GCSE grading crisis: 'I'm having to retake English after getting D grade' (From Thisisdorset)
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GCSE grading crisis: 'I'm having to retake English after getting D grade'
9:19am Thursday 13th September 2012 in Latest
GCSE grading crisis: 'I'm having to retake my English exam'
STUDYING for GCSE English was harder for Brenna Snow than for most of her friends.
The 16-year-old is battling an incurable eye condition and needed endless hours of extra tuition to help her achieve her dream of a C grade and entry into sixth form.
Although she felt like giving up at times, she struggled on, confident that she would achieve the C grade she was predicted.
So it came as a huge shock when she discovered she had been given a D.
Brenna has already lost all central vision and is rapidly losing the peripheral vision she relies on. There is no cure and she will eventually lose her sight.
“I felt like giving up so many times and when I realised I only had a D, I thought it had all been a waste of time,” said Brenna, a student at Avonbourne College.
“I have been allowed to move into the sixth form at Avonbourne but now I have to retake English GCSE as well as doing A-levels in sociology, psychology and biology.”
Her mum, Nicola, added: “It seems so unfair because Brenna has had so much to cope with. I think it also affects the trust that students have in their teachers.
“She is now having to take an extra subject and do more work and that should not have happened.”
Comments(8)
BIGTONE
says...
10:04am Thu 13 Sep 12
A possibility to be looked at, is that the teachers were too enthusiastic in their predicted final grades.
After all,it is in the schools interest to get good grades and results in order to keep OFSTED of their backs.
andyjb10
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10:23am Thu 13 Sep 12
Now it's a simple case of dusting yourself off, trying again and fingers crossed, and with a bit more work, you'll gain the grades you require.
Unfortunately illness shouldn't be a guarantee for an easy path, life's not that easy.
scrumpyjack
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10:52am Thu 13 Sep 12
scrumpyjack wrote:But I would say you have my upmost sympathy over the eye condition - that really is appalling and must be terrifying.
Should have worked a bit harder then. Let's be honest it's not like you had one chance and one exam - those days are long gone.
Course work makes up a massive amount of the marks.
Pah kids today.
My heart goes out to you re that.
funkyferret
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12:03pm Thu 13 Sep 12
I hope it will ultimately work out for you as a fundamentally wrong error has occurred with these exams which needs correcting on a national level, but will take the time you don't have.
Remain strong & persevere.
muscliffman
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12:08pm Thu 13 Sep 12
If it did where would we propose drawing any lines?
E.G. I had a cold when I completed my GCSE course, can I appeal my grade upwards please?
However I have a good sense that this young lady will do rather well regardless of the GCSE English grade she achieves.
sea poole
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5:43pm Thu 13 Sep 12
polblagger
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8:41am Mon 17 Sep 12
If you want to be treated the same as everyone else the you have to put up with the same annoyances and frustrations as everyone else.
scrumpyjack says...
9:38am Thu 13 Sep 12
Course work makes up a massive amount of the marks.
Pah kids today.