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oh well it is only this long till the "im so clever" or "i think im going to curl up in a corner and die" threads start, with the joy that is results day. Good luck to anyone who did exams! And try not to worry about em as there is nothing you can do now and you can always sue the exam board later if they muck your exams up! lol
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Mr Ripper wrote:
> But it doesn't mean that such traits mean that they cannot succeed if
> they'd tried, which makes them all the more annoying.
I don't quite see what point you're trying to make...people who get bad grades annoy you, whether capable of achieving As or not?
> Of course you can. I could have told you my a level grades the day I
> finished my exams, and I would have been spot on.
Clearly, not all of us are as brilliant as you.
> If you go into an exam thinking you know the answers, then you
> probably won't do as well as you think you will. I went into the exam
> KNOWING how to answer the questions. In theory, so should everyone who
> takes them.
If you go into an exam thinking you know the answers, why won't you do as well? Maybe you think you know all the answers because you've learned and revised all the relevant material, meaning you could correctly answer any and every question asked? It's surely only people who falsely think they know the answers that will most likely do badly...then again, they may even fluke it and get easy questions.
And really, if you think you know the answers, you should know HOW to answer as well.
> Expectation as in what the education system expects
> of you as a student, not how your teachers expect you to perform.
What do you mean by that?
> you are clearly to self absorbed by your own desire to be afraid.
What?
> Tell me what the point is of being worried about something you can no
> longer influence?
You can be worried of the consequences the thing in question will have, obviously.
> But it doesn't mean that such traits mean that they cannot succeed if
> they'd tried, which makes them all the more annoying.
I don't quite see what point you're trying to make...people who get bad grades annoy you, whether capable of achieving As or not?
> Of course you can. I could have told you my a level grades the day I
> finished my exams, and I would have been spot on.
Clearly, not all of us are as brilliant as you.
> If you go into an exam thinking you know the answers, then you
> probably won't do as well as you think you will. I went into the exam
> KNOWING how to answer the questions. In theory, so should everyone who
> takes them.
If you go into an exam thinking you know the answers, why won't you do as well? Maybe you think you know all the answers because you've learned and revised all the relevant material, meaning you could correctly answer any and every question asked? It's surely only people who falsely think they know the answers that will most likely do badly...then again, they may even fluke it and get easy questions.
And really, if you think you know the answers, you should know HOW to answer as well.
> Expectation as in what the education system expects
> of you as a student, not how your teachers expect you to perform.
What do you mean by that?
> you are clearly to self absorbed by your own desire to be afraid.
What?
> Tell me what the point is of being worried about something you can no
> longer influence?
You can be worried of the consequences the thing in question will have, obviously.
El blokey wrote:
> Well, those are the types of people that usually fail, but that's
> understandable because of the things you've listed.
But it doesn't mean that such traits mean that they cannot succeed if they'd tried, which makes them all the more annoying.
> Once again, b*ll*cks. People can not be sure whether they've gotten a
> good enough mark to pass with a certain grade or, if it's a subjective
> paper like English, think they could have added this, elaborated on
> that etc.
Of course you can. I could have told you my a level grades the day I finished my exams, and I would have been spot on. I knew economics like the back of my hand, concentrating on the relationship between market factors rather than on useless examples. I knew I would never get anything other than an A, and that's exactly what I got. Top of the county by some distance.
Pure maths, I knew very well, but allowed some of the finer points to escape me, since I knew I'd never have practical application for them. I didn't mind doing this, since I knew enough to ensure at least a B, which again is what I got. Applied maths, I only learned half of, that half being mechanics. I didn't care at all for the statistics part of the course, since beyond working out the odds of winning the lottery, there is no practical applicati for it. I knew I could never get better than a C knowing only half the course. Surprisingly, I got a C.
If you go into an exam thinking you know the answers, then you probably won't do as well as you think you will. I went into the exam KNOWING how to answer the questions. In theory, so should everyone who takes them.
> If you're expected to fail and you do, how can you say there's nothing
> to be concerned about? The test you're sitting may be your A-levels,
> and mean you cannot get into a good University. It might be a test for
> your driver's license, meaning you'll have to pay more money and wait
> even longer to drive.
you misunderstand. Expectation as in what the education system expects of you as a student, not how your teachers expect you to perform. And failing a driving test is almost always down to nerves anyway. If you weren't afraid of the result, the result would inherently improve, another argument against worrying.
