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i prefer shemale, but tranny still works.melanieeeee. said:oh i get it so you are a tranny.
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there are many reasons, some include:lyounamu said:To melanie:
You think so? I thought he had a point. For what other reasons would people go for English (Advanced) over English (Standard)? I mean, if it is like easier to get higher marks in English (Standard)...
doesn't necessarily mean that the way they think is right though. so what you are saying is that because there are so many people doing advanced, they must be right. you do see the logical fallacy in that right. btw its not unfair imo. im not saying its easier to get better marks in standard. im saying it is not necessarily easier to get better marks because of diffiulty in advanced. btw i do advanced.Yeah, there might be reasons why people go for English (Advanced) such as:
1. wanting to do Extension
2. university course requires it
3. advanced might be more interesting
But there are like 27000 people doing advanced! I don't think all of them chose advanced because of those reasons above...and if they chose advanced because of their perception of advanced having higher scaling...it would be really unfair because advanced and standard both having same scaling and as mentioned earlier by you guys that it's easier to get band 6 in standard.
I don't think BoS would make such an unfair system....
tommykins said:I'm not debating the ability of each student, I'm talking about the difficulty of getting a band 6 in Standard as opposed to a band 6 in Advanced. They roughly have the same amount of cohort, but there is significantly more band 6's in Advanced than Standard.
It is a fair system (for the most part - the fact that English is compulsory is unfair, but that's another matter entirely).lyounamu said:But there are like 27000 people doing advanced! I don't think all of them chose advanced because of those reasons above...and if they chose advanced because of their perception of advanced having higher scaling...it would be really unfair because advanced and standard both having same scaling and as mentioned earlier by you guys that it's easier to get band 6 in standard.
I don't think BoS would make such an unfair system....
source.iEdd said:Next point, capping. From what I've read, standard english, like general maths has capping, ie. there is a maximum effective mark towards your aggregate to stop people 'dumbing down'. Between higher scaling and no capping of Advanced, that's more than enough incentive to do it, provided you have the ability to get a decent mark, otherwise you are probably worse off.
That is the most, per unit that you can achieve. Note that this is only for modules, AOS for both has no capping (ie 50)45.4 47.7 English (Standard)
As opposed to just "I heard someone say that scaling doesn't exist.", etc comments that people have said?melanieeeee. said:yeah way to source something which is 7 years out of date.
that's obviously not me.iEdd said:I didn't say you said it. I'm just pointing out that no-one else is putting sources for any of their claims, so surely *a* source is more credible than *no* source? I'm just trying to explain the system as I understand it from what I've read here and UAC scaling reports.
*screams and points finger* Generalisation! GENERALISATION!!!!cannibal.horse said:For fuck's sake this topic has been flogged to death. There is no 'glass ceiling' stopping standard kids getting a band 6, just that most standard students are of a lower calibre.
here is proof that faries exist.iEdd said:I didn't say you said it. I'm just pointing out that no-one else is putting sources for any of their claims, so surely *a* source is more credible than *no* source? I'm just trying to explain the system as I understand it from what I've read here and UAC scaling reports.
does it say why. is it because of the difficulty. is it because they mark harder. or is it because of the students.Without Wings said:"Students who undertake the English (Standard) course will have the opportunity to perform at the levels described in the higher bands, but they will be less likely to achieve in those bands than those students undertaking the English (Advanced) course."
Source: Board of Studies