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[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... -- Spike |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
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Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks‘ notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... In one of my Advanced Maths papers, I achieved 101% - it would be Maths. Oh, and one of my classmates got 102%. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On Thursday, 15 August 2019 09:14:08 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I think you mean a degree. I've seen undergraduate essays I'd have been told to re-do before O-level. Owain |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote:
On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 10:04, charles wrote:
In article , Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks€˜ notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... In one of my Advanced Maths papers, I achieved 101% - it would be Maths. Oh, and one of my classmates got 102%. but you gave it 150% effort....tee hee |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 10:08, Brian Gaff wrote:
And this is in DIY because? Actually the new syllabus now contains a lot more on Digital modes etc, I am given to understand. To be honest as long as people use type approved equipment they might as well let us all have one for free. I don't think you can do much harm with 10 watts. I used to illegally use that to make an am relay for my cassette player when I was young and probably stupid. Never got caught. Brian blame stephen cole..... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Brian Gaff wrote:
And this is in DIY because? Actually the new syllabus now contains a lot more on Digital modes etc, I am given to understand. To be honest as long as people use type approved equipment they might as well let us all have one for free. To be honest, the current Foundation licence exam is at such a basic level that they pretty much are giving licences away for free; the exceedingly minor hurdle of the exam serves merely as a filter for total useless dumb****s, IMO. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 15/08/2019 10:08, Brian Gaff wrote: And this is in DIY because? Actually the new syllabus now contains a lot more on Digital modes etc, I am given to understand. To be honest as long as people use type approved equipment they might as well let us all have one for free. I don't think you can do much harm with 10 watts. I used to illegally use that to make an am relay for my cassette player when I was young and probably stupid. Never got caught. Brian blame stephen cole..... Blame your ****ty gussets, Jim. Thanks, Jim. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 10:08, Brian Gaff wrote: And this is in DIY because? Actually the new syllabus now contains a lot more on Digital modes etc, I am given to understand. To be honest as long as people use type approved equipment they might as well let us all have one for free. I don't think you can do much harm with 10 watts. I used to illegally use that to make an am relay for my cassette player when I was young and probably stupid. Never got caught. Brian blame stephen cole..... Blame your ****ty gussets, Jim. Thanks, Jim. no no more likely to be you ..... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 15:04, Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote: And this is in DIY because? Actually the new syllabus now contains a lot more on Digital modes etc, I am given to understand. To be honest as long as people use type approved equipment they might as well let us all have one for free. To be honest, the current Foundation licence exam is at such a basic level that they pretty much are giving licences away for free; the exceedingly minor hurdle of the exam serves merely as a filter for total useless dumb****s, IMO. doesn't even do that IMO...ham radio was much nicer when I was the lowest type of person that just scrapped in ..... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. totly |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 15/08/2019 15:04, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: And this is in DIY because? Actually the new syllabus now contains a lot more on Digital modes etc, I am given to understand. To be honest as long as people use type approved equipment they might as well let us all have one for free. To be honest, the current Foundation licence exam is at such a basic level that they pretty much are giving licences away for free; the exceedingly minor hurdle of the exam serves merely as a filter for total useless dumb****s, IMO. doesn't even do that IMO...ham radio was much nicer when I was the lowest type of person that just scrapped in ..... Now they let any old brain dead scumbag in, only to get stuck at Intermediate like Rich, Jim. Thanks, Jim. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 17:15, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. nice slap down ...tee hee |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? totly...suits you sir .... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. The exam board mark the papers and have no idea which class / set you are in. Tiered papers arent uncommon. They work as I described. True all my pupils were entered for higher paper but I know the system, it is also used for NATS (used to be called SATS). You sat a paper €˜capped at a B. The rest is your own delusion. |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 20:23, Brian Reay wrote:
Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. The exam board mark the papers and have no idea which class / set you are in. Tiered papers arent uncommon. They work as I described. True all my pupils were entered for higher paper but I know the system, it is also used for NATS (used to be called SATS). You sat a paper €˜capped at a B. The rest is your own delusion. tee hee |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Brian Reay wrote:
Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. The exam board mark the papers and have no idea which class / set you are in. Tiered papers arent uncommon. They work as I described. True all my pupils were entered for higher paper but I know the system, it is also used for NATS (used to be called SATS). You sat a paper €˜capped at a B. The rest is your own delusion. It is always amusing to see you imagine that you know somebodys life better than they do themselves, Brian, but the very brief dalliance you had with teaching following the abrupt failing of your engineering career is, as ever, leading you to horrifically overreach. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote: Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. The exam board mark the papers and have no idea which class / set you are in. Tiered papers arent uncommon. They work as I described. True all my pupils were entered for higher paper but I know the system, it is also used for NATS (used to be called SATS). You sat a paper €˜capped at a B. The rest is your own delusion. It is always amusing to see you imagine that you know somebodys life better than they do themselves, Brian, but the very brief dalliance you had with teaching following the abrupt failing of your engineering career is, as ever, leading you to horrifically overreach. You obviously feel the need to delude yourself. |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
"Stephen Cole" wrote in message ... Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. Mine did see me not need to pay any uni fees. |
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[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:
If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. It is a standard approach and has been in place since GCSEs started- it was integral to their replacing both CSEs and O levels. In the old O level days, rather than doing the Intermediate paper, the weaker pupils would probably have been entered for a CSE in the same subject as an €˜insurance. Im pretty sure some of the people I went to school with who, shall we say, didnt pay attention did this. The SATS/NATS use the same basic approach, different papers which overlap, and have some common questions. The hardest one in Mathematics offers a Level 8, next one 7, and then 6. Only Mathematics has a paper which goes to 8, at least unless things have changed since I retired. Steve is just deluding himself. |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 16/08/2019 00:33, Brian Reay wrote:
Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. It is a standard approach and has been in place since GCSEs started- it was integral to their replacing both CSEs and O levels. In the old O level days, rather than doing the Intermediate paper, the weaker pupils would probably have been entered for a CSE in the same subject as an €˜insurance. Im pretty sure some of the people I went to school with who, shall we say, didnt pay attention did this. The SATS/NATS use the same basic approach, different papers which overlap, and have some common questions. The hardest one in Mathematics offers a Level 8, next one 7, and then 6. Only Mathematics has a paper which goes to 8, at least unless things have changed since I retired. Steve is just deluding himself. Back in my 'O'-level days (1983), we took most subjects with the Joint Matriculation Board. Anyone who was borderline also took CSEs, but I don't know what board that was with, as I didn't take any. Two subjects though were different: Latin and Physics, where we took the forerunner of GCSEs, the 16+, with The West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examinations Board. A single exam, not different papers, where you could get anything from an A-grade 'O'-level down to a grade 5 CSE. SteveW |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. Like I said, it sounds sensible so I can easily believe that its how things are done now. Brians problem is that he played at being a teacher for a couple of years when he couldnt get another job after being forced to abruptly end his engineering career, so he pretends he knows all there is to know about education, to make up for his unqualified status I guess. Its best just to nod and smile at him in these circumstances, with luck he wont make too bad a fool of himself. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Stephen Cole wrote:
Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. Like I said, it sounds sensible so I can easily believe that its how things are done now. Brians problem is that he played at being a teacher for a couple of years when he couldnt get another job after being forced to abruptly end his engineering career, so he pretends he knows all there is to know about education, to make up for his unqualified status I guess. Its best just to nod and smile at him in these circumstances, with luck he wont make too bad a fool of himself. Repeating lies made up by the usual rejects may make you feel better but it doesnt change the facts. |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Brian Reay wrote:
Stephen Cole wrote: Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. Like I said, it sounds sensible so I can easily believe that its how things are done now. Brians problem is that he played at being a teacher for a couple of years when he couldnt get another job after being forced to abruptly end his engineering career, so he pretends he knows all there is to know about education, to make up for his unqualified status I guess. Its best just to nod and smile at him in these circumstances, with luck he wont make too bad a fool of himself. Repeating lies made up by the usual rejects may make you feel better but it doesnt change the facts. The facts are, Brian, that you were an unqualified teacher. Youve admitted so yourself here several times in the past. Its all in the archives. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 21:16, Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote: Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. The exam board mark the papers and have no idea which class / set you are in. Tiered papers arent uncommon. They work as I described. True all my pupils were entered for higher paper but I know the system, it is also used for NATS (used to be called SATS). You sat a paper €˜capped at a B. The rest is your own delusion. It is always amusing to see you imagine that you know somebodys life better than they do themselves, Brian, but the very brief dalliance you had with teaching following the abrupt failing of your engineering career is, as ever, leading you to horrifically overreach. couldn't have said it better myself... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 15/08/2019 21:31, Brian Reay wrote:
Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 17:30, Stephen Cole wrote: Brian Reay wrote: On 15/08/2019 15:24, Stephen Cole wrote: Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 15/08/2019 09:14, Spike wrote: On 15/08/2019 11:56, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site /////////////////////////////////////////// Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Radio...m_medium=email We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is this Friday, 16 August. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks notice for examinations, [] this must be a new meaning of the word exam hitherto unheard of ........ Apparently, the 'exams are easier these days' policy us due to vibrant, diverse multiculturalism and the perceived need to boost figures for minorities - at least that's what I think the chap said on the BBC last night, although he may not have put it in quite those terms - I was only half-listening at the time as the BBC isn't worth one's full attention as the propaganda is very easy to spot. I passed my Maths A-level with a modest grade that these days would result in the award of an A-star. How times have changed... I got a higher C grade here in the near of Scotland in 1969.... I have forgotten all my maths ...even reinforced concrete design which had a lot of maths in it.....just something I could do at the time but has completely gone now..... I was in the top set for maths for the first three years at grammar school but lost interest when we started doing complicated algebra by the fourth year that I couldnt quickly understand, so the teacher lost her rag with me and moved me to the bottom set, which limited my GCSE grade to a maximum of a B no matter what score I got. I ended up pretty much answering everything in the exam correctly so should have got an A* by rights but got a B instead; **** it, tho, not one person has ever asked to see my exam certificates, which has pretty much reinforced the belief I always had when I was at school that GCSEs were beyond pointless. If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. What you say sounds sensible but the reality of it for me back in 1997 was that both maths sets (there was only two tiers at my school; top and bottom) sat the same paper at the same time; identical like. Mental, eh? That doesn't agree with your earlier post, unless they all did the intermediate paper- which would be very strange. In fact, it is quite unusual for a (good) grammar school to use the Intermediate paper for whole class, even a 'bottom' set. It is quite normal for those doing the Intermediate paper and those doing the Higher paper to not only do so at the same time but in the same room. Remember, some questions are common. The papers were dished out from a single stack, not named or otherwise indicated as different, and I recall talking with lads in top set that it was daft that lower set were capped at B despite sitting same paper as them. The exam board mark the papers and have no idea which class / set you are in. Tiered papers arent uncommon. They work as I described. True all my pupils were entered for higher paper but I know the system, it is also used for NATS (used to be called SATS). You sat a paper €˜capped at a B. The rest is your own delusion. It is always amusing to see you imagine that you know somebodys life better than they do themselves, Brian, but the very brief dalliance you had with teaching following the abrupt failing of your engineering career is, as ever, leading you to horrifically overreach. You obviously feel the need to delude yourself. classic text book narcissism .... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 16/08/2019 00:33, Brian Reay wrote:
Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. It is a standard approach and has been in place since GCSEs started- it was integral to their replacing both CSEs and O levels. In the old O level days, rather than doing the Intermediate paper, the weaker pupils would probably have been entered for a CSE in the same subject as an €˜insurance. Im pretty sure some of the people I went to school with who, shall we say, didnt pay attention did this. The SATS/NATS use the same basic approach, different papers which overlap, and have some common questions. The hardest one in Mathematics offers a Level 8, next one 7, and then 6. Only Mathematics has a paper which goes to 8, at least unless things have changed since I retired. Steve is just deluding himself. we didn't have any of that crap in the near of scotland..... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 16/08/2019 06:52, Stephen Cole wrote:
Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. Like I said, it sounds sensible so I can easily believe that its how things are done now. Brians problem is that he played at being a teacher for a couple of years when he couldnt get another job after being forced to abruptly end his engineering career, so he pretends he knows all there is to know about education, to make up for his unqualified status I guess. Its best just to nod and smile at him in these circumstances, with luck he wont make too bad a fool of himself. I like how you seem to know other peoples lives...tee he....good bounce up though..... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
Steve Walker wrote:
On 16/08/2019 00:33, Brian Reay wrote: Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. It is a standard approach and has been in place since GCSEs started- it was integral to their replacing both CSEs and O levels. In the old O level days, rather than doing the Intermediate paper, the weaker pupils would probably have been entered for a CSE in the same subject as an €˜insurance. Im pretty sure some of the people I went to school with who, shall we say, didnt pay attention did this. The SATS/NATS use the same basic approach, different papers which overlap, and have some common questions. The hardest one in Mathematics offers a Level 8, next one 7, and then 6. Only Mathematics has a paper which goes to 8, at least unless things have changed since I retired. Steve is just deluding himself. Back in my 'O'-level days (1983), we took most subjects with the Joint Matriculation Board. Anyone who was borderline also took CSEs, but I don't know what board that was with, as I didn't take any. Two subjects though were different: Latin and Physics, where we took the forerunner of GCSEs, the 16+, with The