Tuesday 4 June 2013

The UK Education System


Photo: Albert Einstein once said,
'Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid'.

WTF Facts
GCSEs. It's what we have now. But not for much longer - they were going to turn into Baccalaureates, now they might be turning into I-Levels.
My brother recently sat his English IGCSE. An easier paper than English GCSE. It's what the private schools are taking because then the school's results will look better when more pupils pass. That seems unfair.
This IGCSE basically means my brother has more chance of passing because it is such an unbelievably easy exam paper. I was angered by this. I got a D in GCSE Maths because, quite frankly, I was shit. If my brother isn't very good at English surely he should just get the grade he is attaining. I know this makes me sound like a bitch it is just that the UK's education system is rubbish and unfair anyway. Basing a year's worth of work and learning for A-Levels, or 2 years worth for GCSEs on an exam at the end seems a bit optimistic and biased towards those with a good memory. Thank god for coursework - except they are now scrapping that too! Albert Einstein once said "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid".
That seems most true. Basing educational knowledge and intelligence on an exam is just letting all the pupils with good memories excel and those with poor memories fail.
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS UNFAIR. That is the truth, at the end of the day! And bringing in IGCSEs or I-Levels and abolishing coursework and controlled assessments will result in more inequality in the system. Our current system measures MEMORY not ABILITY.


UPDATE: The poor year seven's of today will now have to do GCSEs that will be graded with numbers rather than letters. 1=fail, 8=outstanding. Modules and courseowkr will be scrapped allowing those with good memories to pass and those without to fail. Bloody unfair and ridiculous.

My friend Maddy Carter wrote a good statement about this: 

"Feel so sorry for all the future year sevens having to do all exams when they hit year 10 and 11. It's so stupid. What about those kids that do better in the coursework than on exams? They're pretty much screwed! I don't want my GCSEs, which will probably be worth bugger all in a few years time needing to be translated into numbers just to even get a bloody part-time job -.- Whoever it is running the educational system, how about instead of deciding bulls**t you have no idea how much will affect any student whether they're older or younger you sit through what the exams are like now and live in our shoes where it's either everything or nothing you do something that'll keep the grades up and successful?!
Rant over
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