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Had to laugh, modern educaiotn. This is a Biology GSCE (exam for 16 year olds) from the UK

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    I recall when I did my Biology O level (the old name for GCSE) it was quite a bit more indepth than this so called exam: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/qp-ms/AQA-BLY1BP-W-QP-MAR10.PDF[^] Apart from being ridden through with BS GW references (yesh, evene a picture of a Bristlecone pine, the tree which when heavilly weighted as a proxy gave rise to Manns Hoickey Stick graph (will these people stop at nothing in forcing propaganda down our shildrens throats?), its such opinionated, un-scientific politicised crap. Question two, which is about removing trees for farming, states that without trees, CO2 cant be removed fomr the atmosphere and thus causes GW. Quesiotn 8 B later on states "The Lua tribe has no effect on CO2 (whsn they slash and burn) besause the crops they plant absorb the CO2 released by burning" What, so its OK if your skin is black, and you live in a tribe to clear forsts for crops but not if you are white and do it with a truck? :) What utter cock!

    Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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      I recall when I did my Biology O level (the old name for GCSE) it was quite a bit more indepth than this so called exam: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/qp-ms/AQA-BLY1BP-W-QP-MAR10.PDF[^] Apart from being ridden through with BS GW references (yesh, evene a picture of a Bristlecone pine, the tree which when heavilly weighted as a proxy gave rise to Manns Hoickey Stick graph (will these people stop at nothing in forcing propaganda down our shildrens throats?), its such opinionated, un-scientific politicised crap. Question two, which is about removing trees for farming, states that without trees, CO2 cant be removed fomr the atmosphere and thus causes GW. Quesiotn 8 B later on states "The Lua tribe has no effect on CO2 (whsn they slash and burn) besause the crops they plant absorb the CO2 released by burning" What, so its OK if your skin is black, and you live in a tribe to clear forsts for crops but not if you are white and do it with a truck? :) What utter cock!

      Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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      Thread title : Had to laugh, modern educaiotn.

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        Thread title : Had to laugh, modern educaiotn.

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        Didnt bother with typing lessons, didnt seem important for engineering...

        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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          Didnt bother with typing lessons, didnt seem important for engineering...

          Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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          You have to admit, that one is a bit ironic... :-D

          I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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            You have to admit, that one is a bit ironic... :-D

            I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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            Not as ironix as the first post I got from you: "You have to admin, that one is a bit ironic... :-D" :laugh:

            Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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              Thread title : Had to laugh, modern educaiotn.

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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              I some times think my dyslexicisation of words when typing comes fomr playing the guitar too much. (left and right hand need slightly different timing)

              Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                I recall when I did my Biology O level (the old name for GCSE) it was quite a bit more indepth than this so called exam: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/qp-ms/AQA-BLY1BP-W-QP-MAR10.PDF[^] Apart from being ridden through with BS GW references (yesh, evene a picture of a Bristlecone pine, the tree which when heavilly weighted as a proxy gave rise to Manns Hoickey Stick graph (will these people stop at nothing in forcing propaganda down our shildrens throats?), its such opinionated, un-scientific politicised crap. Question two, which is about removing trees for farming, states that without trees, CO2 cant be removed fomr the atmosphere and thus causes GW. Quesiotn 8 B later on states "The Lua tribe has no effect on CO2 (whsn they slash and burn) besause the crops they plant absorb the CO2 released by burning" What, so its OK if your skin is black, and you live in a tribe to clear forsts for crops but not if you are white and do it with a truck? :) What utter cock!

                Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                GW aside, the difficulty (or rather the lack thereof) of that exam makes me sick. Here's what I did, over 3 years ago: examen biologie havo/vwo 2007 eerste tijdvak[^] Google docs viewer link: Examen biologie 2007 eerste tijdvak

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                  GW aside, the difficulty (or rather the lack thereof) of that exam makes me sick. Here's what I did, over 3 years ago: examen biologie havo/vwo 2007 eerste tijdvak[^] Google docs viewer link: Examen biologie 2007 eerste tijdvak

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                  Yeah, exactly. There is some complex stuff in that exam. The UK has dumbed down education to the point of near uselessness. Its all part of egalitarianism, where everyone can have a degree!

                  Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                    Yeah, exactly. There is some complex stuff in that exam. The UK has dumbed down education to the point of near uselessness. Its all part of egalitarianism, where everyone can have a degree!

                    Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                    Simple Exam[^]. Scroll to page 6 and answer the questions.

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                      GW aside, the difficulty (or rather the lack thereof) of that exam makes me sick. Here's what I did, over 3 years ago: examen biologie havo/vwo 2007 eerste tijdvak[^] Google docs viewer link: Examen biologie 2007 eerste tijdvak

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                      It has been going on in the UK for decades. They claim the exams are more about "how and why" rather than "what" type questions, but that is pure, unadulterated bullshit. I took my a-levels in the early '90s. As part of our revision, we worked through our school's past papers catalogue. In chemistry I got [what was then] considered a really high mark, so I'm no dolt, but I found one thing: I could do all the late 80s papers with ease, going back to the mid 80s there were a few questions I couldn't do/ found hard, by the time I got back to the early 80s I couldn't do most of the questions. What made ths worse was I took (and passed) the Oxford entrance papers, as well as 'S'-level (both roughly level with a first year degree exam) so I'd studied beyond the standard A-Levels. After not doing too well in my Chemistry degree (read crap), I went back to school to teach (coz that is wot U didif you got below a Desmond), in the intervening three years they'd cut out about 1/5 - 1/6 of the A-Level syllabus AFAICT. This trend is one of the many reasons why the UK is up a well-known creek without the requisite equipment.

