Got my Exam Results back today (13 years of education) lol

[Goodwinm]

Went back to my old high school today with Hannah to pick up our results.
These are GCSE's
Im quite happy. Ill post mine up for you all to look.
13 years of education and this is what ive attained at the end of it...

English Language - A (wrote an essay to the examiner about me being a serial killer. Im pleased with my A!)
English Literature - B (goddamn Lord of the flies!)
Mathematics - C
Science Double Award - CC
German - D
P.E - C (big shock. thought i'd at least get a B)
GNVQ ICT - Pass (Equals 4 GCSE's at grade C level)
R.E - F (lol...)
Citezenship - E

all in all im pleased! :) How did all you guys do today? (for english members) in your GCSE's?

[TwiloMike]

What the hell is a citizenship grade for?

"Today you were a good Englishman", so an A for you. :scratch:

[Goodwinm]

What the hell is a citizenship grade for?

"Today you were a good Englishman", so an A for you. :scratch:
Citizenship lmao. Its a lod of bull**** my friend. It really is. Politics, being a good citizen. I cudnt be bothered with that exam...

Dont u have English over in the US? Or do u call it Literecy?

[Stumprrp]

yeah we call it english lol i get C's in english i hate it :D

[Alex.V]

Or do u call it Literecy?

....Sometimes they just write themselves.

[care_bear]

and your an atheist by the looks of things assuming re is religous education

[TwiloMike]

We have English. No Citizenship class, though. Is it even a class?

[Mik]

yeah we call it english lol i get C's in english i hate it :D

Den u ain't none too edumacated! :)

[clawhammer_33]

^ Lmao @ belial

[TwiloMike]

and your an atheist by the looks of things assuming re is religous education
OMG RE??? What kind of school are you graduating from, G?

[Goodwinm]

and your an atheist by the looks of things assuming re is religous education
what does athiest mean? lol
yer that was religeious education.

[Goodwinm]

OMG RE??? What kind of school are you graduating from, G?
lol Just a normal High School Mike. Its no religious school.
My school is actually called.

Redhill School - A Language College specialsit.
so its more language oriantated than religeios.

[TwiloMike]

what does athiest mean? lol


religeious

Redhill School - A Language College specialsit.
so its more language oriantated than religeios.

Dude, are you doing that on purpose?

[care_bear]

atheist is someone that has no religous beliefs...I'm a pure catholic when it suits me.. the only sins i commit are the fun ones

[Mik]

Dude, are you doing that on purpose?

Uh oh. Professor Twilo has picked up on it. *shudder*

[Nosaj]

Lmao. :evillaugh

[Goodwinm]

Dude, are you doing that on purpose?
no im not man.
And i do know what athiest means.
And didnt mean to spell religious wrong. thats right aint it?

[KingWilder]

does everyone in England graduate and get engaged when they're 16???


haha :moon:

[TwiloMike]

Uh oh. Professor Twilo has picked up on it. *shudder*
I believe in corporal punishment. Beware.

[Goodwinm]

does everyone in England graduate and get engaged when they're 16???


haha :moon:
hehe. Well Me and Hannah are special ;) hehe.



I believe in corporal punishment. Beware.
:bash:

[Mercuryblade]

atheist is someone that has no religous beliefs

an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a higher power, it doesn't mean one's not religous

[Jorge Sanchez]

We have a citizenship class in Ontario. It's called "Civics", and it's a half-credit course with the other half-credit coming from "Careers". Both classes -- at least as they were offered to me -- were complete and utter bull****.

[Goodwinm]

We have a citizenship class in Ontario. It's called "Civics", and it's a half-credit course with the other half-credit coming from "Careers". Both classes -- at least as they were offered to me -- were complete and utter bull****.
yup same here lol. utter bull****!

[bjohnso]

We have English. No Citizenship class, though. Is it even a class?

I've had citizenship classes in middle school (junior high, whatever). It's just a class about different levels and branches of government.

[TwiloMike]

I've had citizenship classes in middle school (junior high, whatever). It's just a class about different levels and branches of government.
Errrr we had a US Government class in high school. I guess it'sthe same thing. I completely forgot about it until now. Oh well...

