hazard Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 she did them a year early so she can now do higher level science in september and english literture she did english language this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Congratulations all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hi all On tenterhooks here I Picked up YD's Results today they have been burning a hole in my handbag all day YD is on hols other DD is driving to join her as I type She has the results envelope with her I am determined to stay up until the results are in KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 what happened then.....? My ED got an A in her RS half course, and A*s in her biology, chemistry and physics year 10 modules for triple science and an A and another A* in her yr 10 maths modules to go with the A* that she got ealier in the year. She is very happy and we are very proud. Her brother is less pleased because she is setting the bar pretty high for him and their little sis Well done to all for a fab set of results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Well done to all who got their results yesterday. Good luck for the future Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I took English Language and RE a year early back in 1983 . Anybody taking music also did it a year early. I went to an all girls grammar school and the reasoning behind it at our school was that ASs could be taken early or extra O levels could be taken if the courses couldn't be fitted in with the original timetable. They used to encourage people wanting to go into medicine or veterinary sciences to do a 1 year latin O level course during this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Well Done to everybody. The reasoning to why we took Maths a year earlier was because we needed stretching and challenging as we were so good. There were 16 people in our class and 13 people achieved A* and the other 3 got As. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 well done everyone, times have changed when i went to a catholic girls school only one girl got 8 A's (O levels). It amazes me that without much effort my daughter got 8b's and 2 a's few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 we needed stretching and challenging as we were so good. Where's that trumpet Liz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I took English Language and RE a year early back in 1983 . Anybody taking music also did it a year early. I went to an all girls grammar school and the reasoning behind it at our school was that ASs could be taken early or extra O levels could be taken if the courses couldn't be fitted in with the original timetable. They used to encourage people wanting to go into medicine or veterinary sciences to do a 1 year latin O level course during this time. ditto, remember 'Caecilius est in culina"? etc etc was it a Liverpool grammar school Jan? I went to Bellerive convent grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 we needed stretching and challenging as we were so good. Where's that trumpet Liz? In other words we were getting bored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Congratulations to everyone, I wish you all well with whatever you are doing next. My Daugther got 4 B's, 4 C's and a D I think I've missed a couple. She is off to college on a catering course, she starts on the 8th. She has completely changed in the last few weeks, because her life is changng so much, she's got a moped to get her to college and today she has started working in Waitrose so it's all change for her. I'm really proud of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Very well done! And if you haven't posted 'cos it didn't work out as well as you'd hoped, remember it will all be water under the bridge in a few years - it's a (very) long time since anyone asked me what I got for 'o' levels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I took English Language and RE a year early back in 1983 . Anybody taking music also did it a year early. I went to an all girls grammar school and the reasoning behind it at our school was that ASs could be taken early or extra O levels could be taken if the courses couldn't be fitted in with the original timetable. They used to encourage people wanting to go into medicine or veterinary sciences to do a 1 year latin O level course during this time. ditto, remember 'Caecilius est in culina"? etc etc was it a Liverpool grammar school Jan? I went to Bellerive convent grammar. I went to Convent of Mercy (Broughton Hall) in West Derby. My Mum went to Bellerive. Small world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 so did my mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlsMum Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 That's really true, alot of people on here seem to be very talented at passing exams, the main thing is that you attain your potential. The world wouldn't function with all accademics. Be proud of your own achievements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Some great results there and a whole heap of people who have every right to be massively proud of themselves or their family members, so very, very well done to you all. I agree though, not everyone will have results that they want to boast about...it seems to me that the Omlet forum has a disproportionate number of very academically able youngsters, and there's nowt wrong with that, credit where credit's due for all that hard work, and good GCSE results will no doubt smooth the pathway for continued academic study. But well done to everyone who survived the whole GCSE experience, regardless of results, it's a demanding, stressful time and not everyone is capable of achieving the top grades...thank goodnes. Academic high achievers are very much needed, but so are those who are practical, artistic, kind & caring.....even if they don't possess a whole heap of GCSEs So, huge congratulations to you all My darling offspring are taking their exams in November this year, Immy's got NCEA1's (GCSE equivalents) Seb's got NCEA2's (AS equivalents) but there just isn't the same pressure to get good results over here...whole different mentality. Seb should be working for exams but today he flew down down to Nelson (S.Island) to represent the school in the Soccer National Tournament...so much more important- for the school - than boring old exams . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 She got an A the rest B's double awards science etc b/c s Not bad not as good as she could have done though but there are kids who will have done a hell of a lot worse so all in all we are pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Congrats to all with wonderful passes, commiserations to those who haven't got what they wanted, but remember Alan Sugar is now a Lord, so some people get to the top without qualifications. Probably helps if you are a little ruthless, so maybe not the best example. Albert Einstein was not too good at school, but look what he did (my hero)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Congratulations to everyone but I also second (or should that be third) what Cate in NZ and Koojie say. In life you can achieve more usually by hard work and a good attitude than qualifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
