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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Snoopy on September 26, 2007, 11:04:43 AM
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Minister aims to show exams are not easier
Sep 26 2007 by Maria Breslin, Liverpool Echo
SCHOOLS secretary Ed Balls today aimed to the end allegations that exams are getting easier.
He announced plans to split the current exam watchdogs into two independent bodies which will regularly report direct to Parliament rather than to ministers.
He told the Labour conference the move would ensure no-one could claim results were being artificially massaged to pump up pass rates.
I want to stop young people being told that the GCSE or A-level grades they are proud of are not worth what they used to be.
?I want parents, universities, employers and young people themselves to be confident that standards are being maintained.?
He said the fact that the existing Qualifications and Curriculum Authority reports to ministers rather than to Parliament makes it harder to demonstrate that it is acting independently.
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Because the syllabus has changed
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To make it easier ..... exactly.
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Tell that to Miss Snoopy.
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Tell that to Miss Snoopy.
Yes ~ That'll be the Miss Snoopy who is 14yo, top of the year group for English and spells Bully as Bulie would it? The very same Miss Snoopy who is in top set for Maths but doesn't know any table beyond the six times?
But Hey! Why should she? Her computer has a calculator and spell checker innit ::)
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eeek:
I blame the parents.
Runs off to phtograph Miss Netball Kit
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Me too ~ she should be beaten regularly and not educated # after all she is only a breeding machine.
That should earn me praise when Allah takes over
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cussing: censored: cussing:
That is what my Grandmother said to me before I went to Uni. cussing:
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Granny knows best
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That should earn me praise when Allah takes over
cussing: censored: cussing:
That is what my Grandmother said to me before I went to Uni. cussing:
Was Granny a Muslim then?
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That should earn me praise when Allah takes over
cussing: censored: cussing:
That is what my Grandmother said to me before I went to Uni. cussing:
Was Granny a Muslim then?
drumroll:
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Granny knows best
Seeing as I dropped out after a year and a half, yes she was, complete waste of money! redface:
DS
Banghead
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Seeing as I dropped out after a year and a half, yes she was, complete waste of money! redface:
Ahh come on now - wot about the parties , the student Union Wednesday night Disco, the lazy mornings in the canteen or in bed (it was a difficult choice back then lol:) etc. Got to be worth every penny for that cloud9:
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For me yes eyes: I learnt many things. For my Dad hmmm, not so much. eeek:
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For me yes eyes: I learnt many things. For my Dad hmmm, not so much. eeek:
Don't worry as long as your happy - he'll be happy happy001
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For me yes eyes: I learnt many things. For my Dad hmmm, not so much. eeek:
I know all about daughters thank you. evil:
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For me yes eyes: I learnt many things. For my Dad hmmm, not so much. eeek:
I know all about daughters thank you. evil:
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Fortunately, I don't.
Though my sister told me that my mum said to her (when in her teens), "If you ever get pregnant it will kill your father."
I think the "ever " was a bit OTT.
She got pregnant at 17 eeek:
My Mum gave her a hard time. Then we found out that my parents had been adding a year to their wedding anniversaries to conceal the fact that my mum was pregnant (6 months) when she got married eeek:
Hence no photos
When challenged about this, years later, my mum's response was "Well, so was your grandmother!"
We seem to come from a long line of bastards cry:
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As an amateur genealogist I can assure you that if that is the skeleton in the Nick family cupboard you have nothing to worry about.
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As an amateur genealogist I can assure you that if that is the skeleton in the Nick family cupboard you have nothing to worry about.
In the cupboard? I can hide it in my fireplace for a small fee... whistle:
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As an amateur genealogist I can assure you that if that is the skeleton in the Nick family cupboard you have nothing to worry about.
Have I not mentioned Nick the Impaler?
Unclie I think. We don't talk about him much noooo:
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As an amateur genealogist I can assure you that if that is the skeleton in the Nick family cupboard you have nothing to worry about.
Have I not mentioned Nick the Impaler?
Unclie I think. We don't talk about him much noooo:
Did he pick up rubbish with one of those pointy-stick things? whistle:
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Sort of. We have pics somewhere, but they may upset you
Isn't this thread about exam papers?
Or bananas?
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