GCSE results
Mike Jakeman
English Lit - A*
English Lang - A*
Stats - A*
Graphics - A*
Science - 2A*s
History - A
Maths - A
RE - A
Art - B
German - B
Not bad :)
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- neglected website stuff.
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>
> English Lit - A*
> English Lang - A*
> Stats - A*
> Graphics - A*
> Science - 2A*s
> History - A
> Maths - A
> RE - A
> Art - B
> German - B
Well done Mike - they are excellent.
I'm confused by science - is it a hybrid of all subjects? Reason I ask is
because when I took them they were all separate subjects and I took Maths,
Physics and Chemistry. Could you do them separately if you want to and was
science for people that didn't want to go too much in depth but still wanted
a fair understanding?
Go and celebrate you brain!
James Davies
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You can learn
science single award - goes into no depth and very few schools offer this
science dual award - you laern about 80% of the GCSE course in chem/phys/bio
combined and is worth two grades. YOu can only get AA BB CC etc, not AB BC..
chemistry/physics/biology named course - seperate science - you learn the
full course and gain up to 3 separately named grades they can differ. Most
schools will make you take all three.
James
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Cheers James - glad you picked up on the fact that I meant Biology and not
Maths!
James Davies
Comes from my own ridiculasly bad English skills where I can miss out or add
entirely random half-sentences. So I can put with other people's minor
errors :o)) hehe
James
Liz
--
Andie: "Don't think just because you got tested we're going to...you know."
Pacey: "What?"
Andie: "You know."
Pacey: "No, Andie, I really have no idea what you're talking about."
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>
> English Lit - A*
> English Lang - A*
> Stats - A*
> Graphics - A*
> Science - 2A*s
> History - A
> Maths - A
> RE - A
> Art - B
> German - B
>
> Not bad :)
>
NOT BAD!!!! wow wow wow congrats mate they are AMAZING RESULTS!!! - oh my
god you did graphics AND art??!!
Ross
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>
> English Lang - A*
> Stats - A*
> Graphics - A*
> Science - 2A*s
> History - A
> Maths - A
> RE - A
> Art - B
> German - B
LOL, Not bad?! They are EXCELLENT!
Although, i am proven to beleive that because you lot take around 10 GCSE's
you ultimately do easier courses, which aren't as long as ours, and from the
news today, it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass
marks being lowered. grrrrrr
Anyways, i shouldn't complain about the english exams system cos it makes me
sound jealous. I'll shut my mouth. Sorry.
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Mike Jakeman
<oldschoo...@hotmail.com> writes
>Mike Jakeman <mi...@thenakedjournalist.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:G92mcxCsuOh7Ew+$@08002go.com...
>>
>> English Lit - A*
>> English Lang - A*
>> Stats - A*
>> Graphics - A*
>> Science - 2A*s
>> History - A
>> Maths - A
>> RE - A
>> Art - B
>> German - B
>
>Well done Mike - they are excellent.
The History is being remarked, cos I was robbed of an A* apparently, but
apart from that I'm very happy.
Mike Jakeman
reeserve.co.uk> writes
>> English Lit - A*
>> English Lang - A*
>> Stats - A*
>> Graphics - A*
>> Science - 2A*s
>> History - A
>> Maths - A
>> RE - A
>> Art - B
>> German - B
>>
>> Not bad :)
>>
>
>NOT BAD!!!! wow wow wow congrats mate they are AMAZING RESULTS!!!
Why thank you! I'm v happy.
>- oh my
>god you did graphics AND art??!!
Sucker for punishment eh?
Mike Jakeman
oot.comSPAM> writes
>> English Lit - A*
>> English Lang - A*
>> Stats - A*
>> Graphics - A*
>> Science - 2A*s
>> History - A
>> Maths - A
>> RE - A
>> Art - B
>> German - B
>
>LOL, Not bad?! They are EXCELLENT!
>
>Although, i am proven to beleive that because you lot take around 10 GCSE's
>you ultimately do easier courses, which aren't as long as ours, and from the
>news today, it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass
>marks being lowered. grrrrrr
>
>Anyways, i shouldn't complain about the english exams system cos it makes me
>sound jealous. I'll shut my mouth.
It's not a clever argument to pick Ross. And especially not on results
day, you could make a few people quite angry.
Ross
I never said 2 u that if you read my post, it is in the 'humorous prose'.
For someone with an A* in English Lit, u don't show it off too well.
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// Ross
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Calm down boys - this should be a day of celebration, not bickering.
Everyone has done well - congrats all round.
Mike Jakeman
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ROTFLMAO! (Lit and Lang I'll remind you)
Midnight Express
Perhaps it was an obscure Shakespearian interpretation?
Hey, I'm just being diplomatic - for once!
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
OK Ross, here goes. Understand that I don't know much about hte Scottish
system as I've never been through it, but from what I know, you start your
courses a year earlier than ours. But finish at the same time. So therefore
our courses don't offer as much knowledge right? Well, how's about this.
GCSE is Key Stage 4 of the National Circumlum for England and Wales. Key
Stage 4 is based directly on Key Stage 3 which lasts for three years.
Without KS3 much of the GCSE course is useless. In many cases GCSE work is
taught in years 8 and 9.
You'll find that in course content and difficultly therefore, the GCSE and
Standard grade are directly comparable.
