Meenzer 15873 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7481715.stm Review as expletive gets marks An exam board is to review its marking guidance after one of its top examiners gave marks for a script which contained only a two-word sexual expletive. The Times reported that Assessment and Qualifications Alliance chief examiner Peter Buckroyd gave a pupil two marks out of 27 for an English GCSE paper. He is quoted as saying the candidate had demonstrated more skills than one "who doesn't write anything at all". AQA said this was not in line with its guidelines, which would be clarified. 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." An AQA spokeswoman said examiners were instructed to contact the board's offices where they would be advised in accordance with the guidelines of the Joint Council for Qualifications, which represents exam boards. She said: "As a result, an obscenity should either be disregarded, or action will be taken against the candidate, depending on the seriousness of the case. "The example cited was unique in the experience of the senior examiner concerned and was used in a pre-training session to emphasise the importance of adhering to the mark scheme: i.e. if a candidate makes any sort of response to a question then it must be at least given consideration to be awarded a mark. "We do not condone the use of obscenities in scripts: in the light of this incident we will be reviewing our instructions to examiners which will include reiterating the procedure to be followed when encountering obscenities in scripts." A friend of mine once answered a GCSE question by drawing a picture of a man holding a sign saying "EAT CHEESE". I wonder if he'd have got 1/27 for that (or 2/27 with punctuation, naturally). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Read that in The Times today, couldn't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magma 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6703 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Not as good as those maths questions where they had to expand the equation and find (x) on the right-angled triangle.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11098 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 How long before the "funny exam/test papers" are rolled out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 lmao 0/27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15873 Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 How long before the "funny exam/test papers" are rolled out? Or before someone comes along and brings the frivolity crashing to the ground by making a tedious point about falling exam standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11098 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Have we pre-emptively "fop"ed this thread Martin? Congratulatory back slapping all round, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15873 Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 Have we pre-emptively "fop"ed this thread Martin? Congratulatory back slapping all round, methinks. I said nothing of the sort. You're obsessed, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11098 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 and apparently I want to sleep with him. p.s. I might be moving down to London soon if you're still down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3655 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 , Cunt! Would have almost earned them a pass conceded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 But there is a letter in today's "Times" recollecting that W S Churchill in his autobiography wrote that in the Harrow Entrance Exam Latin paper over the course of two hours he wrote his name, the number 1 and then put brackets round it...... and still passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15873 Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 and apparently I want to sleep with him. p.s. I might be moving down to London soon if you're still down there. Does that mean you won't if I'm not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 The only GCSE I failed was RE, because me and my mate decided to take the piss in it by making up stories that blatantly weren't in the Bible. Stuff like Jesus going to Vegas and doing a nightly magic show in a Casino. It was our last exam, we both got E's, and I'm still glad I failed it. My mam was devastated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Have we pre-emptively "fop"ed this thread Martin? Congratulatory back slapping all round, methinks. You should have called manc-fop(lite) if you needed a good fopping (and he may well have slept with you). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I managed to get 11/100 in my RE GCSE while only drawing pictures for the answers and scribbling "Tony Hart has NOTHING on me" across one of the pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 "it will require a miracle for this boy to pass French "O" Level" very very acute my French Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15873 Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 "it will require a miracle for this boy to pass French "O" Level" very very acute my French Master Well I suppose it's better than being a circumflex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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