Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
Fed Up Exam Results News ....
Anyone else fed up with the amount of coverage of GCE exam results given on all the news channels today? Only their family and friends appreciate this exciting time for them, I'm not remotely interested, in my opinion, it just takes up valuable air time when it could be given to more interesting things - more coverage of the historic Lancasters and Vulcan flight for example, that news item only lasted less than 2 mins!
People came to Lincolnshire today from all over the UK, there was a family from Aberdeen and another from Romford, who had travelled miles to see this once in a lifetime opportunity, they could have interviewed them ........
People came to Lincolnshire today from all over the UK, there was a family from Aberdeen and another from Romford, who had travelled miles to see this once in a lifetime opportunity, they could have interviewed them ........
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What I do find strange is these days a lot of schools remove competition, ie no sports days, everybody is equal, etc and then come exam time and the best are lauded and the pupils with lesser grades are forgotten. Then after a few days it's back to "all pupils are equal" again.
08:44 Fri 22nd Aug 2014
I was on holiday in a caravan for a fortnight when my exam results were posted to me - no other means of communication in 1964! I had to wait 10 days not knowing my results. Of course my family celebrated with me about the results but in those days we didn't bore everyone else in the country with them.
I am sick of this young people bashing. Every year, on the same day the GCSE or A level results come out. This is a way bigger thing for than some old aircraft flying about (although I do appreciate it). Maybe people would be more interested in stories of youngsters kicking the *** out of someone. Poor sods can't win.
I didn't say they shouldn't be very proud of themselves for all their hard work, they should, and I wish them all the best in their futures! It's just that there seems just too much news coverage, with the same thing on every news programme - footage of one student opening their envelope etc. I'm not interested as I have nobody taking exams in my family, I suppose I would be if I had. I'm not knocking young people at all, you are misinterpreting my comments.
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Only a couple of days so not that much of a bind, the political nonsense around ut is more irritating, comparisons of results, is the education systems failing etc etc.... It's all hogwash. No political party can leave the system alone for long enough to see trends all I know is I wish I'd been doing my O grades/Highers/SYS stuff now rather than 30 years ago.....looking at what my own kids did its so much more relaxing now.....
I tend to agree with you Ann. Most of the stories are rubbish anyway and all are clearlys setup. When was the last time you saw someone open an envelope to see failure yet many do fail.
And what about the failures, surely having all the success rammed down their throats could push them over the edge(An I know it does because I am very close to somene that works in that field)
And what about the failures, surely having all the success rammed down their throats could push them over the edge(An I know it does because I am very close to somene that works in that field)
Ann...I agree with you entirely.
Today's Daily Mail...." Triplets with 38A* and A grades"....nothing lower.
I just don't get Education today.
I only got one A* (as it was then) and that was my top mark......an obvious failure amongst today's scholars.
O.K I was not the brightest in the class, but was certainly no fool.
But we see this more and more today, acclaim, celebrations for attainments which 50 years ago would be regarded as ......normal.
Today's Daily Mail...." Triplets with 38A* and A grades"....nothing lower.
I just don't get Education today.
I only got one A* (as it was then) and that was my top mark......an obvious failure amongst today's scholars.
O.K I was not the brightest in the class, but was certainly no fool.
But we see this more and more today, acclaim, celebrations for attainments which 50 years ago would be regarded as ......normal.