> What you're saying is clearly stupid. Please stop.
No, you are clearly to self absorbed by your own desire to be afraid. Tell me what the point is of being worried about something you can no longer influence?
Utter stupidity.
> Well, those are the types of people that usually fail, but that's
> understandable because of the things you've listed.
But it doesn't mean that such traits mean that they cannot succeed if they'd tried, which makes them all the more annoying.
> Once again, b*ll*cks. People can not be sure whether they've gotten a
> good enough mark to pass with a certain grade or, if it's a subjective
> paper like English, think they could have added this, elaborated on
> that etc.
Of course you can. I could have told you my a level grades the day I finished my exams, and I would have been spot on. I knew economics like the back of my hand, concentrating on the relationship between market factors rather than on useless examples. I knew I would never get anything other than an A, and that's exactly what I got. Top of the county by some distance.
Pure maths, I knew very well, but allowed some of the finer points to escape me, since I knew I'd never have practical application for them. I didn't mind doing this, since I knew enough to ensure at least a B, which again is what I got. Applied maths, I only learned half of, that half being mechanics. I didn't care at all for the statistics part of the course, since beyond working out the odds of winning the lottery, there is no practical applicati for it. I knew I could never get better than a C knowing only half the course. Surprisingly, I got a C.
If you go into an exam thinking you know the answers, then you probably won't do as well as you think you will. I went into the exam KNOWING how to answer the questions. In theory, so should everyone who takes them.
> If you're expected to fail and you do, how can you say there's nothing
> to be concerned about? The test you're sitting may be your A-levels,
> and mean you cannot get into a good University. It might be a test for
> your driver's license, meaning you'll have to pay more money and wait
> even longer to drive.
you misunderstand. Expectation as in what the education system expects of you as a student, not how your teachers expect you to perform. And failing a driving test is almost always down to nerves anyway. If you weren't afraid of the result, the result would inherently improve, another argument against worrying.
> What you're saying is clearly stupid. Please stop.
No, you are clearly to self absorbed by your own desire to be afraid. Tell me what the point is of being worried about something you can no longer influence?
Utter stupidity.
I was going to say arrogant, but it sounded wrong. Pompous will do.
I reckon I'll get:
Politics: A
Biology: A
History: A/B
Chemistry: B/C
I suck at Chemistry.
I reckon I'll get:
Politics: A
Biology: A
History: A/B
Chemistry: B/C
I suck at Chemistry.
Mr Ripper wrote:
I have no sympathy for the inherently stupid.
In my opinion exams don't show your real intelligence so if you fail it doesn't make you stupid in my opinion... however if you don't study you're a bit stupid... er yeah
As for the "academics" who do do revision, and still worry
and postulate as to the outcome of their exams, this is often just
pathetic attention seeking, especially in women who just crave being told that everything will be fine.
DAMN RIGHT... I was so fed up doing exams and hearing from females in my class who were getting 93% and 97% all putting on this act how worried they when they well know they'll pass easy.
I never talk through exams when I finish them... I hate people that ask:
" What you get for number 6? I got B but I think it might be C? What did you put? eh? eh? " so I usually make up answers to confuse and worry them.
I have no sympathy for the inherently stupid.
In my opinion exams don't show your real intelligence so if you fail it doesn't make you stupid in my opinion... however if you don't study you're a bit stupid... er yeah
As for the "academics" who do do revision, and still worry
and postulate as to the outcome of their exams, this is often just
pathetic attention seeking, especially in women who just crave being told that everything will be fine.
DAMN RIGHT... I was so fed up doing exams and hearing from females in my class who were getting 93% and 97% all putting on this act how worried they when they well know they'll pass easy.
I never talk through exams when I finish them... I hate people that ask:
" What you get for number 6? I got B but I think it might be C? What did you put? eh? eh? " so I usually make up answers to confuse and worry them.
Mr Ripper wrote:
> Take chunks at my comments if you will, but I was sick of people
> whinging when I did my exams. Idiots who did no revision, and wondered
> why the questions were so hard. Morons who sat at the back of the
> class staring at the ceiling, suddenly wondering why they didn't know
> any of the answers.
Well, those are the types of people that usually fail, but that's understandable because of the things you've listed.
> As for the "academics" who do do revision, and still worry
> and postulate as to the outcome of their exams, this is often just
> pathetic attention seeking, especially in women who just crave being
> told that everything will be fine.
