I also did Comms Studies
but this was in 1997, because I'm younger than you BUT I look like I only did it in 2003.

I have nothing further to add.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:45, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

At my 6th Form College
Communications Studies was sneered at as a fake A Level for spackers and mongs. Only one step above PE or woodwork CSE.

This means you are a fucking epic Deacon.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:50, Reply)

was at my place to
along with art and sociology (the other 2 I did)

but at least I look a proper age not like baby-face kroney
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:51, Reply)

When are you next dressing up like Grotbags and running around Burnham Beeches?
I have a hankering for nerd bashing.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:54, Reply)

august bank holiday
Locko park Derby. there will be about 4000 there
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:56, Reply)

Oh that's a shame, i'll be getting some action then
Could you re-schedule?
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:59, Reply)

I think there's one in the same place weekend after this one
but you'll have to beat up other nerds, because I won't be there
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:00, Reply)

I took it because it got me points for university and it was a light choice
epic deacon criminal fucking mastermind.

The joke's on me, though. Turns out neither A Levels or degrees are worth anything at all.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:52, Reply)

I learned my lesson when I did my GCSEs.
Took typing as my 'fuck about and do shit all' class, and it was my only 'D'.

Gah.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:53, Reply)

heh
happens to the kids who take our a level as they think it's piss-easy.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:57, Reply)

I got lots of Ds
Just one more way in which I'm better than you.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:57, Reply)

Because I went to a grammar school
our results were counted in terms of O Level passes rather than GCSE passes. This meant I was down in the records as having 8 passes not 9.

Now they get 11 or 12 GCSEs and all get bloody A*. Bastard fucking kids.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 26 Jul 2011, 17:59, Reply)

Did you hear that they're planning on introducing a grade above A*
because too many people are getting A*s? Why has it not occurred to them to restructure the marking levels?
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:01, Reply)

because then an A now wouldn't
mean the same thing as an A the year before. And there are enough bloody systems already
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:02, Reply)

What does that matter?
Nobody who hires anybody gives a shit what grades you get anyway.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:04, Reply)

would you rather have a pass/fail system then?
they have those for national diploma and it's shit
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:05, Reply)

No, I'd rather they gave students a decent education
instead of grooming them specifically in the areas they're going to get tested in.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:06, Reply)

that's what happens at a level (in our subject anyway)
the whole getting them to do things just to pass is, in my opinion, national diplomas
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:07, Reply)

oh yeah
and less testing and stupid pointless paperwork would help

/workrant
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:08, Reply)

With respect, you're wrong.
How on God's earth has Freefair, for example, managed to score as many good predicted grades as he has when he's barely capable of spelling a word correctly, much less forming coherent sentences.

I dread to think what that boy's exam paper's going to look like, but tell me he won't score highly.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:09, Reply)

Teachers are told not to count spelling and grammar.
It's more important that the children can express themselves.

This is exactly why the world will be employing Brits as toilet cleaners in twenty years.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:11, Reply)

No no, you're thinking of national diplomas

( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:12, Reply)

Oh man, I've got a right grump on now.

( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:14, Reply)

talk about something else, then
this is a bit worky for me, too
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:15, Reply)

yeah
this pisses me off a bit - yeah I may not be teaching them English but I should be able to point out when they spell wrong
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:14, Reply)

Japanese robots will be cleaning toilets.
Brits will be emptying the shit out of the robots. With their bare hands.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:14, Reply)

I sometimes feel I should be having children
if only to raise the average national IQ.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)

we no longer need IQ
we need poo scooping skills
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)

When I'm queen I'm going to make it The Law that people with brains have kids.
Then I'm going to exterminate the Jews.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:17, Reply)

I won't be having any
because I will find them dreadful and appalling. I will then try to correct their piss poor education and get them beaten up by their peers instead.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:17, Reply)

Hate to agree with him, but writing online
and writing an essay are two different things (I'm not sure my sentences are all post graduate level :)). Also, he's only GCSE, remember? You won't find many 16 year olds who are much better at it. Admittedly there are a lot more that are less twatish. Having a decent education doesn't stop you being a cock.

Perhaps that's a module I could advocate: How to Not Be A Cock on the Internet.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:14, Reply)

When I was at school
I was taught to read and write before age 10. After that, incorrect spelling and grammar got you marked down.
( Kroney, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)

you're looking older....
:)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:17, Reply)

I keep banging on about the German education system
and I will continue to advocate it.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:06, Reply)

I seem to remember an A was a 70% pass
you know, back in the stone age when I did my GCSEs.

It's probably about 40% now.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:02, Reply)

You get an A for turning up.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:04, Reply)

I got a handjob for turning up to my O level physics exam.
True story. Ish.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)

Your mum was a real motivator

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:40, Reply)