[bjohnso]

Errrr we had a US Government class in high school. I guess it'sthe same thing. I completely forgot about it until now. Oh well...

It was a completely useless class anyway, so don't worry about it.

[Tofer]

It actually disturbs me that your two highest marks came in English.

[Goodwinm]

It actually disturbs me that your two highest marks came in English.
What should disturb you most is what I wrote to the examiner about.

Exam Question I chose: "What are your dreams and ambitions"

First Sentence. "I am already living my ambition. I am a serial killer"

lol....

[RedSpikeyThing]

We have a citizenship class in Ontario. It's called "Civics", and it's a half-credit course with the other half-credit coming from "Careers". Both classes -- at least as they were offered to me -- were complete and utter bull****.

Ironically my Civics class was taught by a chinese lady who could barely speak english. I ****ing hate the standardised Ontario bull****.

[RedSpikeyThing]

What should disturb you most is what I wrote to the examiner about.

Exam Question I chose: "What are your dreams and ambitions"

First Sentence. "I am already living my ambition. I am a serial killer"

lol....

That's absoloutely beautiful. Really, I'd give an A to anyone who claimed to be a serial killer too.

[Goodwinm]

That's absoloutely beautiful. Really, I'd give an A to anyone who claimed to be a serial killer too.
haha. Obviousley the examiner thought I was telling the truth. hense the high mark. But i wonder why no A* lol :p

[J450n]

English Language - A (wrote an essay to the examiner about me being a serial killer. Im pleased with my A!)
English Literature - B (goddamn Lord of the flies!)


No offence goodwinm, but when i took my English G.C.S.E's they were rock solid. I got a decent grade but had to 'bust my balls' to get it, yet here you are with mass spelling and grammar errors and you got those grades??!

Huge debate in the news here at the moment about whether GCSE's are getting easier, i'd have to say this works in favour of that... sorry mate, but it really does.


*Not bitter in the slightest... :moon:

[Goodwinm]

^^ Maybe I'm jus smarter than you?
:p

[J450n]

^^ Maybe I'm jus smarter than you?
:p

I'll take my chances and argue that you won't be.

By the way, it's 'just' not 'jus'?

[J450n]

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[Goodwinm]

Its only an internet forum. Not an english exam. So why be strict with punctuation and language? If i spell it right excellent, if i spell it wrong. oh well.

and pointing those mistakes out is being an ass.

[seK]

Its only an internet forum. Not an english exam. So why be strict with punctuation and language? If i spell it right excellent, if i spell it wrong. oh well.

and pointing those mistakes out is being an ass.

I have no problem with people who make continuous spelling and grammar errors on the forums. It makes it easier to separate those who have put thought and effort into their posts and those who simply don't care.
I have also found it a fairly good basis to judge intelligence.

[Goodwinm]

I have no problem with people who make continuous spelling and grammar errors on the forums. It makes it easier to separate those who have put thought and effort into their posts and those who simply don't care.
I have also found it a fairly good basis to judge intelligence.
how can you say that? Everyone makse mistakes. I make lots of spelling mistakes in posts and my sig and things. I dont correct them mosto f the time because;
1) I dont realise, and
2) I know that any person reading will understand.

So you'd spellcheck someone's post before actually reading what it is about. and then judge that they are talking absolute crap by there gramatical and punctual errors?

If that isnt what you were saying then I apoligise, but if it is then you are just a very steroetypical person.

i.e. People with bad spelling and grammer on a forum = lack of intelligence.

Ill say again. Its a relaxed forum. Not a classroom.

[J450n]

Its only an internet forum. Not an english exam. So why be strict with punctuation and language? If i spell it right excellent, if i spell it wrong. oh well.

and pointing those mistakes out is being an ass.

Firstly, it's a sign of lazyness and lack of intelligence.

Secondly, my pointing out of your mistakes was to prove what a shambles the G.C.S.E English exam has become if you reached such grades.


how can you say that? Everyone makse mistakes. I make lots of spelling mistakes in posts and my sig and things. I dont correct them mosto f the time because;
1) I dont realise, and
2) I know that any person reading will understand.


