Exams

[Wig44.]

Pretty much done with GCSEs, two to go (resits).

Am I the only one who thought that, after all of it, they were actually quite easy?

GCSEs are criticised for being far too easy every single academic year. They should be much harder in my opinion. That would allow for A levels to be made a bit harder whilst closing the gap between A levels and GCSEs somewhat. They (universities) want to be able to discern between the top A-level students better and yet leave GCSEs, which are a joke in their current state, the same.

[Mr-Trainor]

Had a science exam this morning, and there was a mistake in the paper.

[iBlueBox]

Had a science exam this morning, and there was a mistake in the paper.

Was it to question out part 2 of answer in the Chemistry section?


same with us if it was.

[Mr-Trainor]

Was it to question out part 2 of answer in the Chemistry section?


same with us if it was.

Yes it was .

[dbgtz]

GCSEs are criticised for being far too easy every single academic year. They should be much harder in my opinion. That would allow for A levels to be made a bit harder whilst closing the gap between A levels and GCSEs somewhat. They (universities) want to be able to discern between the top A-level students better and yet leave GCSEs, which are a joke in their current state, the same.

GCSEs in most subjects should cover more things rather then doing more of the same. I think for 5 years of doing "information" (ICT basically) we just done the same **** over and over and it never got more difficult. Out of the subjects I am doing, I think only maths really justifies the time spent towards prep for the exam with English not far off. So really most subjects I have done could have much more substance to it. I think the problem is the fact GCSEs havn't really changed as time goes by. I think most people know how to use the basic stuff which makes up the lesson I mentioned before (information) and a bit of an actual ICT course so really shouldnt be included in such depth. I'd much rather of learnt something challenging, like actually how to code the sites. In my business BTEC (I realise its a BTEC not GCSE), it wasn't even hard, it was just getting some information and then retyping it. The sciences were difficult, but that was because the teachers were pretty bad or personal reasons. Once I read over the revision books I pretty much knew most of it. I probably spent a couple of hours per science revising.

So the problem really is they treat people who take them like kids, whereas they should make them rely much more on independant learning and not go over the same topic many times (like they seem to do in my school and most likely others).

[Wig44.]

GCSEs in most subjects should cover more things rather then doing more of the same. I think for 5 years of doing "information" (ICT basically) we just done the same **** over and over and it never got more difficult. Out of the subjects I am doing, I think only maths really justifies the time spent towards prep for the exam with English not far off. So really most subjects I have done could have much more substance to it. I think the problem is the fact GCSEs havn't really changed as time goes by. I think most people know how to use the basic stuff which makes up the lesson I mentioned before (information) and a bit of an actual ICT course so really shouldnt be included in such depth. I'd much rather of learnt something challenging, like actually how to code the sites. In my business BTEC (I realise its a BTEC not GCSE), it wasn't even hard, it was just getting some information and then retyping it. The sciences were difficult, but that was because the teachers were pretty bad or personal reasons. Once I read over the revision books I pretty much knew most of it. I probably spent a couple of hours per science revising.

So the problem really is they treat people who take them like kids, whereas they should make them rely much more on independant learning and not go over the same topic many times (like they seem to do in my school and most likely others).

I disagree, GCSE maths and english are both a joke and should be made a lot harder. A third tier of GCSE exam should be introduced so people who can't handle the increased GCSE difficulty but are smarter thana foundation student can do the mid level exam.

[Mr-Trainor]

I just finished my last exam .

[cocaine]

finished my a levels 5 days ago but it feels like i finished them 5 months ago

[Wig44.]

finished my a levels 5 days ago but it feels like i finished them 5 months ago

The wonders of narcotics eh?

[Fez]

Finished all my exams now, mis-spellings on the AQA GCSE Biology 2 apparently, I was sitting Chemistries anyway. Went terrible.