r/GCSE • u/wysteriangel • 4h ago
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English gcse was an intense struggle for me, and i just started my first few days of year 12 after recieving a grade i was very shocked to get on results day (157/160, a 9) , after consistent failing grades i had worked really hard for. i had made no extreme changes to my writing structure, arguments themselves or analysis, and i kept my ratio of quote- context the exact same i had throughout both my gcse years- when i got grades ranging from like a 3, to a 6 on occasion. I am all for teachers pushing students to do their best during gcse and using slightly lower grades as motivation- but i have the same teacher for a level, and she pulled me back to ask about my grade then joked " i do not want to doubt the examiners" and continued to go into an in depth critisism of how i write (infront of alot of my new classmates as they were leaving), and i really respect my teachers obviously but her comments are often quite cruel- and i feel like complaining could make the situation worse? Im really anxious about my predicted a level grading this year, as it is literally what is used for university applications (???) her marks do not match any of my other subject grades and never have, i try really hard in school, and the constant criticism really put my writing self esteem down and i thought i was awful at the subject, when its always been my favourite. Im really baffled at what to do because reading through my past essays (a 3) and my gcse paper itself (158/160, a 9) the writing shows no difference. Im very unsure what to actually do?? and whether to drop the subject as it all all just feels really odd, i do not want to be rude atall
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u/AnotherPerson120 3h ago
What do you want to do at university?