BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
grade passes?
How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
envelope to reveal all Ds?
date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:44:50 -0700 (PDT)
author: allan tracy
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
allan tracy wrote:
> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> grade passes?
>
> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> envelope to reveal all Ds?
i like it when grrls reveal their Ds.
date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:38 +0100
author: Rob Bunner
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
"Rob Bunner" wrote in message
news:6ho6mrFms9asU1@mid.individual.net...
> allan tracy wrote:
>> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
>> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
>> grade passes?
>>
>> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
>> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
>
> i like it when grrls reveal their Ds.
>
Which nicely answers the question :)
AC
date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:35:24 +0100
author: AC
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
allan tracy wrote:
> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> grade passes?
>
> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> envelope to reveal all Ds?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
Scary.
--
neil h
google brights
date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:52:12 +0100
author: Neil Hopkins
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
allan tracy wrote:
> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> grade passes?
>
> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> envelope to reveal all Ds?
They ask the headmaster for a selection of pupils to film.
The headmaster picks the brightest 'safe-bet' pupils so as not to show
the school in a bad light.
The TV company picks the most photogenic from the selection who are also
least likely to moon the camera.
Obvious when you think about it.
date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:54:33 +0100
author: JR
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
"Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
> allan tracy wrote:
>> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
>> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
>> grade passes?
>>
>> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
>> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>
> Scary.
>
> --
What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
MC
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:04:41 +0100
author: MC t
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
"allan tracy" wrote in message
news:b6b78603-9f9d-4380-aa3a-288c5923dc7a@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> grade passes?
>
> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> envelope to reveal all Ds?
because it is literally impossible to score anything below a 'B' or a 'C'
grade unless the student is severly mentally retarded , these exams are so
fucking easy any monkey can get an 'A'.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:47:17 +0100
author: the_niner_nation
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On Aug 29, 2:04 am, "MC" <qw...@qwert.qwert> wrote:
> "Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
>
> news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > allan tracy wrote:
> >> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> >> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> >> grade passes?
>
> >> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> >> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>
> > Scary.
>
> > --
>
> What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
> still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
> only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
>
> MC
I saw that. Top marks (A star) is given for getting just 65%! and an A
grade for 51%! So you get half the questions wrong, which you could
probably do by guesswork, and get an A?!
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:44:32 -0700 (PDT)
author: Ed
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
allan tracy wrote:
> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> grade passes?
>
> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> envelope to reveal all Ds?
An excuse to show pretty teenage girls on TV.
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:53:25 +0100
author: jon
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On 29 Aug, 10:44, Ed wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2:04 am, "MC" <qw...@qwert.qwert> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
>
> >news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > > allan tracy wrote:
> > >> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> > >> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> > >> grade passes?
>
> > >> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> > >> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>
> > > Scary.
>
> > > --
>
> > What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
> > still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
> > only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
>
> > MC
>
> I saw that. Top marks (A star) is given for getting just 65%! and an A
> grade for 51%! So you get half the questions wrong, which you could
> probably do by guesswork, and get an A?!
Most people have probably seen these before but they deserve another
showing I think:
http://haha.nu/funny/funny-math/
Cheers
Jeff
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:43:27 -0700 (PDT)
author: Jeff Lawrence
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On Aug 29, 10:43 am, Jeff Lawrence wrote:
> On 29 Aug, 10:44, Ed wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 29, 2:04 am, "MC" <qw...@qwert.qwert> wrote:
>
> > > "Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
>
> > >news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > > > allan tracy wrote:
> > > >> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> > > >> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> > > >> grade passes?
>
> > > >> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> > > >> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>
> > > > Scary.
>
> > > > --
>
> > > What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
> > > still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
> > > only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
>
> > > MC
>
> > I saw that. Top marks (A star) is given for getting just 65%! and an A
> > grade for 51%! So you get half the questions wrong, which you could
> > probably do by guesswork, and get an A?!
>
> Most people have probably seen these before but they deserve another
> showing I think:http://haha.nu/funny/funny-math/
> Cheers
> Jeff- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
The 'find x' one is worth full marks IMHO
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
author: Ed
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>
> Most people have probably seen these before but they deserve another
> showing I think:
> http://haha.nu/funny/funny-math/
I think a few more hundred people should explain the triangles one.