                      Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]

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                        Simple Exam[^]. Scroll to page 6 and answer the questions.

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                        What agegroup does that apply to?

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                          What agegroup does that apply to?

                          Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                          Any age you like, it is simple provided you have studied Evolutionary Biology.

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                            It has been going on in the UK for decades. They claim the exams are more about "how and why" rather than "what" type questions, but that is pure, unadulterated bullshit. I took my a-levels in the early '90s. As part of our revision, we worked through our school's past papers catalogue. In chemistry I got [what was then] considered a really high mark, so I'm no dolt, but I found one thing: I could do all the late 80s papers with ease, going back to the mid 80s there were a few questions I couldn't do/ found hard, by the time I got back to the early 80s I couldn't do most of the questions. What made ths worse was I took (and passed) the Oxford entrance papers, as well as 'S'-level (both roughly level with a first year degree exam) so I'd studied beyond the standard A-Levels. After not doing too well in my Chemistry degree (read crap), I went back to school to teach (coz that is wot U didif you got below a Desmond), in the intervening three years they'd cut out about 1/5 - 1/6 of the A-Level syllabus AFAICT. This trend is one of the many reasons why the UK is up a well-known creek without the requisite equipment.

                            Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]

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                            I did my A levels in '82. O-levels three years earlier (I took my Os a years earllier than I should have and spent more time doing A levels and an Engineering course (OND in fact)). O-levels were OxBridge. When I compare those to what is taught today it is clear that they are probably the equivalent today of an A-level, and god knows what an Alevel rep-resents! (Suffice to say they were damn difficult!). I saw my nephews GCSE eaxm last year, I couldnt stop myself laughing at its utter banality.

                            Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                              Not as ironix as the first post I got from you: "You have to admin, that one is a bit ironic... :-D" :laugh:

                              Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                              Too bad the edit can't delete the typo... :sigh:

                              I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                Too bad the edit can't delete the typo... :sigh:

                                I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                :) Yep, gets me every time!

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                                  I recall when I did my Biology O level (the old name for GCSE) it was quite a bit more indepth than this so called exam: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/qp-ms/AQA-BLY1BP-W-QP-MAR10.PDF[^] Apart from being ridden through with BS GW references (yesh, evene a picture of a Bristlecone pine, the tree which when heavilly weighted as a proxy gave rise to Manns Hoickey Stick graph (will these people stop at nothing in forcing propaganda down our shildrens throats?), its such opinionated, un-scientific politicised crap. Question two, which is about removing trees for farming, states that without trees, CO2 cant be removed fomr the atmosphere and thus causes GW. Quesiotn 8 B later on states "The Lua tribe has no effect on CO2 (whsn they slash and burn) besause the crops they plant absorb the CO2 released by burning" What, so its OK if your skin is black, and you live in a tribe to clear forsts for crops but not if you are white and do it with a truck? :) What utter cock!

                                  Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                  Odd: when I did Biology you had to know about Biology, not pot luck.

                                  "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                    I recall when I did my Biology O level (the old name for GCSE) it was quite a bit more indepth than this so called exam: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/qp-ms/AQA-BLY1BP-W-QP-MAR10.PDF[^] Apart from being ridden through with BS GW references (yesh, evene a picture of a Bristlecone pine, the tree which when heavilly weighted as a proxy gave rise to Manns Hoickey Stick graph (will these people stop at nothing in forcing propaganda down our shildrens throats?), its such opinionated, un-scientific politicised crap. Question two, which is about removing trees for farming, states that without trees, CO2 cant be removed fomr the atmosphere and thus causes GW. Quesiotn 8 B later on states "The Lua tribe has no effect on CO2 (whsn they slash and burn) besause the crops they plant absorb the CO2 released by burning" What, so its OK if your skin is black, and you live in a tribe to clear forsts for crops but not if you are white and do it with a truck? :) What utter cock!

                                    Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                                    I had to cry... this is pathetic... :sigh:

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                                      Odd: when I did Biology you had to know about Biology, not pot luck.

                                      "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                      digital man wrote:

                                      not pot luck.

                                      Great... Now I'm just going to be hungry all day...

                                      I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                        digital man wrote:

                                        not pot luck.

                                        Great... Now I'm just going to be hungry all day...

                                        I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                        Shame: that's worth a 5... and a Mars bar :-)

                                        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                          Shame: that's worth a 5... and a Mars bar :-)

                                          "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                          fjdiewornncalwe
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                                          :mad::mad::mad: Now you're gonna' make me think of chocolate, too!!! My god man, I'm a software developer, not a triathlete...

                                          I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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