| From: | Simon Preston |
| Date: | 28 Aug 2000 at 23:35:03 |
| Subject: | Re: OT GCSE Results |
So Jonathan Drain, you vish to know about Re: [amigactive] Re: OT GCSE Results? Vell, I will tell you...
> Same here. I got a B in maths (don't ask me how, I'm really crap at it!)
> when I did it a year early, but when it came to doing the Additional
> Maths GCSE (Statistics and Mechanics), I didn't even go in for the exam.
> I hadn't a clue how to do it.
I got a D. The whole thing completely screws me so I was quite shocked at a
D. :)
> Got a D in English, 'cause it's all about writing long-winded answers
> which have to contain various facts and things, only you don't just
> write down facts, you have to waffle it and put your own opinions and so
> forth into it. It's the same kind of 'comprehension' work we've been
> doing for years now, only with more complex text to read and make sense
> of.
I got a C for English and one for Lit too. Which is okay for me.
> Also got a D in Religious Studies, not surprising, since it's about
> writing long-winded answers to questions, and while they only want you
> to include certain points in your answer, they need it in a long,
> waffling answer with opinions and everything - something I'm just not
> good at.
Neither am I. ;^)
> Same here. My English coursework was A or B grade by itself, but the
> test brought that down to a D.
I know that feeling. I hate the "answer questions on a leaflet or book"
sorta thing. Rubbish at it.
>There ought to be more coursework and
> less exams, since a lot of people work perfectly by themselves but can't
> handle it under pressure.
And how boring are exams??? Sitting in a cold room for 2-3 hours is taking
the piss.
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