Anyone getting their results today?

[d000hg]

Miss V2 got hers they were 1 grade higher than expected A*s are awesome apparently. Was expecting As.

Does mean we can pack her off to UNI in September!

Probably. But everyone has A* so it's possible they might ask some to defer. If she's got straight A*s (?) can't see a problem unless it's to a uni where everyone has all As?

[SueEllen]

Not me, but MrsB just got a 2.1 in Classical Studies from the OU.

Miss V2 got hers they were 1 grade higher than expected A*s are awesome apparently. Was expecting As.

Does mean we can pack her off to UNI in September!

Congratulations to the clever wimmin in your households.

[northernladuk]

As great as it is everyone getting so many A* I do feel for some of the kids. This situation would have been a disaster for my two. They are like polar opposites when it comes to education. The youngest has always struggled learning and during the year but when it comes to his exams he worked like a beast revising and did much better and managed to secure himself a degree apprenticeship. Something he most certainly wouldn't have been able to would he have been assessed. The other other seems to be naturally gifted and just soaks stuff up like a sponge. Problem is he can't apply himself so when it came to his exams or hard work and he crashes. He went on and did other things and is trying unit 5 years later. If he'd been assessed he would have had straights A's and failed at Uni.

In neither case the method being used at the moment would have fairly reflected their abilities making their paths extremely difficult. One being in a mediocre apprenticeship and the other with a failed uni attempt. I really do think big exam are essential as they bring out a different aspect of people's learning which is key going forward. I can't be alone in this so do feel for the kids that have either been over inflated or missed the opportunity to shine.

[ladymuck]

As great as it is everyone getting so many A* I do feel for some of the kids. This situation would have been a disaster for my two. They are like polar opposites when it comes to education. The youngest has always struggled learning and during the year but when it comes to his exams he worked like a beast revising and did much better and managed to secure himself a degree apprenticeship. Something he most certainly wouldn't have been able to would he have been assessed. The other other seems to be naturally gifted and just soaks stuff up like a sponge. Problem is he can't apply himself so when it came to his exams or hard work and he crashes. He went on and did other things and is trying unit 5 years later. If he'd been assessed he would have had straights A's and failed at Uni.

In neither case the method being used at the moment would have fairly reflected their abilities making their paths extremely difficult. One being in a mediocre apprenticeship and the other with a failed uni attempt. I really do think big exam are essential as they bring out a different aspect of people's learning which is key going forward. I can't be alone in this so do feel for the kids that have either been over inflated or missed the opportunity to shine.

The fairest assessment, which is what I had for my GCSE's when I were a lass, is a mix of coursework and exams. I remember there being some subjects where I wasn't great at the coursework but aced the exam and vice versa for others. This is the model that the OU uses but it gives a bit more weight to the the exam result whereas they could divide the examinable component to be more of an exam / assessment blend.

[Gibbon]

The fairest assessment, which is what I had for my GCSE's when I were a lass, is a mix of coursework and exams. I remember there being some subjects where I wasn't great at the coursework but aced the exam and vice versa for others. This is the model that the OU uses but it gives a bit more weight to the the exam result whereas they could divide the examinable component to be more of an exam / assessment blend.

Oh that old OU bugbear, god the amount of time chewed up with people whinging about that, the trouble with the OU is the exam is the only time 'you' have to turn up so making it blended benefits the cheats and they are out there and if it was known you could get a degree by cheating there would be loads of abuse. Slightly different in a school setting as teachers can suss out someone getting someone else to do their work. When I did both Latin exams I was the only one who turned up!

[ladymuck]

Oh that old OU bugbear, god the amount of time chewed up with people whinging about that, the trouble with the OU is the exam is the only time 'you' have to turn up so making it blended benefits the cheats and they are out there and if it was known you could get a degree by cheating there would be loads of abuse. Slightly different in a school setting as teachers can suss out someone getting someone else to do their work. When I did both Latin exams I was the only one who turned up!

Yeah that is a perennial problem. I guess I was thinking about it from a rather naive viewpoint that people actually want to learn something

[northernladuk]

Oh that old OU bugbear, god the amount of time chewed up with people whinging about that, the trouble with the OU is the exam is the only time 'you' have to turn up so making it blended benefits the cheats and they are out there and if it was known you could get a degree by cheating there would be loads of abuse. Slightly different in a school setting as teachers can suss out someone getting someone else to do their work. When I did both Latin exams I was the only one who turned up!

I'm not so sure about that. The OU is a different beast to a uni degree. For a start people that do OU tend to have a desire to do so rather than it being the only path so a bit less chance of people cheating, there is also the fact that an OU degree's benefits tends to be way beyond the results. If you are going to spend four, six or more years doing a degree in your own time it shows a lot more about your character than the actual result. I'd argue a majority of people that have OU's have found just doing it progressed them to where they want to be and the actual result was secondary. I did an OU degree blended with an MBA and it cost me a fortune and took an age. In a dead heat for a role I'd pick the person that's done the OU over the straight Uni one because of the effort required.

No way people would do an OU just because it's easier to cheat. It's such a different animal.

It's been discussed and argued forever, I understand that, but holding an OU degree I don't think you can compare many of the elements directly with a Uni degree.

[Paralytic]

Scoots is eagerly waiting by his door for his Technical Analysis Standard Grade (Crayon Edition) result.

[Gibbon]

I'm not so sure about that. The OU is a different beast to a uni degree. For a start people that do OU tend to have a desire to do so rather than it being the only path so a bit less chance of people cheating, there is also the fact that an OU degree's benefits tends to be way beyond the results. If you are going to spend four, six or more years doing a degree in your own time it shows a lot more about your character than the actual result. I'd argue a majority of people that have OU's have found just doing it progressed them to where they want to be and the actual result was secondary. I did an OU degree blended with an MBA and it cost me a fortune and took an age. In a dead heat for a role I'd pick the person that's done the OU over the straight Uni one because of the effort required.

No way people would do an OU just because it's easier to cheat. It's such a different animal.

It's been discussed and argued forever, I understand that, but holding an OU degree I don't think you can compare many of the elements directly with a Uni degree.

Are you teaching me to suck eggs? I agree on a majority doing it to learn, and people getting someone to do their whole work is extreme I admit. But I know people who helped each other with computer science and maths on course work cos I saw them doing it at work. I never did a computer type degree because somehow it came easy to me, that's why I did different stuff like Classics up to MA.

[Gibbon]

Yeah that is a perennial problem. I guess I was thinking about it from a rather naive viewpoint that people actually want to learn something

And most do, and its bloody hard giving all those weekends up as you know. Which is why it stinks if people cheat. I, like most, was always a 'loser' on the exams v assessment and defo cost me a first. But being able to walk out of one of the 3 hours Latin exams after 1.5 hours being to read it all was one of the best feelings I've ever had.