Results on Thursday!

[ash_sx125]

Kinda nervous, i need 4 d's including maths english and science to get my college course..

Aslong as i get on my course, anything else is a bonus

Then i've an enrolment day at college on the 30th..

Then if i get into college, i start on the 3rd of september :O

[Still-MX]

4 D's...the college may as well say your allowed in if you are capable of doing your shoe laces.

[RacersEdge]

He wears velcro shoes though Still!

[Smurf's Dad]

Anyone who doesn't get higher grades than 4 D's should be sterilised to remove them from the gene pool.

[ash_sx125]

I don't tie my shoe laces

[Factory Asher]

i get mine tomorrow too

and my leatt brace

don't know what i'm more excited about

[Lee]

Ahh results day.

Every year we are told record numbers of people have passed GCSEs and A Levels, yet every year we are also told more and more employers are having to send their graduate employees on Numeracy and Literacy courses. Makes you wonder doesn't it!

[28]

Its total crap, schools, colleges and uni's cheat. They need X amount of people to pass, and they will. It discredits the whole system, and those who do spend the time working hard pay for it. I'm sure when i was at school alot of my teachers were more concerned with the image they were projecting to upper management rather than having any interest in teaching correctly.

[Rowlmyster]

Richard Branson left school with no qualifications to his name.

He didn't do too bad for himself.

In fact a high percentage on Britains richest peoples list, left school with no qualifications.

[Smurf's Dad]

Originally Posted by ROWLEY

Richard Branson left school with no qualifications to his name.

He didn't do too bad for himself.

In fact a high percentage on Britains richest peoples list, left school with no qualifications.

A high percentage of Britains richest people inherited their money and didn't need any qualifications.

A lot of drug dealers are well off - it doesn't mean it is a good career to suggest to our kids.

Just because Branson left school with no qualifications doesn't mean he didn't receive a good education. My dad didn't receive a good education and left school at 14, but now he lives in a property worth around £1m set in 7 acres. He was lucky that he was smart and very hard working (and had some good fortune by being in the right place at the right time).

It doesn't alter the fact that despite what the schools claim literacy and nemeracy is appaling. French, as a subject in school, is becoming a thing of the past as it is just too hard to get a good grade in it. Both schools and pupils don't like having it on the curriculum as it lowers grade averages.