Once again, b*ll*cks. People can not be sure whether they've gotten a good enough mark to pass with a certain grade or, if it's a subjective paper like English, think they could have added this, elaborated on that etc.
> I'm sure you'll all go on to say how "pompous" or
> "arrogant" I sound. But at the end of the day, if you've
> done what's expected of you, you have very little to be concerned
> about.
If you're expected to fail and you do, how can you say there's nothing to be concerned about? The test you're sitting may be your A-levels, and mean you cannot get into a good University. It might be a test for your driver's license, meaning you'll have to pay more money and wait even longer to drive.
What you're saying is clearly stupid. Please stop.
> Take chunks at my comments if you will, but I was sick of people
> whinging when I did my exams. Idiots who did no revision, and wondered
> why the questions were so hard. Morons who sat at the back of the
> class staring at the ceiling, suddenly wondering why they didn't know
> any of the answers.
Well, those are the types of people that usually fail, but that's understandable because of the things you've listed.
> As for the "academics" who do do revision, and still worry
> and postulate as to the outcome of their exams, this is often just
> pathetic attention seeking, especially in women who just crave being
> told that everything will be fine.
Once again, b*ll*cks. People can not be sure whether they've gotten a good enough mark to pass with a certain grade or, if it's a subjective paper like English, think they could have added this, elaborated on that etc.
> I'm sure you'll all go on to say how "pompous" or
> "arrogant" I sound. But at the end of the day, if you've
> done what's expected of you, you have very little to be concerned
> about.
If you're expected to fail and you do, how can you say there's nothing to be concerned about? The test you're sitting may be your A-levels, and mean you cannot get into a good University. It might be a test for your driver's license, meaning you'll have to pay more money and wait even longer to drive.
What you're saying is clearly stupid. Please stop.
Take chunks at my comments if you will, but I was sick of people whinging when I did my exams. Idiots who did no revision, and wondered why the questions were so hard. Morons who sat at the back of the class staring at the ceiling, suddenly wondering why they didn't know any of the answers.
I have no sympathy for the inherently stupid.
As for the "academics" who do do revision, and still worry and postulate as to the outcome of their exams, this is often just pathetic attention seeking, especially in women who just crave being told that everything will be fine.
Insecurity just isn't attractive to me.
I'm sure you'll all go on to say how "pompous" or "arrogant" I sound. But at the end of the day, if you've done what's expected of you, you have very little to be concerned about.
I have no sympathy for the inherently stupid.
As for the "academics" who do do revision, and still worry and postulate as to the outcome of their exams, this is often just pathetic attention seeking, especially in women who just crave being told that everything will be fine.
Insecurity just isn't attractive to me.
I'm sure you'll all go on to say how "pompous" or "arrogant" I sound. But at the end of the day, if you've done what's expected of you, you have very little to be concerned about.
Mr Ripper wrote:
> Lack of confidence is hardly a virtue, be you academic or otherwise.
> Either you master your fears, or your fears master you.
>
> Life is game, play to win, or expect to lose.
Who says it is a virtue? but it is a fact of life. Surely getting good grades is conquering your fears not cocky and arrogant talk like yours which probably deserves failure for being completely stuck up and pompous.
> Lack of confidence is hardly a virtue, be you academic or otherwise.
> Either you master your fears, or your fears master you.
>
> Life is game, play to win, or expect to lose.
Who says it is a virtue? but it is a fact of life. Surely getting good grades is conquering your fears not cocky and arrogant talk like yours which probably deserves failure for being completely stuck up and pompous.
Stryke wrote:
> Mine are on the 15th. AS's that is. I need AAAB/AABB to even stand a
> chance of getting into Oxford. So I'm nervous.
good luck. Ive got a2 level results on 15th! Geography,economics,english
> Mine are on the 15th. AS's that is. I need AAAB/AABB to even stand a
> chance of getting into Oxford. So I'm nervous.
good luck. Ive got a2 level results on 15th! Geography,economics,english
What happens if you are sure of your results... you're sure you failed and you do... then do you deserve to pass?
hehe
hehe
Mr Ripper wrote:
> If you are unsure of your results to the point of being worried or
> even concerned, then you probably don't deserve to pass.
B*ll*cks.
> If you are unsure of your results to the point of being worried or
> even concerned, then you probably don't deserve to pass.
B*ll*cks.
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