A-Levels

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

but their complete lack of social skills prevented them from going any further

I also find this common in youngsters who spent their teenage years locked away playing computer games.

Originally Posted by maviczap

I also find this common in youngsters who spent their teenage years locked away playing computer games.

+1 My ex can tell you everything there is to know about quantum physics but you wouldnt put him in a room of nice people, he'd end up being rude and derogatory cos he doesnt know how to get along woth folk.

He thinks our kids should spend all their time playing wii, xbox, gamecube, playstation, ds..... and only breaks from that to watch tv.

He slags me off because i take them bowling, swimming, rowing, parks and always have their friends over for tea/ sleepovers.

They may not end up with a Nobel prize each but hopefully they'll be popular and have some common sense, and hopefully end up nothing like him!!

Edit - bit of a rant & derail sorry, hes just really ****ed me off - AGAIN

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Perhaps she dreams of becoming a Berber gambler...

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Originally Posted by pookie

my current experiment is to resit an a -level i did 10 + years ago. Whilst the content hasnt changed the modular format does make it easier to study and do the exam. I have done 2 x 1.5hr exams with 8 q in each paper.
I think the first time round it was 2 papers in the 2nd year 2- 3hr each maybe. So far my results are well up on first time round.

I look forward to seeing your English Language result.

I got results, A's and B's going to Landaaan next year to read Medical Science!

They ARE getting easier! I've lived in France and speak fluently, and still didn't get straight A's every time. In a French lesson, our miffed teacher gave us a new syllabus paper to do, to see how easy it was. In the listening paper, there was someone speaking, with the prose ALSO written on the paper, and if that wasn't enough, all the question's answers were written in the prose, so it was just a question of copying from left page to right page, no deduction of information, you could copy letter for letter (not allowed in previous syllabuses), and if that wasn't enough, the last question asked for 3 points mentioned by the orator. The answer to this question was 3 bullet points written at the end of the prose! THE QUESTION WAS IN ENGLISH! "What are the 3 points made at the end of the prose?" And there are 3 BULLET POINTS on the opposite page, at the end!!! And this is meant to prove intelligence..

Originally Posted by TazDaz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11023939

This guy sounds pretty smart. For one thing he took more subjects than most...

I was in a boarding house with a Chinese guy who got 5 A's at A-level (before A*'s existed, last year), was good at sport and music etc, and he didn't get into any good Uni's because he had bad interview technique we reckon. One of the country's brightest!

Originally Posted by simesb

Yet he comes from Germany and only got an A in German?

I lived in France, speak more fluently that some of the teachers, and it took me 3 re-takes and 2 re-marks to get an A in AS-level oral exam. Apparently I was not "spontaneous enough" because I am fluent, and I lost big-time marks for that. If it was a matter of measuring skill in speaking the language, I would have probably gotten close to 100% first time around!

This is the 28th year in succession that results have improved.

I took A levels in 1979. I must be fikkkk.

[yorkie_chris]

So back in't day, were you taught a subject and then examined on it?

Way I remember it, most of my school time was spent learning how to pass exams.

Yes I was - bloody hard they were too - I didn't do that well, but peeps who have read my posts and can put 2+2 together will understand why. C, D, D.

Originally Posted by Ed

I took A levels in 1979. I must be fikkkk.

Nah, just old.