1) If you don't realise, it's because you are either too lazy or can't spell and therefore see nothing wrong with what you have written.

2) I'm sure the people here are in fact intelligent enough to understand your posts but that doesn't excuse poor spelling and lack of thought/effort put into it.

Regardless, my original point was that when myself and friends (in the highest 'sets' in school) found the G.C.S.E exams fairly tough, and we put our life into them. You basically made out it took little effort, whilst showing you had bad spelling and grammar - therefore as good as proving that (as the British media are saying) G.C.S.E's have been made easier over the years.

[KingWilder]

Hey I just saw on some site that the girl who plays Hermione in the Harry Potter movies got all A's


you got beat by a girl!

haha

[J450n]

^ Nothing like having a highly paid tutor by your side....

[Goodwinm]

I never said they were easy. I did work damn hard to get those grades. And who knows. maybe they are getting easier. But the fact of the matter is, I worked my butt off especially in Maths to get that C grade. You try taking a past gcse excam paper from last year or the year before at intermediate or higher tear. They are not easy by any means.

[J450n]

You try taking a past gcse excam paper from last year or the year before at intermediate or higher tear. They are not easy by any means.

I did, i took plenty of test papers. I also took my G.C.S.E exams a good few years ago. So those papers you refer to are even after my time so imagine how hard mine were.

[Goodwinm]

I did, i took plenty of test papers. I also took my G.C.S.E exams a good few years ago. So those papers you refer to are even after my time so imagine how hard mine were.
Must of been damn solid man. So what were ur grades in Maths, Science and English if you don't mind me asking.

[J450n]

Must of been damn solid man.

They were, which is why when i hear people (in general) today saying the questions have been 'dumbed' down, or were 'easy', especially with the media/examiners pushing the same message across – ‘hacks’ me off slightly.


So what were ur grades in Maths, Science and English if you don't mind me asking.

Well A*'s of course. :angel: .. ;)

[Goodwinm]

They were, which is why when i hear people (in general) today saying the questions have been 'dumbed' down, or were 'easy', especially with the media/examiners pushing the same message across – ‘hacks’ me off slightly.

Yer I can imgaine man.and I do understand what ur saying.

I suppose aswell when you were studying your GCSE's there was no such thing as applied science. Which is what i took.

Well at least u got A's man ;)

[J450n]

I suppose aswell when you were studying your GCSE's there was no such thing as applied science. Which is what i took.

We had double award and single award science, complete with crap teacher. Was such good fun. :rolleyes:


Well at least u got A's man ;)

Er, well there might have been the odd B... but they aren't the end of the world...

[Goodwinm]

ahh. definately not the end of the world. And the funny thing was when I got teh job for decathlon the other day She didnt ask about my exam results one bit. She said that Decathlon doesnt take them into consideration.

i did the applied science thing.
65% C/W and 35% exam!

[Stumprrp]

at laest sum uf u giys kan spel =(

[TheGimp]

I thought these things were supposed to be getting easier?

[Guido]

Firstly, it's a sign of lazyness "laziness" and lack of intelligence.

Secondly, my pointing out of your mistakes was to prove what a shambles the G.C.S.E English exam has become if you reached such grades.


1) If you don't realise "realize" , it's because you are either too lazy or can't spell and therefore see nothing wrong with what you have written.

2) I'm sure the people here are in fact intelligent enough to understand your posts but that doesn't excuse poor spelling and lack of thought/effort put into it.

Regardless, my original point was that when (eliminate) myself and friends (in the highest 'sets' in school) found the G.C.S.E exams fairly tough, and we put our life into them. You basically made out it (awkward, try, "insisted that it") took little effort, whilst showing you had bad spelling and grammar - therefore as good as proving that (as the British media are saying) G.C.S.E's have been made easier over the years.Edited for spelling and clarity.

[J450n]

Edited for spelling and clarity.

Now that is being an *******. Seriously. Grammar isn't the main focus of my point, it was the spelling. The examples you pointed out are ridiculous and not mistakes, purely suggestions as to words you would have used.

