Topic: A&AS levels

[Val]

Hope all the youngsters get the results they want today..good luck to you all. :)

[GREENWIZARD]

my eldest's results arrived 9th august & he passed all 9 standard grades ;D ;D ;D

[Val]

Oh well done for him. My daughter got her AS levels yesterday, She is on her way to uni...she hopes. a B and 2 C's.She has another year to finish her A 's and hopefully if she is still on track then its uni for her.

[Trenchboy]

My youngest got the grades to go to Aston yesterday.
How I will miss his assistance on my plot.

That was irony.

I have never heard anyone groan as much as him about digging/carrying/whatever.

No more loud music @ 02.00.
Waking up to a house where we know everyone in it.
No strange and malodorous smells seeping from his room.

Yes, I'll miss him.
Really!

[Val]

Yep can't live with them can't live without them. Strange how the things that annoy you the most is what you miss about them.

[Tulipa]

My daughter got an A in maths A level and A in AS Psychology and C in History AS and thinks she has done badly.   She was convinced she had failed and can't believe we are proud of her.  The pressure on youngsters is so great these days. 

She has done so well in the last year and blossomed into a lovely happy girl, gained much confidence from the shy little mouse she was and I am so proud of her, but our GP has just put her on Prozac since her exams because she is so down.

[TEL]

Hi tulippa
Tel your daughter she has done really well to get them results as have all the others.

P.S I never got any but still living a good life

[wardy]

My son did well at GCSE but flunked his A levels.  He rang round though and got in at uni.  Might well not have done though as he flunked that as well  >:(  He now lives at the other end of the country from me  ;D No I didn't miss his messes very much either.  He is now looking for a job but of course it's more difficult without relevant qualifications.  Hard life innit  ;D

[lorna]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL !!!! Must be a really stressful time for those who were taking A levels and also for the parents.JAs for missing our kids (bit different) Lorna(jnr) and Joshua next door have been away from Sat until last night BOY have I missed them. Lorna.

[ellkebe]

Congratulations to them all  :)
Tulippa, I have spent many years teaching A Level standard (still am) and specialised in it for 15 years or so - with 3X A grades your daughter has done really well and should get the placement she wants, if she intends to go onto HE.  If she's worried about the C for AS, point out that if entry is done on point score, then it has increased her overall point score, and that if it's done on grades, it's the A2 grades they're really interested in anyway.  The girl did good  ;D  If some professional reassurance (virtual 'face to face') would help, then please feel free to get her to email me.

[Yellow Petals]

Well done to all involved  ;D ;D ;D  Lots of celebrating coming up this weekend!



If the pass rate percentage continues to climb as it has been doing over the past 15 odd years, they'll be no need for the pupils to attend school, they can just give the passes out automatically each August!!!! 

I know a big percentage of pupils work d*mn hard all year & truly deserve their grades, but I'm sorry, it's not realistic to think that so many pupils now pass what used to be deemed such hard exams.  Standards are indeed declining as far as education is concerned.   

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm not sure whether standards are declining or not; the exams nowadays aren't really comparable to what I did. In my day, it was an exam after two years, with nothing prior. So you dossed about, did good works, school magazines, plays, operas, what have you, in the Lower Sixth, worked a bit in the Upper Sixth, revised like mad, and if you did it properly, you passed. Only a certain proportion of entrants could be given an 'A', as they reckoned the standard of the entrants was more likely to be constant than the stadard of the questions.

These days a lot of it is coursework, meaning that if you work consistently you get through. It takes a completely different approach, and all the stuff we used to do on the side has gone out of the window, as there's no time for it. I reckon education is the poorer for it. Then they give top grades to however many entrants reach a certain mark. More and more reach thins mark every year, but is that because the questions get easier or because the teachers get better at getting pupils through? One thing's for sure, teachers today are infinitely better than some of the useless dossers I had!

[Maddy]

Congratulations to all on the A Level results...they ALL did very well and it's fantastic what a proud bunch you all are!  ;D :D :)

As for the exams getting easier...well I sat two GCSE's in Physics & Biology two months ago, 17 years after sitting my first GCSE's (I'm 33) and I can tell you, it was no piece of cake.  I get my results next week so the proof will be in the pudding, but I think anyone saying that exams are getting easier should just try it.   I only took two (I work full time) and that was hard enough, so I have a huge amount of respect for any youngsters who get passing grades especially when they're taking a whole bunch together.

Rant over...I'm going back to biting my nails...eek  :P

M.

[Val]

Tulippa please give my love and hugs to your daughter. A pass is a pass, whether it be A or C and by your daughters grades I'd be shouting from the roof tops. Its probably a reaction from the hard work she has put in. Tell her to go party, relax with whatever she likes and believe it her life starts here.  :)

[Yellow Petals]

but I think anyone saying that exams are getting easier should just try it.   

I am.  I started my degree whilst in full time employment also.