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"Fuck off" earns 2 marks in GCSE English
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7481715.stm
The pupil is reported to have written "fuck off", and would have had another mark for adding an exclamation point.
Mr Buckroyd is quoted by the Times as saying: "It would be wicked to give it a zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for - like conveying some meaning and some spelling."
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But that person still got a much higher mark than the student who wrote 'fuck off'. It would be more of an issue for me if it was A Levels or degree but GCSE? Some people need encouraging and GCSE marks don't really mean much in the long run.
At school I knew a lot of people unable to string a sentence together for GCSE French or German. They'd score ~30% tactically guessing in multiple choice, get marks answering just "oui/non" or "ja/nein" in the oral, and typically be awarded a Grade E GCSE. Yet people who get a C/D have often put a fair bit of work in for that. The way grade boundaries work, you can still get a GCSE pass at E/F/G level with utter nonsense, yet a D and a G are often worth the same by employers - a "GCSE pass" not of the A*-C irk.
I think if a person writes 'fuck off' in an exam they obviously feel they have no hope. So maybe awarding them 2 marks is going to counteract that. I certainly think it would do more for the student individually than a mark of zero and a slap on the wrists. Especially at GCSE level which is a pretty tumultuous time.
And let them get 2 marks, in the whole grand scheme of things it its less than 8% which im sure is a G or a U.
As others have said its not like they are awarding big scores for this, if thats all the person put down then they are probably going to fail whether or not they get the two points.
A few people did this sort of thing on our GCSE mock exam for R.E. but they got told off for it.
I wrote that God is a woman in my RE exam and for a B for it. Must have spelled my name right too. If I'd ended the paper with 'fuck off' I might have scraped an A
It depends entirely on the context, if you are asked about symbolism in Great Expectations I think it is right that they would mark you down for using persistant swear words.
The mists on the marshes symbolise some mad fucking danger is coming up and usually mean bad shit is about to down for Pip.
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Dude, that's cold. :impissed:
expletives removed (and grammar tidied)
i almost got disqualified from my A Levels for swearing at the QCR for forcing me to do general studies, found out because my headteacher received a letter from exam board, needless to say i didn't contest and still got an E
was part of a nice 2 page rant on it though
Well of course. But that's not what they said. They said they don't approve of swear words full stop. They didn't put a qualifier. Having said that, the word "bullshit" is a particular favourite of many leading academics.
It depends how you define 'learning'. We are conditioned to believe in the power of formal education but there is as much merit in broadening experiences as furthering strictly academic achievement.
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Most of these trips outside of holiday time are more to do with the fact that it's a rip-off to go on holiday during holiday time.
but aladdin we here in the uk pride ourselves on not making children feel bad about themselves, you've got to think about their feelings, don't you realise if you criticise them it might damage their self esteem and we don't want that....won't somebody think about the children!
too lean if you ask me. Too many teens in this country deserve more than a darn ASBO.
This is nothing compared to just spelling your name right. If you write your name on an exam, you've passed.