In the Scottish education system there is only one exam board - the SQA. For
the GCSE system there are a wide range of boards , NEAB/AQA, EdExcel, SEG,
WCEJ and OCR as well as a few others I can't think of right now. Each has
it's own strenghts, and it's own weakenesses. EdExcel is renouned for it's
mathematics syllabus as being one of the hardest yet fair exams. NEAB is
known to have a very good History course at GCSE.
To therefore state that, as you have done to me before, "in england english
exams are easy" is therefore incorrect. There is no one single English exam,
but in fact a large range picked by schools based on syllabus and
geography - NEAB being used more in Northern schools and SEG in the south -
WCEJ is the Welsh board. You'll find that in between boards there is a
difference between difficult in exams.
In maths you should have learnt a bit on Statistics. I'm sure Mike "A in
Stats" Jakeman will explain how boards will collate national statistics for
their own syllabus and place 'grade boundries' on this. These boundries
change yearly. For instance, A at GCSE for English is usually around 70%
IIRC. But it can be altered between 61% and 80% according to how students
perform. These boundries aren't decided until after exams. So even if the
exam is easy roughly the same number of people will get an A, a B and so on
a year. Increasing pass rates I can't explain, but they are the case for
both the QCA and SQA.
Ultimately what we learn is comparable to what you learn. It just has a
different name. If Scottish exams /were/ better - then my school would be
teaching Standard Grades and not GCSEs.
I don't think you were being 'jealous' as your results were clearly
excellent, as are UMTDC's latest lot to gain aged-16 qualifications.
However, last week I warned you to be careful about what you said concerning
GCSEs and you've blatantly ignored me. If I were to denouce your
qualifications as 'scottish monkey subjects' you'd be pretty upset I expect.
I'm afriad that by the time you get to my age, GCSEs/ SGs are no longer
important to you. I have five AS Levels, so my GCSEs are worthless. Once I
have a degree, my A levels will become 'worthless' to, or at least not as
important. The qualifications you've just done are to be fair easy. But
they're just as easy whatever system you are in.
I sat all of my exams without revision and several of my exams suffering
from severe illness, insomnia, and even concussion - I gained **AABBBBBC -
laughable.
I know you have a reputation for bickering - but to say this on results day
would have got you a punch last year had you been near me. It's hurtful and
wrong.
James
James
Ross
And humurous prose comes into Lit, hence my reasoning.
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// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
James Davies
Well stop it!
James
Midnight Express
Sorry - I'll probably disrupt the whole NGsphere if I carry on!
James Davies
> James Davies <jaw...@smallfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:9m3mqj$7tks$1...@ID-32297.news.dfncis.de...
> > > Perhaps it was an obscure Shakespearian interpretation?
> > >
> > > Hey, I'm just being diplomatic - for once!
> >
> > Well stop it!
>
> Sorry - I'll probably disrupt the whole NGsphere if I carry on!
>
And cause an imbalance that'll make Ross apologise!
James
Ross
No we don't. We get 2 years of so called 'KS3' and 2 years of 'KS4'. And
we can only take a maximum of 7 subjects. You have to take a minimum 9, as
you said, and can take upto 12, or something. When we get to 3rd year (KS4)
the whole syllabus changes and we start a 'new course' which isn't linked to
the 5-14 system that we get in 1st-2nd year, ultimately giving us 2 years to
do 7 courses that are totally new to us. Get my point?
>
> In the Scottish education system there is only one exam board - the SQA.
For
> the GCSE system there are a wide range of boards , NEAB/AQA, EdExcel, SEG,
> WCEJ and OCR as well as a few others I can't think of right now. Each has
> it's own strenghts, and it's own weakenesses. EdExcel is renouned for it's
> mathematics syllabus as being one of the hardest yet fair exams. NEAB is
> known to have a very good History course at GCSE.
That makes it more influential, and less fair. There should be 1 exam body
for everything like in Scotland, which has proven to work for over 10 years.
This means, by what you say, that people could get an easier exam in maths
than another school. Weird.
>
> To therefore state that, as you have done to me before, "in england
english
> exams are easy" is therefore incorrect. There is no one single English
exam,
> but in fact a large range picked by schools based on syllabus and
> geography - NEAB being used more in Northern schools and SEG in the
south -
> WCEJ is the Welsh board. You'll find that in between boards there is a
> difference between difficult in exams.
Yes, making it more unfair.
>
> In maths you should have learnt a bit on Statistics. I'm sure Mike "A in
> Stats" Jakeman will explain how boards will collate national statistics
for
> their own syllabus and place 'grade boundries' on this. These boundries
> change yearly. For instance, A at GCSE for English is usually around 70%
> IIRC. But it can be altered between 61% and 80% according to how students
> perform. These boundries aren't decided until after exams. So even if the
> exam is easy roughly the same number of people will get an A, a B and so
on
> a year. Increasing pass rates I can't explain, but they are the case for
> both the QCA and SQA.
The SQA pass rates were around 75% average this year for a Grade 1. These
are figures not publicly published, but made available by the SQA to
schools. We were told them in a meeting over appeals.
>
> Ultimately what we learn is comparable to what you learn. It just has a
> different name. If Scottish exams /were/ better - then my school would be
> teaching Standard Grades and not GCSEs.
>
> I don't think you were being 'jealous' as your results were clearly
> excellent, as are UMTDC's latest lot to gain aged-16 qualifications.
