Gcse students ,doesn't this just annoy you?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7431840.stm

what do you think?

Answer 1

well...havent they got a point? O.o

Answer 2

well my grandson is sitting his now and believe me they are not easy - and he has predicted BS so let them who think its easy sit them

Answer 3

Whoever says GCSE's have got easier, go and sit one lets see what you get and how easy you think they are.

Grrr

Answer 4

Maths is of course an important subject but even if you go into a demanding field other than maths, it can still be good for the economy, right? I've done my maths and managed to get an A but I worked my **** off for that. It obviously wasn't easy. There may be formula sheets and multiple choice questions, but how do you know what to circle or tick if you don't know how to work it out in the first place? Plus, the teachers do encourage you to learn the formulas despite having them in the paper which avoids flicking back to the first page. Also, a-levels are much harder and formulas are not simply given to you so if you learn to learn them at GSCE, it prepares you to learn them later on if you decide to take a-level or further maths. Its about the choices people make. A's and A*s are NOT simply handed out just like that. You have to work for it. I don't think these people have any idea how hard we work.

Answer 5

It is true so what's to think.  I spend a lot of time in India and the differrence in education standards between there and here is immense.  I went to university a mature student so was around 10 years older than the others in my year and it really showed in terms of academic ability.  Schools need to get back to teaching kids rather than just preparing them for tests. And why do kids who've just done the exams think they are qualified to comment - just because you found an exam hard does not make it a high standard.  Standards have fallen and As are handed out far too easily.

Answer 6

this annoys me... i took my GCSE's 3 years ago n my A-levels last year and they keep saying they are getting easier... they're not!!!

they're different to the past papers yes but not easier... teachers are just doing their jobs properly with the introduction of the national curriculum in '94

a couple of years ago there was a guy who believed they were getting easier than when he took his equivalents and got straight a's who took a GSCE paper and couldn't do it... therefore giving into the fact that they are not easier

Answer 7

what! gcses are easy??!!

like to see them try it..

heh!

Answer 8

That annoyed me too.

They just say that because more people are studying and want to do well.

I did the second part of my Maths GCSE yesterday and I didn't think it was easy.

Answer 9

id love to see them sit the gcse

the amount of work we put into them, yeh that article really annoyed me too

Answer 10

No matter how hard people work and no matter how difficult things are in reality, someone will always find a way of making it look like they could have done better.  It is a horrible way for the World to react, instead of rewarding people for the hard work that they put in, it is much easier to criticise.

It is a terrible way to look at things but far too common now.

Answer 11

exactly why does it matter surely it only matters that the students are passing the exams. what these evil people want is more kids to fail and end up on the streets):

Answer 12

lol its true though

my maths teacher told us that every year the government has to get a certain amount of students to get a c or above

so if they dont get this amount, which obv. they dont

they lower the grade boundreires so they reach there target

so i just think of it as

yey im taking an exam thats easier to pass

(not an eaisier exam)

but i do think its not fair that were seen as dumb when we put in alot of effort to achieve these grades

Answer 13

TBH i did find maths really easy.

Answer 14

lol ur a joker

yep but totally true

Answer 15

wait till you get to a-level :|

Answer 16

wel, i didnt read all of the articl but

i think mayb the papers wer easier than i xpected them 2 b but i dont want 2 tempt fate

i dont think any1 can proove that it was harder bac then, & also lesons ave changed

a A* is a A*, i dont think it maters if the papers r easier

it dos anoy me wen ppl say that they'r easier now but its not our fault

also

didnt any1 consider that mayb we r jst cleverer than them ^^