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"GCSE's now are mostly controlled assessments, so parents can't do their kids projects for them which i agree with, then smaller exams, spaced out, better than what i did at O level, having said that, the Teachers at my daughters school keep saying "if you fail these exams you will fail at life" so not true. I'll be glad when June is here and it's all over " most surprised at the "if you fail" attitude. Modern teaching should take the positive "if you succeed this will help" approach. Lack of staff training and PD methinks. | |||
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"I am pretty certain that learners are supposed to have a one to one review with their tutor about all this. Find out if your daughter has had one and if not, ask for one." That was what tonight was about open parents evening going around each teacher and discussing her options and predicted grades etc. Just a lot to digest and sink in. | |||
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"I am pretty certain that learners are supposed to have a one to one review with their tutor about all this. Find out if your daughter has had one and if not, ask for one. That was what tonight was about open parents evening going around each teacher and discussing her options and predicted grades etc. Just a lot to digest and sink in." Probs more for you than her. Ask her. Find her passion, if she follows that she will have made the right choice. | |||
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"I am pretty certain that learners are supposed to have a one to one review with their tutor about all this. Find out if your daughter has had one and if not, ask for one. That was what tonight was about open parents evening going around each teacher and discussing her options and predicted grades etc. Just a lot to digest and sink in. Probs more for you than her. Ask her. Find her passion, if she follows that she will have made the right choice." Think we are going for the baccalaureate + options and health and social studies when she does AS levels or don the road of creative media studies. At the moment she is graded at a 6a on all her subjects working towards a 7 which is expected A to A* | |||
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"I am pretty certain that learners are supposed to have a one to one review with their tutor about all this. Find out if your daughter has had one and if not, ask for one. That was what tonight was about open parents evening going around each teacher and discussing her options and predicted grades etc. Just a lot to digest and sink in. Probs more for you than her. Ask her. Find her passion, if she follows that she will have made the right choice. Think we are going for the baccalaureate + options and health and social studies when she does AS levels or don the road of creative media studies. At the moment she is graded at a 6a on all her subjects working towards a 7 which is expected A to A*" Wishing her all the best, deciding is key. x | |||
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"Give it 10 years and employers might understand what the fuck the qualification means." That's pretty much the point isn't it. The qualifications are only any use to get either into higher education or to persuade an employer to take you on. Employers like O levels, A levels and degrees anything else has as much appeal as a late night salmonella burger to a sober man. | |||
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"Whilst I agree that vocational and academic should be encouraged equally I do not agree that employers dismiss degrees. A degree shows that you can apply yourself and complete, whatever the area, it shows skill and tenacity. As for the possiblity Bac system. I am against any system that groups up exams as it limits choice. We need more choice and flexibility not less." They dont dismiss degrees , just those from places they dont think are worth the paper they are written on. i have made clear to my eldest if he wants to do a traditional academic degree outside of the Russel group he is wasting his time. | |||
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"Back to the old system. Top 10% get an A, next 20% get a B etc rather than everyone who gets over 90% gets an A etc Non of this shit then about exams getting easier. Hard exam or easy exam the top 10% will still get an A and employer will know what he/she is getting. Oh and kids should be allowed to fail... failure is a lesson in life" You have to grade on a curve to maintain consistency | |||
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"Back to the old system. Top 10% get an A, next 20% get a B etc rather than everyone who gets over 90% gets an A etc Non of this shit then about exams getting easier. Hard exam or easy exam the top 10% will still get an A and employer will know what he/she is getting. Oh and kids should be allowed to fail... failure is a lesson in life You have to grade on a curve to maintain consistency" I don't think that Exams are getting easier, but equally I don't think that teaching has become better. The recent scandal with the Education boards (both the Secondary school Exam boards and the Welsh University) show significant failings in out qualification systems. Teachers do not teach a subject and do not give a broad background of information, they teach to exams and so it's no wonder more pupils get the maximum grades. I think it's a terrible shame as young people do not get a broad grounding in any of the subjects that they learn and employers can't trust the qualification that people gain..... | |||
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"The experiment with the comprehensive structure should be ended and a return to the 11 plus system This will enable the academically talented to thrive and enable the less able to follow vocational training if they wish - the system of school inspection should stop secondary moderns from becoming second class Such a system would mirror the german school model one which provides the economy with a well educated workforce " Why wait until kids are 11 years of age to separate and compartmentalise them for life. Woulnd't it just be easier to do a brain scan at birth and get rid of defective ones that present any dangerous signs like thought , choice , late development? | |||
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