> However, last week I warned you to be careful about what you said
concerning
> GCSEs and you've blatantly ignored me. If I were to denouce your
> qualifications as 'scottish monkey subjects' you'd be pretty upset I
expect.
The point i am trying to make is what has been 'dented' into my head by the
news today. View
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1506000/1506324.stm for
more.
>
> I'm afriad that by the time you get to my age, GCSEs/ SGs are no longer
> important to you. I have five AS Levels, so my GCSEs are worthless. Once I
> have a degree, my A levels will become 'worthless' to, or at least not as
> important. The qualifications you've just done are to be fair easy. But
> they're just as easy whatever system you are in.
I won't get into a Higher / A Level argument as i still have to establish
the details of it.
>
> I sat all of my exams without revision and several of my exams suffering
> from severe illness, insomnia, and even concussion - I gained **AABBBBBC -
> laughable.
Surprisingly, this makes it sound as if, by your own words, GCSE's are far
too easy.
>
> I know you have a reputation for bickering - but to say this on results
day
> would have got you a punch last year had you been near me. It's hurtful
and
> wrong.
>
> James
I have congratulated all on their exam results, and i am happy for them. I
have a reputation to speak my mind, and i am doing so again. Influence by
Jeffrey Robinson has made me start this argument; he said and i quote "It's
the pass marks that are being lowered a little bit each year it seems and
now they are about 25% below what they were 12 years ago".
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www.rossfleming.co.uk
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I took mine 11 years ago - mine must have been really really difficult *g*
*Cath*
done my GCSEs this year..
Ross, I don't know what it is that goes through that narrow little mind of
yours that makes you think that you can post things like the above and get
away with it. Yes, you have your reputation of saying controversial things,
starting arguments and being an insensitive idiot, but I, for one, think
you've taken it too far now. You have the audacity to belittle the hard work
and excellent results that people in this group have come up with, saying
that they're only good results because they're easier than yours. Not only
are you being tactless by saying this, but you are also completely ignorant
and inconsiderate of other peoples feelings.
I don't know if I speak for anyone else when I say this, and I'm not saying
that I do - some people may like your whiney-brat behaviour, that attitude
that says 'I can say whatever I like, no-one else minds - this is only a
newsgroup after all'.
But, Ross, I think that maybe it's time you think before you type. And,
especially, re-read things before you click that little 'send' button. You
know that once you've pressed that, everyone here actually reads whatever
crap it is you've typed?
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But he can at least back it all up with the domination of Scottish people in
places of prominence in trade, industry and invention such as:
So there you go.
Mike Jakeman
oot.comSPAM> writes
>> In the Scottish education system there is only one exam board - the SQA.
>For
>> the GCSE system there are a wide range of boards , NEAB/AQA, EdExcel, SEG,
>> WCEJ and OCR as well as a few others I can't think of right now. Each has
>> it's own strenghts, and it's own weakenesses. EdExcel is renouned for it's
>> mathematics syllabus as being one of the hardest yet fair exams. NEAB is
>> known to have a very good History course at GCSE.
>
>That makes it more influential, and less fair. There should be 1 exam body
>for everything like in Scotland, which has proven to work for over 10 years.
>This means, by what you say, that people could get an easier exam in maths
>than another school. Weird.
It isn't weird at all. If one board's exam is easier, the grade
boundaries (do you understand these?) will be raised higher. This gives
a consistent system.
>> Ultimately what we learn is comparable to what you learn. It just has a
>> different name. If Scottish exams /were/ better - then my school would be
>> teaching Standard Grades and not GCSEs.
>>
>> I don't think you were being 'jealous' as your results were clearly
>> excellent, as are UMTDC's latest lot to gain aged-16 qualifications.
>> However, last week I warned you to be careful about what you said
>concerning
>> GCSEs and you've blatantly ignored me. If I were to denouce your
>> qualifications as 'scottish monkey subjects' you'd be pretty upset I
>expect.
>
>The point i am trying to make is what has been 'dented' into my head by the
>news today. View
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1506000/1506324.stm for
>more.
I've read this twice now on your instruction and I still fail to
understand what the relevance of this is, especially regarding James'
(very good) comment.
>> I'm afriad that by the time you get to my age, GCSEs/ SGs are no longer
>> important to you. I have five AS Levels, so my GCSEs are worthless. Once I
>> have a degree, my A levels will become 'worthless' to, or at least not as
>> important. The qualifications you've just done are to be fair easy. But
>> they're just as easy whatever system you are in.
>
>I won't get into a Higher / A Level argument as i still have to establish
>the details of it.
I think your GCSE argument needs some clarity too!
>> I know you have a reputation for bickering - but to say this on results
>day
>> would have got you a punch last year had you been near me. It's hurtful
>and
>> wrong.
>>
>> James
>
>I have congratulated all on their exam results, and i am happy for them. I
>have a reputation to speak my mind, and i am doing so again.
Contrary to what you seem to think, this doesn't give you the license to
make tactless and childish comments.
Mike Jakeman
<oldschoo...@hotmail.com> writes
>> now they are about 25% below what they were 12 years ago".
>
>I took mine 11 years ago - mine must have been really really difficult *g*
Oh piss off ;)
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
> "James Davies" <jaw...@smallfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:9m3moi$82p9$1...@ID-32297.news.dfncis.de...
