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« Reply #1 on: 24 June 2009, 02:19 PM » |
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Well I've failed. 1 out of 7. I did ok in the real thing a few years back so balls to the BBC and Bitesize!  That's hardly the way an English Lit exam is set out though. You use a book called Anthology all year and in the exam you are given a fresh copy without any notes. Still hard though, considering you can be given about 2 stories from a possible 200. |
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« Reply #2 on: 24 June 2009, 02:31 PM » |
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4 out of 7! Apparently, I need to read more  |
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« Reply #3 on: 24 June 2009, 03:16 PM » |
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I got 5! If only the English Lit exam was like that, be alot easier, could fluke a decent grade at least then.
Instead we spent a year and half studying 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'An Inspector Calls' and by the time it got to the exam, i realised i still didnt really know much about the books!
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« Reply #4 on: 24 June 2009, 08:12 PM » |
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Instead we spent a year and half studying 'To Kill a Mockingbird' We did kill a mocking bird to danny i fell to sleep about a quarter way through it! |
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« Reply #5 on: 24 June 2009, 09:06 PM » |
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2/7 - not bad for a 12 year old  |
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« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2009, 11:13 PM » |
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Very good for a 12 year old Rasiak - well done! |
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« Reply #7 on: 26 June 2009, 03:28 AM » |
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Well I got 5 out of 7...it was the last two I took a stab at as I didn't actually know the answers!!
As for To Kill a Mockingbird, and An Inspector Calls...I know those all too well, they were the books I had to study back in't day...oh and Hamlet too. Oh the Joy of those days!!!
God I feel old now school was 6 years ago haha
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« Reply #8 on: 29 June 2009, 11:25 PM » |
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4 out of 7. Had to rack the memory banks to remember to kill a mocking bird!
Eaufff GCSE English Lit, get it passed and then get on with your life !! Hated that class !
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« Reply #9 on: 03 July 2009, 02:05 AM » |
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4/7 .. Only one of those i actually knew though! the rest were lucky guesses!
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« Reply #10 on: 03 July 2009, 03:53 PM » |
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ok I got 6 out of 7!! When was the last time I did English literature again, NEVER!!!!!
I did my GCSE's 21 years ago (the first year of GCSE's by the way!!!) and I never did English Lit as I only studied Latin, English, French, German, Mathematics, History, Geography, Physics and Religion!!!
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« Reply #11 on: 03 July 2009, 04:06 PM » |
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I did my GCSE's 21 years ago (the first year of GCSE's by the way!!!) and I never did English Lit as I only studied Latin, English, French, German, Mathematics, History, Geography, Physics and Religion!!!
You studied some pretty heavy subjects there mate! I personally wouldn't have liked to have done them last year :/ |
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« Reply #12 on: 03 July 2009, 04:13 PM » |
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I did my GCSE's 21 years ago (the first year of GCSE's by the way!!!) and I never did English Lit as I only studied Latin, English, French, German, Mathematics, History, Geography, Physics and Religion!!!
You studied some pretty heavy subjects there mate! I personally wouldn't have liked to have done them last year :/ Tell me about it, although it took me 4 attempts to get my Physics GCSE  and the best/worst thing was I was in the top set for all of them! And I wasn't a geek either!!!  |
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« Reply #13 on: 03 July 2009, 04:16 PM » |
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They are really good qualifications to have though!
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« Reply #14 on: 03 July 2009, 04:20 PM » |
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They are really good qualifications to have though!
They did pay off as after Uni and 8 horrendous years at a Scottish Bank (the Royal one!!!!) I am now in Amsterdam with a fantastic job, and terrific new circle of friends. So I think it is true to say that an education CAN (not saying it definitely will as everyone is different) help with adult life! |
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« Reply #15 on: 03 July 2009, 04:39 PM » |
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it took me 4 attempts to get my Physics GCSE and the best/worst thing was I was in the top set for all of them! I know how that feels. I was in top set for everything, but when I was studying for my science exams (Physics, Chemistry & Biology) in year 10 I was getting E's and F's so they moved me down a set. So instead of doing the higher papers in year 11, I did resits in the year 10 modules at foundation level and did the year 11 modules at foundation too. Instead of coming out of school having failed all the science subjects, that step down got me two C's. Best thing they ever did for me! |
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« Reply #16 on: 03 July 2009, 08:08 PM » |
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Very well done Chris.
You are a fantastic example for some of the younger members of this forum who are just about coming to the end of their exams and possibly asking the question to themselves 'is all the effort worth it?'.
Well Chris as obviously worked hard and is now reaping the benefits - so enjoy your summer breaks, and get your heads down again in the new term and in a few years time you may very well be posting on here encouraging the next generation of Burnden Aces, with your success stories!
Well done on the 6 out of 7 as well Chris.
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« Reply #17 on: 03 July 2009, 08:30 PM » |
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Very well done Chris.
You are a fantastic example for some of the younger members of this forum who are just about coming to the end of their exams and possibly asking the question to themselves 'is all the effort worth it?'.
Well Chris as obviously worked hard and is now reaping the benefits - so enjoy your summer breaks, and get your heads down again in the new term and in a few years time you may very well be posting on here encouraging the next generation of Burnden Aces, with your success stories!
Well done on the 6 out of 7 as well Chris.
Thanks Sluffy, I actually suprised myself with that result. But there again thats what a lot of reading on thetrain does each day :-) |
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« Reply #18 on: 03 July 2009, 08:32 PM » |
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But there again thats what a lot of sleeping on the train does each day :-)
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« Reply #19 on: 03 July 2009, 08:42 PM » |
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But there again thats what a lot of sleeping on the train does each day :-)
Do not even remind me as I fell asleep on the train (from Amsterdam) and missed my station, last night (by 3 stations) and then had to get the last return trip back home (last train from Lelystad being midnight!). Normally I catch the last train from Amsterdam (at 130am) luckily I didn't last night! Otherwise it would have cost me about €80 euros by taxi from Lelystad back to Almere! |
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