West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examinations Board. A single exam, not different papers, where you could get anything from an A-grade 'O'-level down to a grade 5 CSE. Sounds right. There were various trials of new schemes prior to the new GCSEs. As I mentioned, the GCSEs replaced both the O levels and CSEs so the grading needing to allow for that. Im sure there was a lot of €˜debate at the time, there always is, but I dont recall it specifically. Whether one exam is better is a matter of opinion. Employers at the time were faced with candidates holding CSEs and O levels. Grade 1 CSEs were designated to be equivalent to an O level. Some people may well have €˜double counted if they had a CSE 1 and an O level in the same subject. I certainly suspected it on some CVs I saw in my engineering days. Equally, the new system has higher, intermediate, and foundation papers in, say, Mathematics so is a C always the same? In theory the candidates answered some of the same questions but some in practice, one doing the higher paper could have got his marks by answering only difficult questions and skipped the easier ones. The bottom line is, no exam system is perfect. Im not against exams etc, far from it. Then, I always got excellent results from my classes. ;-) |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 16/08/2019 07:57, Brian Reay wrote:
Steve Walker wrote: On 16/08/2019 00:33, Brian Reay wrote: Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. It is a standard approach and has been in place since GCSEs started- it was integral to their replacing both CSEs and O levels. In the old O level days, rather than doing the Intermediate paper, the weaker pupils would probably have been entered for a CSE in the same subject as an €˜insurance. Im pretty sure some of the people I went to school with who, shall we say, didnt pay attention did this. The SATS/NATS use the same basic approach, different papers which overlap, and have some common questions. The hardest one in Mathematics offers a Level 8, next one 7, and then 6. Only Mathematics has a paper which goes to 8, at least unless things have changed since I retired. Steve is just deluding himself. Back in my 'O'-level days (1983), we took most subjects with the Joint Matriculation Board. Anyone who was borderline also took CSEs, but I don't know what board that was with, as I didn't take any. Two subjects though were different: Latin and Physics, where we took the forerunner of GCSEs, the 16+, with The West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examinations Board. A single exam, not different papers, where you could get anything from an A-grade 'O'-level down to a grade 5 CSE. Sounds right. There were various trials of new schemes prior to the new GCSEs. As I mentioned, the GCSEs replaced both the O levels and CSEs so the grading needing to allow for that. Im sure there was a lot of €˜debate at the time, there always is, but I dont recall it specifically. Whether one exam is better is a matter of opinion. Employers at the time were faced with candidates holding CSEs and O levels. Grade 1 CSEs were designated to be equivalent to an O level. Some people may well have €˜double counted if they had a CSE 1 and an O level in the same subject. I certainly suspected it on some CVs I saw in my engineering days. Equally, the new system has higher, intermediate, and foundation papers in, say, Mathematics so is a C always the same? In theory the candidates answered some of the same questions but some in practice, one doing the higher paper could have got his marks by answering only difficult questions and skipped the easier ones. The bottom line is, no exam system is perfect. Im not against exams etc, far from it. Then, I always got excellent results from my classes. ;-) the ones you liked according to your pupils...tee hee |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 16/08/2019 07:33, Brian Reay wrote:
Stephen Cole wrote: Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. Like I said, it sounds sensible so I can easily believe that its how things are done now. Brians problem is that he played at being a teacher for a couple of years when he couldnt get another job after being forced to abruptly end his engineering career, so he pretends he knows all there is to know about education, to make up for his unqualified status I guess. Its best just to nod and smile at him in these circumstances, with luck he wont make too bad a fool of himself. Repeating lies made up by the usual rejects may make you feel better but it doesnt change the facts. is that like the facts you make up about people?... |
[RSGB] Deadline for exam applications for the current syllabus
On 16/08/2019 07:43, Stephen Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote: Stephen Cole wrote: Bob Eager wrote: On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:52 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: If you were limited to a B you did the one of the lower papers. No sure what is was called when you did your exams- probably the Intermediate. The papers have some common questions but, the middle one you probably did, doesn't have the harder questions which carry the marks for the A and A* grades. From memory, the lower paper (below the one you probably did) you can only get a C. So, if you've don't do the Higher paper, answered the same questions, but struggled with the more complex ones, you'd not have got a A* or even an A, as some of the easy (available) questions you picked up marks on would have been removed to keep the overall number questions etc the same. Certainly correct in recent years. Like I said, it sounds sensible so I can easily believe that its how things are done now. Brians problem is that he played at being a teacher for a couple of years when he couldnt get another job after being forced to abruptly end his engineering career, so he pretends he knows all there is to know about education, to make up for his unqualified status I guess. Its best just to nod and smile at him in these circumstances, with luck he wont make too bad a fool of himself. Repeating lies made up by the usual rejects may make you feel better but it doesnt change the facts. The facts are, Brian, that you were an unqualified teacher. Youve admitted so yourself here several times in the past. Its all in the archives. shocking |
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