> > OK Ross, here goes. Understand that I don't know much about hte Scottish
> > system as I've never been through it, but from what I know, you start
your
> > courses a year earlier than ours. But finish at the same time. So
> therefore
> > our courses don't offer as much knowledge right? Well, how's about this.
> > GCSE is Key Stage 4 of the National Circumlum for England and Wales. Key
> > Stage 4 is based directly on Key Stage 3 which lasts for three years.
> > Without KS3 much of the GCSE course is useless. In many cases GCSE work
is
> > taught in years 8 and 9.
> > You'll find that in course content and difficultly therefore, the GCSE
and
> > Standard grade are directly comparable.
>
> No we don't. We get 2 years of so called 'KS3' and 2 years of 'KS4'. And
> we can only take a maximum of 7 subjects.
KS3 is taught in Maths. Sciences. English. History. Geography. A language
(usually two), a technology and art.
> You have to take a minimum 9, as
> you said, and can take upto 12, or something.
Cath has taken one. It's merely based on what the school can timetable.
> When we get to 3rd year (KS4)
> the whole syllabus changes and we start a 'new course' which isn't linked
to
Same here. We get a new syllabus at 5, 7, 11 and 15.
> the 5-14 system that we get in 1st-2nd year, ultimately giving us 2 years
to
> do 7 courses that are totally new to us. Get my point?
So what you're saying is, the laws of science change over night when you
learn them at standard grade? I'm afriad not, they only tell you that when
you get to A Level
> > In the Scottish education system there is only one exam board - the SQA.
> For
> > the GCSE system there are a wide range of boards , NEAB/AQA, EdExcel,
SEG,
> > WCEJ and OCR as well as a few others I can't think of right now. Each
has
> > it's own strenghts, and it's own weakenesses. EdExcel is renouned for
it's
> > mathematics syllabus as being one of the hardest yet fair exams. NEAB is
> > known to have a very good History course at GCSE.
>
> That makes it more influential, and less fair.
How?
> There should be 1 exam body for everything like in Scotland.
But there's 50 million people in Eng/Wales. The SQA can rarely handle 3-4
million judging by the way they consistently botch the handing out of marks.
> which has proven to work for over 10 years.
yes, like last year.
> This means, by what you say, that people could get an easier exam in maths
> than another school. Weird.
Yeah, but then grade boundries aren't the same between boards. The same
percentage of people will pass for each board though.
> > You'll find that in between boards there is a
> > difference between difficult in exams.
>
> Yes, making it more unfair.
Hence the grade boundry system
> > In maths you should have learnt a bit on Statistics. I'm sure Mike "A in
> > Stats" Jakeman will explain how boards will collate national statistics
> for
> > their own syllabus and place 'grade boundries' on this. These boundries
> > change yearly. For instance, A at GCSE for English is usually around 70%
> > IIRC. But it can be altered between 61% and 80% according to how
students
> > perform. These boundries aren't decided until after exams. So even if
the
> > exam is easy roughly the same number of people will get an A, a B and so
> on
> > a year. Increasing pass rates I can't explain, but they are the case for
> > both the QCA and SQA.
>
> The SQA pass rates were around 75% average this year for a Grade 1. These
> are figures not publicly published, but made available by the SQA to
> schools. We were told them in a meeting over appeals.
But that figure is dependant on subject, syllabus and the exam itself, and
changes year on year
> > Ultimately what we learn is comparable to what you learn. It just has a
> > different name. If Scottish exams /were/ better - then my school would
be
> > teaching Standard Grades and not GCSEs.
> >
> > I don't think you were being 'jealous' as your results were clearly
> > excellent, as are UMTDC's latest lot to gain aged-16 qualifications.
> > However, last week I warned you to be careful about what you said
> concerning
> > GCSEs and you've blatantly ignored me. If I were to denouce your
> > qualifications as 'scottish monkey subjects' you'd be pretty upset I
> expect.
>
> The point i am trying to make is what has been 'dented' into my head by
the
> news today. View
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1506000/1506324.stm for
> more.
They say this every year. If you lowered the boundry by 25% then 12 years
ago you'd have to get 100% for an A.
> > I'm afriad that by the time you get to my age, GCSEs/ SGs are no longer
> > important to you. I have five AS Levels, so my GCSEs are worthless. Once
I
> > have a degree, my A levels will become 'worthless' to, or at least not
as
> > important. The qualifications you've just done are to be fair easy. But
> > they're just as easy whatever system you are in.
>
> I won't get into a Higher / A Level argument as i still have to establish
> the details of it.
And clearly the details of this.
> > I sat all of my exams without revision and several of my exams suffering
> > from severe illness, insomnia, and even concussion - I gained
**AABBBBBC -
> > laughable.
>
> Surprisingly, this makes it sound as if, by your own words, GCSE's are far
> too easy.
As are standard grades.
> > I know you have a reputation for bickering - but to say this on results
> day
> > would have got you a punch last year had you been near me. It's hurtful
> and
> > wrong.
>
> I have congratulated all on their exam results,
Yeah, and I lie all the time too when necessary to appease people.
> and i am happy for them.
You don't show it.
> I
> have a reputation to speak my mind, and i am doing so again.
No, what I do is speak my mind. What you do is act thoughtless and
tactlessly.
> Influence by
> Jeffrey Robinson has made me start this argument; he said and i quote
"It's
> the pass marks that are being lowered a little bit each year it seems and
> now they are about 25% below what they were 12 years ago".
And who is Jeffrey Robinson? When did he last sit a GCSE eh?
