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None, they were GCE's in my day and you either passed or you didn't and no silly grades like now. I got 6 GCE's and went on to do GCE A Levels.
The A levels were graded A to E for a pass. The thing I don't like about the GCSE grading is that students work hard, get passes and the ones who don't get A grades are made to feel as if they have failed which is not the case at all. A level grades are a bit of farce as Unis offer unconditional places as they need student fees and usually don't turn students away if they don't quite make the entrance grades. Getting a grade A or B or C at A level makes little odds any more.
None, that's why art school snapped me up as an outstanding student. . . . . . . . . . . actually I did rather well in the A Level equivalent here.
GCE’s. History Mathematics Geography Rural Science English Lang/lit ‘O’ Level Art. (From what I can remember from 1984). Then grade B motor maintenance and mechanical engineering on the good old YTS, in ‘85. (Still on the spanner’s today, but just for fun. Comes in handy).
My sons girlfriend did very well. However when I got sent her results I had no idea if it was good or bad. Due to this stupid numbering system. I needed explaining to me which kinda spoilt the moment. A bit like VAR. I can’t help thinking the new grade system will be meaningless to a lot of employers who are older than 12 as well.
12 O levels, 5 A levels, one C&G, one 2.2 degree. And one welding course attendance certificate. Its not the problem that universities let in anyone, its that a lot of perfectly good tech colleges and polytechnics called themselves universities. So then they took the less academic people they would have taken anyway to do the less academic courses they would have put on anyway. Top universities are still hard to get into, but they do use the trick discovered at Harvard where a group of A grade students come together. And some of them now have to be bottom of the class..which causes stress. So they let in a group of near-miss students who are so happy to be there that they are less stressed. And they keep all the A grade people at the top of the class, where they are less stressed.. And by the end, like with my eldest daughter, the less qualified ones make it through to the final year when some of the bright but lazy people have dropped out..
With the new grading, a pass in maths is 22% don't you get that just for turning up and putting your name in the right place. My GCSEs were terrible as I didn't bother as I had done an industry test before the exams and already had an apprenticeship to go to. Ive since done a HNC and a Degree while working
6 'O' Levels and 3 'A' Levels (Maths, Chemistry, and Biology), HND and post grad in photography and film making. Completely unrelated to my job, and now completely irrelevant I would think. Shows I was bright once I suppose! (Might explain a bit of my latent geekiness maybe)