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Originally posted by vetran View PostI like to tell my sprogs that. Winds them up no end. Though quite happy with my first born's O level B equivalents.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostFTFY - BTW grades change next year to 1-9 instead of G-A*. 7 will be the equivalent of an A, 8 A* and 9 the very best.Comment
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Always thought it was tiered based on your expected grades:
Higher paper -> below C is a fail
Foundation paper -> maximum achievable grade is a C
28,000 a year they should probably have let daddy know what to expect right...?Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostThat's even worse. In my day it was O levels, and everything below a C was regarded as a fail.
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostThat's even worse. In my day it was O levels, and everything below a C was regarded as a fail.
Originally posted by SueEllen View PostOld times old exams....
Though there were no A*s in my days.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Maybe the school's progressive ethos didn't help. What's needed is a return to more traditional teaching methods ..
2017-02-28 Crowds laugh as cruel father dangles his distraught son, seven, above a RIVER to 'make him study maths'
• A father tied his seven years old son to a tree branch over a river in Sichuan
• Onlookers did not stop him but only laughed along and filmed the incident
• It's been reported the man wanted to make his son do calculations properlyWork in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThe apple doesn't fall far from the tree.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostMaybe the school's progressive ethos didn't help. What's needed is a return to more traditional teaching methods ..
2017-02-28 Crowds laugh as cruel father dangles his distraught son, seven, above a RIVER to 'make him study maths'"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostMaybe the school's progressive ethos didn't help. What's needed is a return to more traditional teaching methods ..
2017-02-28 Crowds laugh as cruel father dangles his distraught son, seven, above a RIVER to 'make him study maths'
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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