The fact is every year, school's learn, things are tweaked, systems refined.
It's no wonder grades go up.
James
James Davies
> *Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:jidh7.18158$5_3.1...@news1.cableinet.net...
> >
in
> places of prominence in trade, industry and invention such as:
>
James
Ross
I have apologised....... didn't u see the "sorry"?
Plus, in private message windows, i've said other things
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// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Ross
Here we go, changing the subject to "scottish people are smarter".
Can't u keep to a one sided debate?
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// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Miaow
Oh come on, you can't really bring the fact that he's Scottish into it, its
pretty irrelevant... he'd be like he is regardless of nationality probably)
Paula
*bottom posting today for a change*
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
No Cath, you don't get my point at all. This accusation was made by a
senior official in ENGLAND and hence, i brought it up cos i feel strongly
about the subject.
The main point is that the pass rates are lower and that GCSE's are much
less complex than Standard Grades. Nothing else. Now, this doesn't mean
that I am saying that Mike's Grades are great just because of low pass
rates. It may well be that Mike got 80%+ in his exams, i don't dispute
that.
I think you people should read the post and get the true understanding
before you accuse me of making a point which was not my obvious intention,
ie, that Mike didn't work hard to get his results (example before anyone
starts!).
And Cath dear, what i type is not 'crap'. It is critical analysis of the
sitations that go on in this country, and i for one would like to debate and
dicuss them. Now, involving you or not, you have the right to say what you
want, how you want, but i am stating that what i type is not crap.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Ross
Its obvious what i am saying isn'y making one ounce of a difference.
Read my post in reference to Cath's comments, this explains it clearer.
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// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Midnight Express
I was only kidding mate - I don't give a damn about GCSE's - that's 11 years
in history for me. I just felt like writing a cheeky comment for the hell of
it!
Mike Jakeman
comSPAM> writes
I don't think anyone has managed that so far have they? Surely more than
a coincidence...
>This accusation was made by a
>senior official in ENGLAND and hence, i brought it up cos i feel strongly
>about the subject.
When was the last time he sat a GCSE?!
>The main point is that the pass rates are lower and that GCSE's are much
>less complex than Standard Grades.
Proof and fact, proof and fact.
>Nothing else.
I might have believed you, if that post was made on any other day
besides results day.
>Now, this doesn't mean
>that I am saying that Mike's Grades are great just because of low pass
>rates. It may well be that Mike got 80%+ in his exams, i don't dispute
>that.
Course I did, I got A*s!
>I think you people should read the post and get the true understanding
>before you accuse me of making a point which was not my obvious intention,
>ie, that Mike didn't work hard to get his results (example before anyone
>starts!).
I think today's buzzword for you Ross should be 'clarity'. Since you are
obviously so up on your English, you should be able to use it.
Ross
>
> Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
>
> > Plus, in private message windows, i've said other things
>
>
> James
Thanks very much for discussing our private lives in a newsgroup (s'casm)
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Ross
"Miaow" <paula....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Er, I see myself as Scottish, not British.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Ross
Maybe then you should ask.
>
> >This accusation was made by a
> >senior official in ENGLAND and hence, i brought it up cos i feel strongly
> >about the subject.
>
> When was the last time he sat a GCSE?!
I don't care. It's what he said.
>
> >The main point is that the pass rates are lower and that GCSE's are much
> >less complex than Standard Grades.
>
> Proof and fact, proof and fact.
Hence why we are having a debate. My god, do you people know the meaning of
the word?
>
> >Nothing else.
>
> I might have believed you, if that post was made on any other day
> besides results day.
>
> >Now, this doesn't mean
> >that I am saying that Mike's Grades are great just because of low pass
> >rates. It may well be that Mike got 80%+ in his exams, i don't dispute
> >that.
>
> Course I did, I got A*s!
Well then!
>
> >I think you people should read the post and get the true understanding
> >before you accuse me of making a point which was not my obvious
intention,
> >ie, that Mike didn't work hard to get his results (example before anyone
> >starts!).
>
> I think today's buzzword for you Ross should be 'clarity'. Since you are
> obviously so up on your English, you should be able to use it.
Seems fine to me :)
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
>
> "Mike Jakeman" <mi...@thenakedjournalist.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:91OoerAN...@08002go.com...
> >
> > obviously so up on your English, you should be able to use it.
>
> Seems fine to me :)
You use full stops at the end of sentences.
James
Note : I'm not seriously taking the piss. As you know, I very rarely bother.
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
> Plus, in private message windows, i've said other things
And you know I can't Ross, I'm sorry, but you're a minor.
James
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
James
Majuran Manohasandra
> In article <tqdh7.10746$Bp3.151805@news2-hme0>, Ross <NOrossfleming@bigf
> oot.comSPAM> writes
>
I
> >have a reputation to speak my mind, and i am doing so again.
>
> Contrary to what you seem to think, this doesn't give you the license to
> make tactless and childish comments.
No, thats just because he's proved himself time and time again to be little
more than a child.
Maj
Mike Jakeman
Majuran Manohasandra <maj...@replace.co.uk> writes
Ooooh - get you Maj!
imo
>
> English Lit - A*
> English Lang - A*
> Stats - A*
> Graphics - A*
> Science - 2A*s
> History - A
> Maths - A
> RE - A
> Art - B
> German - B
>
Even though I've already said it, well done!
