If you need urgent support, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. To contact our Crisis Messenger (open 24/7) text THEMIX to 85258.
Take a look around and enjoy reading the discussions. If you'd like to join in, it's really easy to register and then you'll be able to post. If you'd like to learn what this place is all about, head here.
Comments
I thought it was isn't that why they call it Oxbridge? Or am I making things up?
I don't think he'd be daft enough to use Cambridge again. It's just your attitude is a bit too familiar. Anyway oxford and cambridge are more or less the same thing, just different unis.
It all depends on your own expectations - how high and how realistic they are. And if you dont reach these expectations then it is only natural that you are disappointed. xsazx, sorry you didn't do as well as you wished.
Aside from that though.. would an A* be equivalent to a Scottish A??
I got 5 A's and 3 B's which am pretty chuffed with - was expecting mainly B's and C's...!
Having gone through the Scottish system and now finding out about the English system, there is no real comparisson to the GCSEs to the SGs. Especially now that they are adding intermediate levels too. Intermediate levels are meant for those who, perhaps, cannot make a credit grade. When did they change the grading system? It used to be 1-8, rather than A-E.
Again, different people different levels of abilities and expectations, if you can get the top marks then why wouldn't you be disappointed if you didn't?
Bit like if you said you were disappointed you didn't get a great job then it's insulting to all the people who are binmen who hare happy with their lot.
A friend of mine weighed herself in a mutual friend's room and she was 127 pounds, she then proceeded to say oh my god I am soo fat. The mutual friend was 148 pounds, and she was gutted. She thought, well if 127 is fat I must be super fat.
If some one moaned about having 28 A*s then the person who got 12 Bs and was happy may start to think, fuck it, I'm actually shit! Then feel terrible about themselves.
Sure they are allowed to, just as I am doing myself. Everyone has a sensitive side, it doesn't mean it should stop them from doing normal things such as going on boards. I'm just saying, sure you may be upset with what you got, but be careful what you're saying because you don't know who you're going to offend or cause upset to. And just to be perfectly honest, I was getting bored of people moaning about their 'awful' results, when they were not so bad at all and they should be really pleased that they didn't fail and can continue on to study A Levels. If they got AAB at A Level and were upset coz it cost them a place at Uni then so be it, but all As and A*s at GCSE aren't gonna cause you too much of a problem in life.
I'm sorry if I'm upsetting you by what I'm saying, it's just my opinion. And, like you said, I'm entitled to it.
So that was you being being careful about what you're saying in case you cause offence or upset people?
I apologised first didn't I? And, asked please!:) But now, this is another record that needs changing!:D
2 totally different things. And with the weight thing height would also have to be brought into consideration as well.
Of course it would, but a super skinny person saying that is not on! I had a friend who was around sixteen stone, I would never say infront of her I was fat because quite clearly she was much fatter than me. It just would have hurt her feelings.
And xsazx, I wans't actually having a personal dig at you in the first place you know! But, thanks for killing me with all of the hard life bullying stuff.
If you are being bullied for your grades, you should know that you are much better than that! I had someone come up to me and say "I'm Nicola, I've got AAB and I'm going to University"...and I was like yeah...and? This is what you're bullying me for? Having a life? You should be proud of what you have got, whether you didn't do as great or not. I should have got an A* in History but I'm happy with my A.
I can see why you have been so gutted by your results though, obviously they mean a hell of a lot to you and I apologise for upsetting you or offending you in anyway and wish you lots of luck for the future. I'm sure you'll get straight A's at A Level and get into a super good Uni and then you cna put these 'bad' marks behind you.