I don't think its my place to do anything really..as much as I would love to. I will try and convince my dad, but probably wont be too successful :(

Yeah, i suppose it's up to him really.

Was this an official GCSE paper that he wrote the comment in? :conf:

I dont know if it was coursework or one of the exams..but yeah it was a proper GCSE thing

Apparently things have changed since I was at school and now the 'exam' side of it is split into one near the end of year 10 and the ones at the end of year 11 or something?

Oh, yeah, probably the coursework - I was really confused for a minute because at our school our teachers weren't even allowed in the room when the exams were handed out, let alone look through our answers after we had finished. :laugh:

That's still completely ridiculous though. In one of my French speaking assessments we had to talk about school, our teachers etc and we were actively encouraged to mention the positives and negatives to each one to show you are able to do that, so I said something along the lines of "I love my English teacher, he is very nice and kind to us but my Maths teacher is very nasty and strict." I got an B for it - though not because it was a terrible thing to say, just because i'm not very good at it. If I wrote it at A* standard like your brother then they would have given me one without any issue. :shrug: And 'nasty' is harsher than 'unpleasant'!

If he wants to apply to medical school then he'll be competing against people with straight A*s across the board in both GCSE AND A Level. Would one B affect his chances? No, not really, but his application would obviously look better if he had his deserved A* grade instead. I wouldn't give up on trying to get it.

Outrageous! Don't ask the question if you don't want to hear the answer. Get your MP involved, get him/her to contact the minister for Education... make a massive fuss! B*stards....