Imo
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
I don't get your point...no, you're probably right. I'm sure you actually
have something decent to say. Somewhere in there....
> The main point is that the pass rates are lower and that GCSE's are much
> less complex than Standard Grades. Nothing else. Now, this doesn't mean
> that I am saying that Mike's Grades are great just because of low pass
> rates. It may well be that Mike got 80%+ in his exams, i don't dispute
> that.
Ok, ok. In case you have forgotten what you typed, let me quote it for you.
"it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass marks
being lowered."
Now. Hmm. Think about it.
> I think you people should read the post and get the true understanding
> before you accuse me of making a point which was not my obvious intention,
> ie, that Mike didn't work hard to get his results (example before anyone
> starts!).
See above. Actually, no, I'll quote you again. Just for fun.
"it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass marks
being lowered."
"it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass marks
being lowered."
"it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass marks
being lowered."
"it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass marks
being lowered."
"it seems that most ppl are getting great results because of pass marks
being lowered."
Anyone want to hear that one more time?!
> And Cath dear, what i type is not 'crap'. It is critical analysis of the
> sitations that go on in this country, and i for one would like to debate
and
> dicuss them. Now, involving you or not, you have the right to say what
you
> want, how you want, but i am stating that what i type is not crap.
Ross, you are a tactless, mindless idiot. I know we've never got on - but
you've annoyed me more than ever tonight. I don't even want to argue with
you any more, you are simply not worth it. You're not worth the time it
takes to read your posts.
You are one of the biggest morons I have ever had the bad luck of reading
posts from.
And I'm sorry to have to say this, I apologise to everyone else in
advance, - but just SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!
cath
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
>
> I have a reputation to speak my mind, and i am doing so again.
I just love it when my point is proven so well.... Ross, you've made me very
happy by saying this. You big tit.
cath
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
Yes please.
I explained the sitatuation more clearly, and you still don't beleive me.
Or, you are using past quotes which, i admit seem unfair, but aren't the
point i was making.
And once again, your mouth as got the better of you when you accuse me of
things i have NOT DONE (see, bottom).
Emma J Stoneman
>
>English Lit - A*
>English Lang - A*
>Stats - A*
>Graphics - A*
>Science - 2A*s
>History - A
>Maths - A
>RE - A
>Art - B
>German - B
>
>
In fact I might even go so far as to say good! Well done :) And well
done to everyone else too.
Drama: B
Geography: A
English Lit: A
English Lang: A*
Double Science: A*A*
Electronics: A*
German: A*
Plus Maths: A* last year
And now I'm going on holiday (again) for a week, see you later.
--
emma at tjsathome dot demon dot co dot uk
Wild Purple Goat of the Web
Now, a word from our spons... Ahem, our daily tagline:
"If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown, too?"
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
Cath, if you have nothing constructive to say, don't say it at all.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Midnight Express
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> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Mike Jakeman wrote:
> >
> >English Lit - A*
> >English Lang - A*
> >Stats - A*
> >Graphics - A*
> >Science - 2A*s
> >History - A
> >Maths - A
> >RE - A
> >Art - B
> >German - B
> >
> >Not bad :)
> >
> In fact I might even go so far as to say good! Well done :) And well
> done to everyone else too.
>
> Drama: B
> Geography: A
> English Lit: A
> English Lang: A*
> Double Science: A*A*
> Electronics: A*
> German: A*
> Plus Maths: A* last year
Congrats Emma - lots of brainy bods in here! Enjoy your holiday - looks like
you deserve it.
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
Have you ever seen Alice in Wonderland? Where she's singing that song "I
give myself some very good advice - but I very seldom follow it..".
--
cath
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
>
> "*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:BFeh7.19059$5_3.1...@news1.cableinet.net...
> >
> things i have NOT DONE (see, bottom).
No, Ross, I'm just sick of you. I think it's obvious to all of us what you
were implying, and yes I saw all the stuff you posted afterwards with your
excuses, and I don't think that that is the point of what I was saying.
My point was that in your original post you said some things which were
hurtful and quite offensive really - and my point was that you were
rubbishing what people in this group had achieved. The quote I used was,
quite clearly, what you'd said. And maybe you didn't mean it to sound the
way you did, but my point was that that's all you ever do. You seem to think
that your reputation as someone who's been in quite a lot of arguments
allows you to say these things. You know full well - hopefully, or else you
really have missed MY point - that you say things that are provocative. And
recently I think you've become more and more deliberately
offensive/rude/arrogant in your posts.
I just think you don't think about things before you post them. Would you
walk into a room where people were talking about what they'd got in their
GCSEs and say "That's good - but I've heard people here get great results
because pass marks are being lowered". No, I doubt it.
I've already spent enough time now arguing with you over this. And if you
don't see my point then I suggest you look at your earlier post. Then put
yourself in the position of someone who has just posted their GCSE results
on here.
I'm not going to carry this on - I would say that if you want to discuss it
any further, take it to e-mail - but quite frankly I don't want any more of
your pathetic arguments taking up space in my inbox so I suggest we just
finish it here.
Cath
*Cath*
"Emma J Stoneman" <Em...@tjsathome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bUadyVA+...@tjsathome.demon.co.uk...
> >
> >English Lit - A*
> >English Lang - A*
> >Stats - A*
> >Graphics - A*
> >Science - 2A*s
> >History - A
> >Maths - A
> >RE - A
> >Art - B
> >German - B
> >
> >Not bad :)
> >
> In fact I might even go so far as to say good! Well done :) And well
> done to everyone else too.
