's job a few weeks back with the recruitment panel, and those in the room who hadn't done it before were pretty shocked how much weight we gave to GCSEs and other quals. Nearly all the applicants had 2:1 teaching degrees or PGCE combos, but the variability in A level and GCSE results was huge. Unis will fight hard not to fail students and help everybody to get to a 2:1 or 2:2 once they start the course as anything less looks bad on their stats.
You have to convert the grades to Japanese and have em inked on the back of your neck, or convert them to stars and have them on your tum, or convert them to those funny arse antlers you see popping out at Asda. Either way dont convert them to a Red Indian on your arm. I guess as its you, you could have a Celtic band and be tough like Snakey.
midlifecrashes - which job was that for?
Do they not take into account experience and refs anymore or does it mean a 5hit teacher with good grades will get the job?
Your GCSE's do not make a serious difference to your life chances. its people with that attitude that put too much pressure on people at ages where they should really be doing more to enjoy life rather than worry and stress over pointless exam results. As for A levels you don't really need them either
er try not doing them then you idiot. The difference between 5 A-c's and no A-C's is that you employable as opposed to spending a life struggling in dead end jobs. Not everyone will struggle with no A-c's, my brothers an example, but nip down the job centre and look at the qualifications of the long term unemployed.
oh and my GCSE's were shit and it certainly got bought up at both my degree and masters interviews.
Your GCSE's do not make a serious difference to your life chances
Actually this is less true than ever; certainly at the top end. I was at a talk from an admissions registrar talking for the Russell Group (that represents the top 20 universities in the UK) and with increased competition for places many universities are bringing in multilayer purely administrative selection screening of candidates before applications get anywhere near someone that will actually read a personal statement, a reference or a predicted A level grade. The standard requirement to avoid the bin at the first hurdle in a lot of courses (not just medicine and the like) is now 6 A*s - 8 A* for Oxbridge. The scary thing is that this message is not getting back to schools and teachers unless they specifically go hunting for it. Course selection for 14yr olds choosing GCSE could have real life changing consequences and that A or (dare I mentioned it) B grade in some inconsequential subject such as D&T (mine!) might well have a dire impact on a student getting into the career of their dreams.
Sad day.
My view on GCSEs is this - 5 A-C grades is not difficult to get. Really, it's not. If you've been at school, and you were awake during the lessons, and your home life is sane, you should get at least 5 A-C grades.
Anyone who's bright and pays a bit of attention should be able to get mostly A-Cs across 10 or so A-levels.
Most A-level courses can be entered from that sort of a position. A-levels do make a long term difference though, as a lot of grad employers ask for your A-level results, even if you get into a decent course through clearing.
Edit: Re Convert's post above. That is nuts. A natural consequence of ever inflating A-level results though. I did mine a fair while ago now, but I messed about and even then there were still modules where I got close on 100% in some subjects. NB: This is not a surf-mat style post. My actual final results in A-level were horrendous.
iDave that's great especially with all the S*** off spineless muppets the poor thing had to put up with a while back. When she's a surgeon and said muppet turns up on the operating table one day your girl can take her revenge! 😆
thanks emma, that was pointed out to her by a few of her teachers......
My view on GCSEs is this - 5 A-C grades is not difficult to get.
For a great many kids its. At my school about 70% of kids should achieve that, but for a good many its a real challenge. You or may find them very easy but for many its hard. My last school got 15% 5A-C (including english and maths), its now up to 18% last year and they hope to crack 20% this year but that will be tough. Although your point about home life is true many dont have a good home life, maybe more than you would think.
midlifecrashes - which job was that for?Do they not take into account experience and refs anymore or does it mean a 5hit teacher with good grades will get the job?
The job we were looking at was a late advertised (we had been informed late, but that's life) maternity cover primary school foundation stage teacher to start September. Most applicants were straight out of college, unsurprisingly. Experience and refs are great, but usually don't take refs up until shortlisting is done and interviews booked. You just can't be a good teacher at any level without the subject knowledge and GCSEs are a good indicator.
My eldest is bright and wants to be a vet, her school have timetabled her year to do Maths modules in Y9 starting next week "to get them out of the way so she can do more subjects". We've booked an appointment with the head of year to reverse this and give her more time to prepare, as they haven't yet twigged that at the top end it's not about the number of GCSEs but that you max them all out with A and A*, and that a retake is seen as a red flag.
t's not about the number of GCSEs but that you max them all out with A and A*, and that a retake is seen as a red flag.
That's a shame - too many getting high grades so this is how they choose now? I did English Language and Maths year early only getting a C and B then 3 more Bs and Cs the following year - last year of GCEs. Well that was more than good enough to go on to what I wanted to do next. Ended up with MSc from Warwick which was not needed for what I wanted to do really but so many people had degrees even then so wanted something a bit extra.
We've booked an appointment with the head of year to reverse this and give her more time to prepare, as they haven't yet twigged that at the top end it's not about the number of GCSEs but that you max them all out with A and A*, and that a retake is seen as a red flag.
I've had to teach a load of year 9's gcse physics, now I reckon I could get all 30 or so of them A*,A's with maybe the odd B if they had another year to mature but as it is its been a struggle and I've had to push them really hard, takes all the joy out of it for them and me and they wont get as good a set of grades as they could. The reason is if you look at schools with good CVA scores (value added, not sure what the c stands for, but its a measure of how they improve from KS2 to 4) they do more GCSE's its a pretty damn strong correlation so loads of heads like ours just want kids to do more GCSE's because they cannot grasp statistics!! Its that and the fact that timetabling 3GCSE's into the double science slot doesnt work so they start early.
edit just noticed you said maths, but expect the same holds.
For a great many kids its.
Aye, but if you're the kind of parent who worries about your kid's GCSE results, your kid is pretty likely to not be of the cohort who fail to get 5 A-C.
Some of you will call shenanigans but I've got a mate from college who got 2 D's, an E and a U.
Which of course spells DUDE.
Aye, but if you're the kind of parent who worries about your kid's GCSE results, your kid is pretty likely to not be of the cohort who fail to get 5 A-C.
thats simply not true IME
I wish I'd got qualifications that spelled "DUDE". 🙁
My daughter got 2 a* 3a's and the rest b. She needed at least b's for her college course and was worried about her english, so result. I felt more proud the other month when she moved up to national level competition in trampolining. The shocker was what so and so are getting for their results, its frightening how spoilt some kids are.
As a proud father, my daughters reward for her results is that I'm not making her pay for my 3 man tent she left behind at V festival........
What will you get for A level incentives?
Wait till she passes test and leaves your car in the sand... 😆
My Dad gave me his 125 learner motorbike and then sold it for me before I had a chance to learn! didn't trust me with wheels and non human engine!
@midlifecrashes I guess if you have so many applications and no shortage in Primary teachers then selection by grades and University is needed.
Its a shame as many great teachers get missed and I am sick and tired of people becoming teachers who don't want to teach but can't do anything else as it rubs off onto the kids.
Load of toss.
Some of our most challenged kids managed to get 8 GCSE's this year due to BTEC's etc.
Our brightest student left with somewhere in the region of 16 or 18.
What exactly is the point in that?