School education system

[AgnesIO]

This is true.

My father left school at 18, but didn't go to Uni. Joined the navy to do his uni course but left after 2 years, so went looking for a job with no higher education qualifications other than A levels.
He's now at the top of his career, working his way up to a manager of a multi-million pound budget in a big management consultant firm.


But in my opinion, things are too easy. I'm in top sets for everything and I get bored because nothing challenges me. I got an A and 2 A*s in year 9 when I took all 3 sciences early, and predicted straight As. If anything, it's too easy imo, but that's my opinion lol.

If you are telling the truth, you are one of the smartest people around (not exaggerating)..

[Phil]

I think it's expecting far too much. i'm not sure about the GCSE's but the Leaving Cert is basically learning off all this stuff and never actually putting it into practical use and so much work is involved. It's the biggest exam we'll ever do into our lives and we are pressured by teachers and parents into non-stop studying. Not only that but we're doing these when we're 16-19 which I think is quite unfair to ask a teenager to dtermine th rest of thir lives now.

[Special]

no at secondary school i remember it be being easy. new rules would could out syaing more gomework should be given - this would last about a week and teachers would be back to their lazy ways and give next to none out

[dbgtz]

This is true.

My father left school at 18, but didn't go to Uni. Joined the navy to do his uni course but left after 2 years, so went looking for a job with no higher education qualifications other than A levels.
He's now at the top of his career, working his way up to a manager of a multi-million pound budget in a big management consultant firm.


But in my opinion, things are too easy. I'm in top sets for everything and I get bored because nothing challenges me. I got an A and 2 A*s in year 9 when I took all 3 sciences early, and predicted straight As. If anything, it's too easy imo, but that's my opinion lol.

Ok sorry but I do not believe this.
1 - unless you started gcses 1 year early like i did, you research everything you needed at home. Infact somehow you learnt all of the science you needed out of 2 years education into 1 year so you must have done alot at home by that logic.
2 - i doubt you got predicted grades and the ability to take it early in year 9
3 - the "manager of a multi-million pound budget in a big management" does not make sense therefore giving me more disbelief

anyway i think the school education system is flawed in the sense of if you can do it, you get a **** ton of work but if you absolutely suck, you get the same amount or less but never get ******* at. So much more is expected out of those who do well and i think itll eventually crush them, to a certain degree. I used to be expected so much of, and i still am by some, to be ultra successful and bla bla bla, eventually i just gave up because it was too much, and i was introduce to the ps3

but someone i know has been taught at home for 2 hours a day (along with school) and is ok academically (he still kinda fails considering how long he has done it for), but his social skills are so dead. seriously he was bragging about how someone will pay his uni fees (as in a scholarship, which he hasnt got as it stands cos im year 11) and i asked him "how do you know someone will give you it?" he said: "because its me". he may be good academically but what really matters in an interview or something is your social approach, mostly anyway.

[immense]

education system is corrupt!!!!!! revolution.

[Conservative,]

For those who don't believe me, fine, but I think I'm the only one here who knows the truth, unless someone can read my mind?

And @Mr Selena Gomez...if you read on my dad is a "manager of a multi-million pound budget in a big management consultant firm" ;]

But the education system needs revamping. In my school, or my classes anyway, the clever(er) ones get bored and sit there while the teacher panders to the dumb ones. At GCSE we're only set for Maths, English, Science & I.T., so all my choices I'm stuck with people who are expected 4-5 grades below me, and I can do the work set in under half the lesson. My teachers often have to come up with something off the top of their heads because I get bored and lose focus if I have done all the work, and then I become "disruptive" lol.

Other than that, I think it's ok, although I personally think all these different exam boards like AQA, Edexcel, are unnecessary and there should only be 1 exam board.

So in that respect, that needs improving, and I'd like to see my school have sets for all subjects to at least the end of GCSE, because you can just choose any subject at GCSE, you don't need a certain grade. I suppose A level is different because you need certain GCSE grades to take it but yeah...

[dbgtz]

For those who don't believe me, fine, but I think I'm the only one here who knows the truth, unless someone can read my mind?

And @Mr Selena Gomez...if you read on my dad is a "manager of a multi-million pound budget in a big management consultant firm" ;]

But the education system needs revamping. In my school, or my classes anyway, the clever(er) ones get bored and sit there while the teacher panders to the dumb ones. At GCSE we're only set for Maths, English, Science & I.T., so all my choices I'm stuck with people who are expected 4-5 grades below me, and I can do the work set in under half the lesson. My teachers often have to come up with something off the top of their heads because I get bored and lose focus if I have done all the work, and then I become "disruptive" lol.

Other than that, I think it's ok, although I personally think all these different exam boards like AQA, Edexcel, are unnecessary and there should only be 1 exam board.

So in that respect, that needs improving, and I'd like to see my school have sets for all subjects to at least the end of GCSE, because you can just choose any subject at GCSE, you don't need a certain grade. I suppose A level is different because you need certain GCSE grades to take it but yeah...

wait i think it was an error on my hand, do you mean he manages the money?

[Conservative,]

wait i think it was an error on my hand, do you mean he manages the money?

No, he is in charge of something like £70million budget for travel.

[Mathew]

Do you think the school education system is expecting too much from pupils and are giving out far too much work? or do you think its perfectly fine and that people should stop whining and just put their heads down to study?

In a simple reply to this, then no, I don't think the education system is expecting too much. We are a growing society and they constantly need to seperate the moderate kids from the bright ones.

There's no point dishing out GCSEs and A-Levels left, right and centre when the students don't deserve them. You need to work to get your money in real life, so you need to work to get your certificates now.

[AgnesIO]

For those who don't believe me, fine, but I think I'm the only one here who knows the truth, unless someone can read my mind?

And @Mr Selena Gomez...if you read on my dad is a "manager of a multi-million pound budget in a big management consultant firm" ;]

But the education system needs revamping. In my school, or my classes anyway, the clever(er) ones get bored and sit there while the teacher panders to the dumb ones. At GCSE we're only set for Maths, English, Science & I.T., so all my choices I'm stuck with people who are expected 4-5 grades below me, and I can do the work set in under half the lesson. My teachers often have to come up with something off the top of their heads because I get bored and lose focus if I have done all the work, and then I become "disruptive" lol.

Other than that, I think it's ok, although I personally think all these different exam boards like AQA, Edexcel, are unnecessary and there should only be 1 exam board.

So in that respect, that needs improving, and I'd like to see my school have sets for all subjects to at least the end of GCSE, because you can just choose any subject at GCSE, you don't need a certain grade. I suppose A level is different because you need certain GCSE grades to take it but yeah...

For someone who seems to have an IQ of more than 162, surely you know the correct grammar would be 'more clever' - instead of the 'cleverer' you used?

Also getting predicted straight A's doesn't mean that much - I am predicted 13 A*/A's. But in all honesty I am not going to get it lol.

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However, I personally feel for the more clever people in comprehensive schools it is not too bad, however I definitely think that the ******s less academically intelligent people should be pushed harder to get good grades in English and Maths. At my school if they don't do a language they play connect 4. Or they spend one day a week at College. If anything surely it is the smarter people who should be wasting time?