Who has the most GCSES/O Levels

[Judge Fred]

"Couldn't give a toss about CSE's but I got 2 O'levels, English Language and English Literature. " - Typical Blagging contractor. Outrageous!

I have 10 GCSE's. 8 A star.
Four A Levels all A
and my degree, which if I hadn't mentioned is a 1st.

Cream rises. Blaggers get caught out IMHO.

[sasguru]

"Couldn't give a toss about CSE's but I got 2 O'levels, English Language and English Literature. " - Typical Blagging contractor. Outrageous!

I have 10 GCSE's. 8 A star.
Four A Levels all A
and my degree, which if I hadn't mentioned is a 1st.

Cream rises. Blaggers get caught out IMHO.

So in proper (old) qualifications that'll be equivalent to 2 CSEs, then

[Judge Fred]

Was Noah your examiner then Sasguru?

[sasguru]

Was Noah your examiner then Sasguru?

No, Adam ..

Seriously though as Lucifer has mentioned earlier, A-level Maths now is similar to O-level 20-30 years ago.

[Lucifer Box]

No, Adam ..

Seriously though as Lucifer has mentioned earlier, A-level Maths now is similar to O-level 20-30 years ago.

That's right. When I did O-level maths that included calculus. Now that doesn't appear until A-level. A grave mistake because unless you get to grips with calculus you will not succeed at higher levels in science and you need to find that out as soon as possible.

[wobbegong]

"Couldn't give a toss about CSE's but I got 2 O'levels, English Language and English Literature. " - Typical Blagging contractor. Outrageous!

I have 10 GCSE's. 8 A star.
Four A Levels all A
and my degree, which if I hadn't mentioned is a 1st.

Cream rises. Blaggers get caught out IMHO.

All those 'A's, yet all you do is "writing customer requirements and passing to the devlopment team"?

Hmmmmm.

[MrsGoof]

I passed my Cycle Proficiency with 98%

[Lucifer Box]

That probably depended on the exam board.

Calculus certainly wasn't on my O level syllabus.

It was on the Additional Maths O level though.

Quite possibly. We did JMB O-levels at my school which I think was seen as one of the tougher boards.

Anyone who saw "That'll Teach 'Em" last year will recall the pick of that years GCSE students who all had A or A* in maths and english being given sample O-level papers in maths and english from the 1950s. The best result was something like 30% and they all agreed the papers were much harder than GCSEs. It was only then that the kids were told that had in fact just sat a 1950s 11 plus exam.

Shameful.

[hyperD]

"Couldn't give a toss about CSE's but I got 2 O'levels, English Language and English Literature. " - Typical Blagging contractor. Outrageous!

I have 10 GCSE's. 8 A star.
Four A Levels all A
and my degree, which if I hadn't mentioned is a 1st.

Cream rises. Blaggers get caught out IMHO.

Those are A-stars in those mind-taxing modern exam subjects including:

Child Development
Citizenship
Food Technology
Graphic Products
Drama
Leisure and Tourism (Double Award)
Media Studies
Social Science
Expressive Arts
Humanities
Moving Arts
Outdoor Pursuits
Photography

Kids nowadays are likely to be given therapy if they hear the words differentiation and integration. I mean, it's not fair to push the poor dears - they must chose to learn and chose how they learn it.

And of course the schools don't concentrate more on how to pass the exams rather than developing a good mind, do they?

I've looked at several degree papers from my subject (Process Engineering) over the decades and can say for definite - they have got alot easier, dropping vaste swathes of theoretical i.e. the stuff where you need to THINK about it.

Also, exams and certs are essential items in order to get an average salary; however they are not the tools for success.

[Bagpuss]

No, Adam ..

Seriously though as Lucifer has mentioned earlier, A-level Maths now is similar to O-level 20-30 years ago.

Complete and utter bollocks. Post the papers