>
> Drama: B
> Geography: A
> English Lit: A
> English Lang: A*
> Double Science: A*A*
> Electronics: A*
> German: A*
> Plus Maths: A* last year
>
> And now I'm going on holiday (again) for a week, see you later.
Bloody hell, I've got a lot to live up to next year when I take them ;) Just
kidding, that's fantastic.
cath
Danny
"Mike Jakeman" wrote...
>
> English Lit - A*
> English Lang - A*
> Stats - A*
> Graphics - A*
> Science - 2A*s
> History - A
> Maths - A
> RE - A
> Art - B
> German - B
>
> Not bad :)
Well done mate, those are exellent grades!!
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writes
>
>"Mike Jakeman" wrote...
>>
>> English Lit - A*
>> English Lang - A*
>> Stats - A*
>> Graphics - A*
>> Science - 2A*s
>> History - A
>> Maths - A
>> RE - A
>> Art - B
>> German - B
>>
>> Not bad :)
>
>Well done mate, those are exellent grades!!
Thanks Danny :)
And well done to Emma too!
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
If people aren't strong willing enough to KNOW what they did wasn't because
of 'lower pass marks' then so be it. But if they get all upset over it,
then they should question themselves. I am mature, and thats why i said
those things. I still have alot to learn, and you do too, but you cannot
bring personal feelings into it, which is really what you are doing. And if
this isn't gonna get into your mind girl, then maybe i should say it again:
I WASN'T BEING OFFENSIVE
I WASN'T OUT TO HURT
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
I don't watch childrens cartoons i am afraid.
Midnight Express
But Alice in Wonderland is classic piece of literature and a fantastic
story.
You never watched TV when you were a kid (still are technically) and never
got told stories?
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
>
> "*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cCoh7.21948$5_3.1...@news1.cableinet.net...
> > Have you ever seen Alice in Wonderland? Where she's singing that song "I
> > give myself some very good advice - but I very seldom follow it..".
>
> I don't watch childrens cartoons i am afraid.
It's allegorical dear, but then you already knew that didn't you?
James
*Cath*
because
> of 'lower pass marks' then so be it. But if they get all upset over it,
> then they should question themselves. I am mature, and thats why i said
> those things. I still have alot to learn, and you do too, but you cannot
> bring personal feelings into it, which is really what you are doing. And
if
> this isn't gonna get into your mind girl, then maybe i should say it
again:
>
> I WASN'T BEING OFFENSIVE
> I WASN'T OUT TO HURT
Ross, please, give it a rest. I think you are the one who is missing the
point.
Quite frankly you're giving me a headache. Accept the fact that this thread
is finished and we can just accept that we're never going to see eye to eye
and that we obviously don't understand each other and leave it at that.
--
cath
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
ROFLMAO!!!
Was that an attempt at ... um ... appearing mature? Because none of us are
falling for it. Or were you just trying to humiliate me? In which case
you've failed that too. Or maybe once again I 'don't get you' but ... wow,
you really are just full of these things, Ross, aren't you...!
Hey, let me guess - you're above such silly things, right?
So what did you do when you were younger? Read the Guardian?
cath
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
Oh aye, and it now looks as if Cath is the hero of the hour eh!
You don't think you were giving me a headache with your melancholy. Ugh.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Ross
And what is so figurative about this?
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
Midnight Express
There is no time to watch silly cartoons or read books when you've spent the
last 16 years unsuccessfully trying to remove a hot poker from up your
bottom *g*
Cath - be thankful that you've had a poker-free Alice in Wonderland enriched
childhood :)
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
No Cath, jumping to conclusions and judging me as you usually do. It was an
innocent comment. I don't watch children's cartoons.
And Mike, you cannot expect me to remember lines from a film i saw almost 6
years or more ago.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
Well this proves it Ross- you just don't phrase things in the same way as um
everyone else I read stuff from. So clearly its all a big misunderstanding,
coming from you don't know how to talk to people properly.
Cath
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
Did I claim it to be figurative?
James
*Cath*
"Midnight Express" <oldschoo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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LoL!!!
> Cath - be thankful that you've had a poker-free Alice in Wonderland
enriched
> childhood :)
LoL!! Well, once my friend asked me who Winnie the Pooh was....so maybe I
shouldn't have assumed that Ross would've seen a classic cartoon...hmm......
By the way, Ross, Winnie the Pooh is another of those 'children cartoons' -
he's a bear, and he's friends with a piglet, a tiger, an owl, a rabbit, a
donkey and a boy called Christopher Robin.
cath
Midnight Express
I loved Winnie the Pooh came a close second behind Paddington Bear as my
fave childhood character.
Michael 'Ace' Greenhalgh
And it's not a tiger, it's a tigger!
--
Mike
*Cath*
> I loved Winnie the Pooh came a close second behind Paddington Bear as my
> fave childhood character.
I read some Paddington books, but didn't like them as much as the Winnie the
Pooh books. I like Eeyore though.. "Good morning, pooh bear. If it is a good
morning. Which I doubt."
