phelpsa
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 11:43 AM |
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GCSE Results!
An A* in maths IGCSE (slightly harder but internationally recognised).
A B in French!
Both a year early 
Adam
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 11:47 AM |
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Smart *rse!
(and well done)
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Furious D
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 11:59 AM |
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Well Done !!! 
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JamJah
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 12:55 PM |
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Starting a locost project aged 12 kinda said that you were going to do well. congrats
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 01:04 PM |
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well done!
i got my maths when i was 10
only an A but there were no A* back then 
there was some bugger the other day who got 10 As at A level! 
[Edited on 24/8/06 by JoelP]
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Tim 45
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 01:07 PM |
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Maths IGCSE was a bugger eh...london eye and all that differentiation....
Congratulations on all your success!
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chockymonster
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 02:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
there was some bugger the other day who got 10 As at A level!
[Edited on 24/8/06 by JoelP]
Which just goes to show how worthless the A level is. I had too much work on to do any more than 3 and an A/S, the subjects were harder.
Why is it with the constant raise in pass grades the kids I see at work seem to be struggling with the more basic things. They got good grades though
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ned
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:11 PM |
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i got rubbish grades at A-level but am doing pretty well now. got the jobs i have/had on my own merit but its who you know, not what you know in my
experience to find the right opportunities.
oh, and adam - no one likes a smart ar$e but well done
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Peteff
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 03:19 PM |
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Tres bien
Are you taking them again next year.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 04:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Are you taking them again next year.
Was thinking about taking the maths again to see if I could improve my grade
DT, English x 2, Science double award, Geography, Greek and Latin next year!
I didnt find the iGCSE too difficult compared to the practice papers!
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Humbug
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 04:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
well done!
i got my maths when i was 10
only an A but there were no A* back then
there was some bugger the other day who got 10 As at A level!
[Edited on 24/8/06 by JoelP]
I got a 3 in Maths... showing my age
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 07:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
DT, English x 2, Science double award, Geography, Greek and Latin next year!
I don't know - kids these days, choosing the easy subjects just to get the grades!
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DIY Si
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 08:16 PM |
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Especially that double science bit! Any proper smart person would do the seperate gcse's!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 08:31 PM |
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why greek and latin adam, seems an odd choice? Certainly not the easy ones! I only did the one english but most of the sciences, topped of with odd
ones like law, accounts and art.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 08:36 PM |
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Law and accounts are just odd ones to make the numbers up?! Quite glad I bumed through mine and only got 10 gcse's! Although my geography
teacher refused to let me do an 11th. As he couldn't be ar$ed to teach me out of hours. He was too busy in the pub!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 09:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
Especially that double science bit! Any proper smart person would do the seperate gcse's!
Wanted to but the school won't do it for some reason 
I chose Greek and Latin because I enjoy them, i'm quite interested in the history, its good for my brain and it makes me sound intelligent to
universities apparantly!
I'm doing the most full GCSEs I can do at my school (10). I could have done a short course History or RS but decided against it as I would
rather put the extra work into my maths and sciences as they are what I enjoy and what are needed for what I want to do in the future.
Adam
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DIY Si
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 11:02 PM |
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I'm quite gald I got the chance to do seperate sciences as it helped a lot with hetting onto engineering curses. Loughborough and Imperial gave
me a place over the phone once I told them my results for gcse and A level!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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ned
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 06:57 AM |
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Likewise i got stuck with double science, it's an inaccurate reflection of your abilities, one for each discipline would be much fairer and more
meaningful imho.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 07:28 AM |
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Makes a change to hear a young'un wanting to do maths & science - not many of you around these days...
...and the languages.
I worked with a German bloke who spoke around 5 or 6 languages - he reckoned that Latin was really useful for learning European languages.
David
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phelpsa
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 09:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Makes a change to hear a young'un wanting to do maths & science - not many of you around these days...
...and the languages.
I worked with a German bloke who spoke around 5 or 6 languages - he reckoned that Latin was really useful for learning European languages.
David
I think that learning Latin from yr 4 has really helped my french. I have always tended to struggle with my modern languages but as I started to learn
latin as a language properly (yr 6) my french started to improve massively. Without latin I don't think I would have got a B.
I got my certificate today and I was only a couple of marks off an A.
Adam
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Tim 45
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 09:34 AM |
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Adam, go for a remark if you think you could go up...i did last year in my French
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Coose
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 09:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
I'm quite gald I got the chance to do seperate sciences as it helped a lot with hetting onto engineering curses.
I take it you failed english then?
Spin 'er off Well...
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DIY Si
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 09:58 AM |
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Only got A-B in english. Was my worst result as it happens. Oh, and I'm just too lazy to spell check most days.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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spunky
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 10:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Coose
quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
I'm quite gald I got the chance to do seperate sciences as it helped a lot with hetting onto engineering curses.
I take it you failed english then?
LOL
Good to see Latin is still taught, I was fairly fluent when I was 14. Dropped it as an o'level though.
john
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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DIY Si
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| posted on 25/8/06 at 11:05 AM |
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It's still taught at my old school, but there wasn't enough interest to do it at gcse when I was at that stage. It was quite interesting,
and as said, it helps no end with other european languages since they are at least partly based on latin.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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