We aren't writing letter's to the government here, therefore the examples you pointed out are pathetic and irrelevant. My point was basic spelling and basic grammar.

What a dick. :rolleyes:

[TheGimp]

Guido, your correction to use "realize" instead of "realise" is not correct. We use the Queen's English here.

[J450n]

However, being as you have chosen to be a dick about it, i'll run you through it -

lazyness "laziness" - Cant argue with that.

realise "realize" - NO! That is the correct English spelling. Look it up. Both spelling's are in fact correct.

when (eliminate) - Again, no, i'm referring to something that happened in the past, the when is there to represent that. It does NOT need to be eliminated.

made out it (awkward, try, "insisted that it") - That is really pathetic. I don't want to sound like an Oxford English Dictionary when i post, hence the use of 'slack' terms and phrases, as seem's common place on this mainly American based website.

Don't be petty, you know what the point was, don't alter it to suit. If you want me to speak like a dictionary/pompous English gentleman, i will, it's easy enough done.

[Goodwinm]

haha what is going on then aye?
i jus wanted to express my joy on results. I suggest this thread be deleted?

[Beno79]

Wow, this thread has gone way off topic!

Goodwinn, congrats on your results, I thought you were older than GCSE age though, from your previous posts!

I remember writing some weird essay about paranoid schizophrenia in my GCSE english paper! Weird, but it seems examiners like that sort of thing!

As for this spelling thing; my spelling is pretty good, but I always make mistakes when i type, simply because I try and type too fast, and muddle the letters.

What are you doing next Goodwinn, A levels? Or off to the real world? I vote stay a student! Im in my 21st year of education!

[Beno79]

Edited for spelling and clarity.


I always find this one funny... Realise or Realize. As Im English, Im going to stick up for 'ise' !!!

'American English'... pah! It's like having French Russian, or Spanish Chinese!



(Before you all beat down on me, this is a lighthearted joke, and yes, I realise that this board is pretty much full of Americans!) :hello: LOL!

[Goodwinm]

Wow, this thread has gone way off topic!

Goodwinn, congrats on your results, I thought you were older than GCSE age though, from your previous posts!

I remember writing some weird essay about paranoid schizophrenia in my GCSE english paper! Weird, but it seems examiners like that sort of thing!

As for this spelling thing; my spelling is pretty good, but I always make mistakes when i type, simply because I try and type too fast, and muddle the letters.

What are you doing next Goodwinn, A levels? Or off to the real world? I vote stay a student! Im in my 21st year of education!
hehe thnks dude!

Well ive got a full time job at decathlon man. Gotta get a good income in as i'll be a dad in february. :D!!!

(Just thought I'd mention that. Now you all know. No point in keeping it a secret. GW is gonna be a dad! and i cant wait!)

Thats why its gonna be very hard to buy a lot more plates and that. Baby clothes, cots, seats, appies, accessories and eveyrthin else. housing etc. Gonna be very interseting! :D

[Beno79]

Congrats on the baby! A father eh?! Sounds scary! Good luck!

[Hockey66]

A father at 17? I understand engagement to the girl if you love her, but a baby? That's scary man.

[J450n]

It's a trend here...

[Sidior]

hehe thnks dude!

Well ive got a full time job at decathlon man. Gotta get a good income in as i'll be a dad in february. :D!!!

(Just thought I'd mention that. Now you all know. No point in keeping it a secret. GW is gonna be a dad! and i cant wait!)

Thats why its gonna be very hard to buy a lot more plates and that. Baby clothes, cots, seats, appies, accessories and eveyrthin else. housing etc. Gonna be very interseting! :D

Wow, engaged with a baby at 17 is nuts. It is great you seem so happy bro. Gl with everything and being a father.

[McVein]

good luck with everything GW...a baby at 17??....lol, different folks...different strokes i suppose......

was it planned??.......i dont mean that as a joke, a serious question, please dont take offence

congrats though!!

[Goodwinm]

thnks all :)
we are very happy. its a fantastic feeling! :D hehe.
Mcvein - Wel it was meant to be. thats how i like to put it. :) thnks dude.