LoL! :)
cath
Majuran Manohasandra
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
>
> If people aren't strong willing enough to KNOW what they did wasn't
because
> of 'lower pass marks' then so be it. But if they get all upset over it,
> then they should question themselves. I am mature, and thats why i said
> those things. I still have alot to learn, and you do too, but you cannot
> bring personal feelings into it, which is really what you are doing. And
if
> this isn't gonna get into your mind girl, then maybe i should say it
again:
Ross, you _think_ you are mature which is why you say those kind of things.
> I WASN'T BEING OFFENSIVE
> I WASN'T OUT TO HURT
After the fact, that means very little. Go tell it to someone who cares.
Maj
Majuran Manohasandra
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
They may be kids cartoons, but some of us watch them for nostalgia's sake.
Of course, some people are scared to watch them for fear of being branded a
child. Most of these people _are_ children.
Maj
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
Just leave it alone!! No I'm not trying to like the hero I'm trying to stop
this thread now just both of us be quiet.
cath
Ross
Look in a thesarus under figurative and you will find allegorical.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
They're in the same family, but only cousins.
James
imo
*Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
You forgot the Kangaroo and Kangaroo's baby!
Imo
imo
*Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
hehe! winnie the pooh is one of my favourite books too, although its a tough
choice between that and little women. Eeyore is great, and Tigger!
Imo
*Cath*
"imo" <indie_q...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> *Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:vgwh7.25561$5_3.1...@news1.cableinet.net...
> > By the way, Ross, Winnie the Pooh is another of those 'children
> cartoons' -
> > he's a bear, and he's friends with a piglet, a tiger, an owl, a rabbit,
a
> > donkey and a boy called Christopher Robin.
>
> You forgot the Kangaroo and Kangaroo's baby!
>
Of course! I apologise to both Kanga and Roo!!
cath
imo
*Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
I am sure they didn't mind too much, but baby Roo is one of my favourite
characters! Speaking of Winnie the Pooh, it can't be that childish as Ross
thinks because there were a whole series of questions on it on University
Challenge this week, so there! :P
:)
Imo
*Cath*
cath
imo
*Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
It was really cool. There is this university in america and someone had
analysed all the characters in pooh and said what conditions they sufferred
from, so you had to say who they were by the analasis! I got all but one
right, yay!
Imo
*Cath*
I remember my dad reading all the Winnie the Pooh stories when I was ickle,
and the House On Pooh Corner as well!
So you have chosen Thumper to dress up as?
cath
Miaow
> > >
> > > So there you go.
> > >
> >
> > Oh come on, you can't really bring the fact that he's Scottish into it,
> its
> > pretty irrelevant... he'd be like he is regardless of nationality
> probably)
> > Paula
> > *bottom posting today for a change*
>
> Er, I see myself as Scottish, not British.
>
wasn't disputing that. did I say so? I don't think so!
imo
*Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
I know :)
> I remember my dad reading all the Winnie the Pooh stories when I was ickle
,
> and the House On Pooh Corner as well!
Yeah, I have had those two books since I was ickle too and my mum read them
to me and my brother as a bedtime story. I also have the 2 poetry books like
'now we are 6' and the other one!
> So you have chosen Thumper to dress up as?
Hmm, well I think so, yeah. It would be easier and if I wear a grey long
sleeved t-shirt and grey trousers I won't be too hot. I was thinking of
Jessie but I don't think it would be very easy and thumper is my favourite
character!
Imo
*Cath*
>
> *Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uP5i7.6346$zX1.5...@news1.cableinet.net...
> > I remember my dad reading all the Winnie the Pooh stories when I was
ickle
> ,
> > and the House On Pooh Corner as well!
>
> Yeah, I have had those two books since I was ickle too and my mum read
them
> to me and my brother as a bedtime story. I also have the 2 poetry books
like
> 'now we are 6' and the other one!
Yeah I've got books tht my mum has had since she was little, a box set of
all of them! So cool :)
> > So you have chosen Thumper to dress up as?
>
> Hmm, well I think so, yeah. It would be easier and if I wear a grey long
> sleeved t-shirt and grey trousers I won't be too hot. I was thinking of
> Jessie but I don't think it would be very easy and thumper is my favourite
> character!
Cool. I didn't like Jessie much anyway (as a character, would've made a cool
costume tho!). But thumpers cute. Make sure you have bunny ears!! Hehe. I
dressed up as the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland (lol how circular
are some of the conversations in here!!) for my aunt and uncles fancy dress
once and it was cool, had a little tail and everything :)
cath
-x-
hang on, thumper is the rabbit, right?! lol!! I'm not so sure now!!
Ross
"Miaow" <paula....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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You never disputed anything. You questioned it though.
--
// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
James Davies
Ross <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
One and the same.
James
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
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>
cath
Ross
"*Cath*" <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
'Probably' questions it.
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// Ross
www.rossfleming.co.uk
*Cath*
"Ross" <NOross...@bigfoot.comSPAM> wrote in message
It doesn't question whether you see yourself as Scottish or British, it
questions whether you'd be the same regardless of nationality.
cath
imo
*Cath* <thirteens...@PANTShotmail.com> wrote in message
Cool! The white rabbit! Our school did a production of alice in wonderland
and the rabbit was really funny but everytime I see the lad who played him I
just call him the white rabbit. I'm not even sure of his name
But I will get a tail and ears, theres this cute shop in Nottingham that
sells fairy wings and I think they'll probably have some.
> hang on, thumper is the rabbit, right?! lol!! I'm not so sure now!!
Yeah, my favourite character from my favourite disney film, why are you not
sure?
Imo