Had to laugh, modern educaiotn. This is a Biology GSCE (exam for 16 year olds) from the UK
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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!
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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
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.
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Simple Exam[^]. Scroll to page 6 and answer the questions.
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What agegroup does that apply to?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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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.
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
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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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
Odd: when I did Biology you had to know about Biology, not pot luck.
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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
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.
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
: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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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
This says a lot about Delek the Drunk with his several degrees that he no doubt paid tens of thousands for! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Yeah, its pathetic isnt it. Makes me wonder what the hell the country will be like in 20 years or so when all these ill educated fuckwits have had their hands on it.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
I read through it: I'm going to take it since I can pass it without wasting a single moment on study. If the others are all that easy I could get several hundred GCSEs... :-)
"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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Yeah, its pathetic isnt it. Makes me wonder what the hell the country will be like in 20 years or so when all these ill educated fuckwits have had their hands on it.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
Something that's always re-assuring in this situation, the ill educated fuckwits who wrote that test are already controlling the country. That said, it's been fairly rare in my experience for testing(particularly standardized testing) to reflect squat about education beyond basic math(I'd say science, but a lot of that is basic math with reference sheets). I'm saying this as someone who regularly did far better on tests than I probably had any right to. Can't really fathom how this qualifies as a test for 16 year olds though, I'd have probably started laughing and asked for the real test with that drawing on the first question. How does this match up to the same time I was sitting in class and learning about the various theories of evolution because my class and blown through all of the required material with a few weeks to spare? Most of us could have rattled off the first few questions without walking into the class. And I'm finding it really difficult to believe the screw ups I had class with in high school were that intelligent.
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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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This says a lot about Delek the Drunk with his several degrees that he no doubt paid tens of thousands for! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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and yet you have none! "those in glass houses shouldnt throw stones" is an expression that springs to mind here
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This says a lot about Delek the Drunk with his several degrees that he no doubt paid tens of thousands for! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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First one was Free, BAck in the day one got a Grant for a degree in the UK. Second one was part paid by work, So only cost me about £1500. Current one is going to come to about £5000 or so.
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At least there's no mention of Intelligent Design (at least that I saw, I didn't read it all)