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Red Moon · 26-09-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by Rice_Square
I see i only got 1 d thats was the highest grade i got now Im redoing a year of GCSE again and Im only allowed to retake english and maths such a p**s take.

Where are you retaking them? And what other grades did you get (the subjects are unimportant)?

CassetteFinger · 26-09-2007, 10:05 PM

At my secondary school i carried on well i got
1-D
3-E's
1-F
1-G
1-U

Red Moon · 26-09-2007, 10:12 PM

You could go to a college and do a level 1 qualification that would give you 4 D's at the end of year. While you are doing the that course you could also study extra maths and english and retake those at GCSE level.

Next year you take a level 2 qualification which lasts another years and that will give you 4 C's.

Now we are rolling because with 4C's you can start a level 3 course that will get you to University.

Okay it's taken longer than most people to get there, but with hard work you can get there. School isn't for everyone and sometimes they mess up. I know people that have worked hard get HND's, Foundation Degree's or even Honors Degrees with the grades you have got. Just takes the right type of teaching and approach.

So why not you?

Also while you are doing this you can pick a subject area you are good and drop the area's you don't like.

Give your local college a call and go see them. It still might not be too late to start.

Lauren · 26-09-2007, 10:17 PM

Good luck Rice_Square, you can do it!
Nothing is ever out of anyones reach.

Red Moon · 26-09-2007, 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by Lauren
Good luck Rice_Square, you can do it!
Nothing is ever out of anyones reach.

I agree Lauren, you just have to believe in yourself.

CassetteFinger · 26-09-2007, 11:14 PM

Wow thanks guys red thats so much help thanks and thanks lauren for the good luck

Red Moon · 26-09-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by Rice_Square
Wow thanks guys red thats so much help thanks and thanks lauren for the good luck

You can do it... just believe in yourself.... Lauren's good luck will get you started and you can do the rest

Prove that school wrong and when you get as far as you want to go... take all the qualifications and wave them in their sorry face and tell them where to go

Matt08 · 26-09-2007, 11:22 PM

I think that exams are a bad way to see what someone's ability is like. Some people worry in exams and get worked up so they don't get the grades they deserve.

Red Moon · 26-09-2007, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by Matthew
I think that exams are a bad way to see what someone's ability is like. Some people worry in exams and get worked up so they don't get the grades they deserve.

I agree and that is where vocational courses come in. Not everyone is good at exams. Even the Universities have noted this and course work is an important part of any degree.

Once you leave School what value does the coaching in how to pass exams have? Very little. It's good for Government league tables but it's no measure of a person.

Rice Square is a good example of how the system fails people through the examination system. I'm sure he has more potential then his results would suggest. He has been wasted by the system.

For him it is time to prove them wrong and show he is not going to be beaten.

Lauren · 26-09-2007, 11:55 PM

This is why FE colleges with vocational routes are very important - although they have an examination element, they also take into account the indvidual and determination through hard work to allow someone to get far, despite them not being able to vomit facts like a robot (which, generally, most exams require despite this not showing any real intellect).

Red's advice is sound - do it for yourself, but also do it to throw it back in the face of anyone who thought you couldn't do it - and this is the one of the main things that I personally attribute to me getting into University.

From primary school they thought I had dyscalculia whereby I couldn't do maths - at all. I passed my maths GCSE just to show them that with the right encouragement on their part I could have gained even higher.
Then, I was in hospital during my AS levels so every single one of my teachers lowered my predicted A Level grades to CCC and below - so on results day when I got ABB(last was a C but coursework is being remarked as it was 2 marks off) not only did I feel proud of myself but I felt happy that I was able to show teachers that sometimes encouragement is all it takes.

(Actually... I'll quickly outline a sociological study done on this; they found that if they made pupils take fake mock tests and then randomly selected 50% of students and told the teacher that those were the ones that were going to pass because of their "mock" scores - the teachers showed them more encouragement and it turns out that despite being randomly selected they all were the top achievers in the forthcoming examinations).

I appear to have gone off on a tangent here - but the moral of my story is this: Don't let anyone make you believe you can't do something, because all that means is they've given you ground to prove them wrong.

Legend · 27-09-2007, 09:39 PM

I'm thinking of Uni, thinking of a lot of diff courses and a lot of diff Uni's to go to ... preferably far away.

Luckily I don't even have to start going to open days or applying for another year.

Red Moon · 27-09-2007, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by Legend
I'm thinking of Uni, thinking of a lot of diff courses and a lot of diff Uni's to go to ... preferably far away.

Luckily I don't even have to start going to open days or applying for another year.

Good luck and I hope the links help you find one that is good at what you want to do.

Ask them if they have access to this site from campus, we would hate to lose you.

Tom4784 · 27-09-2007, 10:10 PM

I was going to go to Uni but I decided against it, I'll be happy enough with my college qualifications.

gracie24 · 27-09-2007, 10:12 PM

I'm applying this year and I'm really worried about writing my personal statement!

Bells · 28-09-2007, 09:26 PM

I’m going through the application process this year, but a year early. I'm kind of glad because I want to take a gap year, particularly to sort my A levels out - I'm not doing too well at the moment. I'm doing difficult subjects and expect to get ABC, but would like to get higher for university.