• Question: what did you get in your GCSE'S?

    Asked by jp123456789 to Chris, Emily, Martin, Natalie, Tamsin on 15 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Martin Coath answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      Can’t remember – long time ago. I passed English, Maths, Biology, and Chemistry with B or C grades. That was enough. There were two or three others. Geology was one of them.

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      Natalie Stanford answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      My GCSE results were as follows:
      Dual Science A*A*
      Food Technology A*
      Business Studies A*
      English Language A*
      English Literature A
      Drama A
      History A
      Maths A
      German C

      Food Technology was my favourite subject. I like cooking, I like food, and it was applied science. Ticks every box 🙂

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      Emily Cook answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      all a*s apart from French, Biology and English literature (because I lost all my coursework – very stupid thing to do)

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      Chris Cooper answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      I didn’t do any! I am so old I did “O” levels instead. And remember there are all sorts of jobs in science – not all need top grades.

      O level grades were marked A, B, C, D or E.

      from memory I got:

      (and it is very sad that I can remember this over 30 years ago – I guess like you I found exams stressful so the results are burnt into my head!).

      Maths A
      Advanced Maths A
      French A
      Latin A
      German B
      Biology B
      Chemistry A
      Physics A
      History A
      English Languauge A
      English Literature A

Comments

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    Martin commented on :

    Actually, just like Chris I am actually too old to have done GCSE – they were called O-Levels as he says.

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    Chris commented on :

    But why – unlike Martin – have I remembered this useless bit of information? Can’t I kick it out of my brain to make way for something else? I guess our brains don’t work that way. Or perhaps I was remembering it because deep down I knew I would get asked it by a student on a web page 30 years later? So thank you for asking this question and making my memory worth it! Interestingly my daughter has chosen to do nearly all the same subjects as me. I don’t think she wants to be a scientist though …..

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    Martin commented on :

    My brain is VERY strong on patterns and concepts but has always been weak on detail! LOL