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:35:42 +0100
author: John Rowland
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On 29 Aug, 12:31, Ed wrote:
> On Aug 29, 10:43 am, Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 29 Aug, 10:44, Ed wrote:
>
> > > On Aug 29, 2:04 am, "MC" <qw...@qwert.qwert> wrote:
>
> > > > "Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
>
> > > >news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > > > > allan tracy wrote:
> > > > >> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
> > > > >> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
> > > > >> grade passes?
>
> > > > >> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
> > > > >> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
> > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>
> > > > > Scary.
>
> > > > > --
>
> > > > What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
> > > > still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
> > > > only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
>
> > > > MC
>
> > > I saw that. Top marks (A star) is given for getting just 65%! and an A
> > > grade for 51%! So you get half the questions wrong, which you could
> > > probably do by guesswork, and get an A?!
>
> > Most people have probably seen these before but they deserve another
> > showing I think:http://haha.nu/funny/funny-math/
> > Cheers
> > Jeff- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> The 'find x' one is worth full marks IMHO
I see that the teacher has marked the actual position of the X with a
red pen but I don't know how
anyone would have been able to guess it correctly. But then I'm crap
at Spot the Ball too.
Cheers
Jeff
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
author: Jeff Lawrence
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:55:00 -0700 (PDT), Jeff Lawrence
wrote:
>On 29 Aug, 12:31, Ed wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 10:43 am, Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 29 Aug, 10:44, Ed wrote:
>>
>> > > On Aug 29, 2:04 am, "MC" <qw...@qwert.qwert> wrote:
>>
>> > > > "Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
>>
>> > > >news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> > > > > allan tracy wrote:
>> > > > >> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
>> > > > >> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
>> > > > >> grade passes?
>>
>> > > > >> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
>> > > > >> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>>
>> > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>>
>> > > > > Scary.
>>
>> > > > > --
>>
>> > > > What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
>> > > > still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
>> > > > only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
>>
>> > > > MC
>>
>> > > I saw that. Top marks (A star) is given for getting just 65%! and an A
>> > > grade for 51%! So you get half the questions wrong, which you could
>> > > probably do by guesswork, and get an A?!
>>
>> > Most people have probably seen these before but they deserve another
>> > showing I think:http://haha.nu/funny/funny-math/
>> > Cheers
>> > Jeff- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> > - Show quoted text -
>>
>> The 'find x' one is worth full marks IMHO
>
>I see that the teacher has marked the actual position of the X with a
>red pen but I don't know how
>anyone would have been able to guess it correctly. But then I'm crap
>at Spot the Ball too.
Beckham too.
--
Martin
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:02:17 +0200
author: Martin lid
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:44:32 -0700 (PDT), Ed
wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:
> On Aug 29, 2:04 am, "MC" <qw...@qwert.qwert> wrote:
>> "Neil Hopkins" wrote in message
>>
>> news:6hohfuFn3bg9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> > allan tracy wrote:
>> >> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
>> >> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
>> >> grade passes?
>>
>> >> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
>> >> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>>
>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm
>>
>> > Scary.
>>
>> > --
>>
>> What is more scary is that you can get three quaters of the paper wrong and
>> still get a C. No wonder more kids are getting C passes or above when they
>> only need to get a quater of the paper correct. Diabolical.
>>
>> MC
>
> I saw that. Top marks (A star) is given for getting just 65%! and an A
> grade for 51%! So you get half the questions wrong, which you could
> probably do by guesswork, and get an A?!
Doesn't it depend on how hard the questions are? When I took GCSE maths in
1995 my class (top set of 10 in the year) had a choice of higher (where you
could get grades A - C) or higher extension (A* - B). I didn't do too well
with some of the coursework but I shut the teacher up by getting an average
of 94% on the 2 mock papers and an A overall.
Sample Edexcel papers at http://www.edexcel.org.uk/quals/gcse/maths/lm/ab/.
It surprises me just how much stuff there is *only* used in maths lessons.
mh.
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date: 29 Aug 2008 11:02:28 GMT
author: Marcus Houlden
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Re: BBC News - Kids Passing Exams
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:38 +0100, Rob Bunner
wrote:
>allan tracy wrote:
>> Why do they only show clips of mostly girls screaming and hugging each
>> other in rapture after opening their results to reveal all straight A*
>> grade passes?
>>
>> How about giving us a nice clip of some over confidant sod opening the
>> envelope to reveal all Ds?
>
>
>i like it when grrls reveal their Ds.
>
>
>
>
While uttering the words " My cup is overflowing"
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:10:43 +0100
author: unknown
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