St Joseph's celebrates 98 per cent pass rate at A-level (From Swindon Advertiser)
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St Joseph's celebrates 98 per cent pass rate at A-level
10:15am Thursday 20th August 2009 in News
Alice Tilley celebrates her A-level results and her 18th birthday
ST JOSEPH'S Catholic College is celebrating a 98 per cent pass rate in its A-levels this year.
Fifty-seven students headed to the school, in Ocotal Way, to collect their results.
Alice Tilley, from Chiseldon, was celebrating her 18th birthday and was delighted to get two Bs and a C, the results she needed to study equine business management at Hartpury College in Gloucester.
She said: "I've been riding horses since I was a baby. I was absolutely dreading coming in today on my birthday. Thank God I got the results, otherwise my birthday would have been ruined!"
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Comments(11)
TKD4ever
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12:34pm Thu 20 Aug 09
Also the other important thing to look at is the subjects taken, not just how many passed. I bet there weren't a lot of students taking maths and science, I bet it was all media studies.
Pete J duhhhhhh
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2:16pm Thu 20 Aug 09
Notorious A.R.J
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2:23pm Thu 20 Aug 09
swindonistani
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2:38pm Thu 20 Aug 09
Notorious A.R.J wrote:A level in Monkey training, 98% pass
Yeah you would've definitely lost your bet. Only 1 student did media studies in the whole year group,and the amount of people that took maths, and especially sciences, was huge. So instead of criticising people for doing media studies, get your facts right.
Bravo!
We have officially released more monkeys on the "dole"market
Pete J duhhhhhh
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2:49pm Thu 20 Aug 09
swindonistani wrote:Probably at least 3/4 of the poeple getting results today are smarter than this idiot
Notorious A.R.J wrote: Yeah you would've definitely lost your bet. Only 1 student did media studies in the whole year group,and the amount of people that took maths, and especially sciences, was huge. So instead of criticising people for doing media studies, get your facts right.A level in Monkey training, 98% pass Bravo! We have officially released more monkeys on the "dole"market
Notorious A.R.J
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2:52pm Thu 20 Aug 09
Notorious A.R.J
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2:55pm Thu 20 Aug 09
swindonistani
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4:08pm Thu 20 Aug 09
Notorious A.R.J wrote:It is not your fault that your curriculum was designed by and for Monkeys.
Also,I don't think 98% pass is anything special. All a 'pass' is, is an E and above, so I accept the fact that it sounds alot better than it actually is. What I do not like however, is the criticism that you've dished out to people who have actually done well.
The way Labour has handled this generation is just short of propaganda.
In few years time, after University and after few years in your working life, you will look back at what you have been learning at school and realise what utter rubbish it was.
I am glad that you are happy with your results, I would be happier if your formative years had been used to learn valuable skills to prepare you for the very tough world that is awaiting you.
All the best of Luck to you.
cjones03824
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4:32pm Thu 20 Aug 09
People wonder why kids leave school and bum about now, maybe it has something to do with the people who seem to have the opinion they're are stupid and that its all easy.
i would love to see the people who criticise the system take on the work load i had to 3/4 years ago at A-level. It certainly was not easy holding down a job, and 20 hours in college pluss extra work to do outside of this.
Its really dissapointing to hear people say things like this and quite upsetting its like telling people there not quite good enough, or that they'll never succeed.
how about som recognition, well done guys good work :)
I Too
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4:33pm Thu 20 Aug 09
To assume, makes an **** out of u and me
swindonistani says...
11:28am Thu 20 Aug 09
so why is it that we accept a 98% pass rate?