New Posts For Thread: GCSE Resultshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-resultsIncredible performance from the students.Getting higher grades than last year, despite the exams being tougher.Amazing.Until the government set up a system whereby the kids coming out of school/college/university have skills and qualifications that meet the jobs market, we aren't going to do very well.Main problem, as I see it, is the Universities are a law unto themhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555406985#555406985Until the government set up a system whereby the kids coming out of school/college/university have skills and qualifications that meet the jobs market, we aren't going to do very well.Main problem, as I see it, is the Universities are a law unto themTue, 28 Aug 2018 03:02:50 -0500I honestly believe that until governments change and put a little less emphasis on achieving high exam grades, we are doomed.We need children who find exams and academic rigour difficult,to feel they can leave school and learn a trade that floats thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555400641#555400641I honestly believe that until governments change and put a little less emphasis on achieving high exam grades, we are doomed.We need children who find exams and academic rigour difficult,to feel they can leave school and learn a trade that floats theMon, 27 Aug 2018 11:54:44 -0500Of course not everyone should be working, not everyone is suited to ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555400225#555400225Of course not everyone should be working, not everyone is suited to itMon, 27 Aug 2018 11:22:37 -0500Haha , good point , but you should be working at 14 imohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555400193#555400193Haha , good point , but you should be working at 14 imoMon, 27 Aug 2018 11:20:46 -0500On the other hand, afternoons in school were bloody interminable. There wasn't a morning when I didn't turn the corner into Lascelles Road praying the school buildings had been razed to the ground overnight.So, yes. You do have a point. I mean, I toohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555400189#555400189On the other hand, afternoons in school were bloody interminable. There wasn't a morning when I didn't turn the corner into Lascelles Road praying the school buildings had been razed to the ground overnight.So, yes. You do have a point. I mean, I tooMon, 27 Aug 2018 11:20:40 -0500You can't enter betting shops until you're 18, so you have to do something to pass the time.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555400091#555400091You can't enter betting shops until you're 18, so you have to do something to pass the time.Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:14:06 -0500In all honesty sfbtw is there any point in going to school after the age of 14 ?people never seem to leave school nowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555399887#555399887In all honesty sfbtw is there any point in going to school after the age of 14 ?people never seem to leave school nowMon, 27 Aug 2018 11:02:05 -0500There have always been different examination boards offering differing levels of difficulty.Back in the 1970s at my grammar school we were all entered for O level and A level papers set by the Oxford board, precisely because these were advertised ashttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555399031#555399031There have always been different examination boards offering differing levels of difficulty.Back in the 1970s at my grammar school we were all entered for O level and A level papers set by the Oxford board, precisely because these were advertised asMon, 27 Aug 2018 10:12:06 -0500According to her, they are harder! I can't see any evidence they are one way or the other!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555397721#555397721According to her, they are harder! I can't see any evidence they are one way or the other!!Mon, 27 Aug 2018 08:25:25 -0500My daughter did igcse's...Another thing to add to the mixhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441207/gcse-results?post_id=555397691#555397691My daughter did igcse's...Another thing to add to the mixMon, 27 Aug 2018 08:23:54 -0500