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A very interesting question Farcity. A quick google search would suggest even google doesnt really know who peter was either. There is a connection to an old prospector in the USA during the Gold Rush , who, when things were going bad, said ‘when my mineral petered, why they all petered me’ ., Alternatively there is this ‘Another suggestion is an allusion to the French word péter (to break wind - literally to explode‘. I suppose there could therefore be a tenous link to , peter, St Peter and the Mighty Celtic thread 🤔

I am delighted to see my thread resurrected, especially to save Farcity from a near certain death . Not only that, it has given Orraloon the opportunity to showpiece his science knowledge, and take his mind off those darned overpaid teachers for 10 minutes. In fact I think I could be in line for the ‘ most valuable thread of the year’ award. 💪

Seems it will be a similar issue in England, difference being it looks like they will be able to sit the exam if they are not happy with the grade they are given. Though I imagine that will still be too late for anyone hoping to get into Uni or college. What about the rest of the UK? Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will find out their grades later this month, with A-level results to be published on 13 August and GCSEs on 20 August. As in Scotland, exams were cancelled this year and teachers were asked to estimate pupils' grades. The watchdog Ofqual says the number of students getting good grades in England is expected to be 2% higher at A-level and 1% at GCSE this year. The predicted grades suggested by teachers would have been far higher, but were knocked back down by exam boards. Students who are not happy with their results will be able to sit exams in all subjects in the autumn .

She already does this exam marking, she has been marking the papers for the last few years, I mentioned it in my first post. That is why I said she knows what the SQA are looking for and why she was pissed off so many of her pupils were downgraded.

The one thing I would say that is perhaps being exaggerated , and I very much could have picked this up wrong, is the issue about the Higher results in deprived areas being downgraded more. The pass mark in deprived areas moved from 65% to 85 % which does not look right at all, much as the SG would love to see that sort of improvement. Could you imagine the media if they had not downgraded the results to realistic levels. They would be going fooking mental. It would be ‘Sturgeon using Covid to manipulate exam results favourably ’ . All we ever hear is how shit Education is under SNP by their critics, and now then we hearing how shit they are by downgrading results in deprived areas to more realistic levels. Criticise them by all means for the general issue in the attainment gap between deprived and well off , but I dont really think they could win here. The problem is this whole exam process has been flawed and in turn they have managed to undermine teachers and disappoint a large number of pupils. There needs to be an investigation into the gap between the teachers marking and the SQA. There will be loads of appeals and the SQA will be overwhelmed. They will probably end up hiring teachers to help out 🙄 Politically it isnt good but if a headline from yesterdays Telegraph is anything to go by England is going to be much worse. Whataboutery I know, but no one seems to be coming out of it well. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/05/scotlands-exam-result-fiasco-coming-england/amp/

🙂 aye very funny.

Yeah I agree the assessments have been high and there will be a few at it, but unless the gradings my daughter has given her pupils were spectacularly wrong, a 75% figure for ‘no changes’ also seems high . She said most of her gradings were changed and she is very thorough. I am not just saying that as her mother. I think I would be pissed off if my pupils were all downgraded just to reach the desired historical level for the school.

My daughter is a teacher, she teaches in a school with a decent reputation though not of Jordanhill standard. I asked how her pupils results went. She said that overall they were good as all her pupils passed however she was extremely disappointed that just about every one of her Nat5 and Higher estimations were changed. She worked her butt off doing these and had prepared evidence as to why she graded a pupil out with the level they had previously been graded at. For the past few years she has been marking the Higher and Nat5 official exams so knows what the standard is and the type of things that the SQA are looking for. She said a lot of the changes they made to the grades were within the same band, ie high B to low B, but that some of her N5 pupils have been moved to a B when they thoroughly deserved an A . More concerning they changed some Higher pupils from a C to a D, and that that although the SQA argued that a D is still a pass, colleges etc dont see it that way. Her words were: ‘ It feels like such a slap in the face to us teachers who spent hours making sure our estimations were robust. I feel like they don’t trust our professional judgement and it’s really overshadowed my overall happiness with the results. I think they’ve looked at those Higher pupils’ N5 result last year, and said “well they can’t have gone from a N5 D to a Higher C”, but it’s because the poor souls have worked their socks off this year. Plus I’ve put in more work with them to help them get there.’ I dont know what the answer is and sympathise with anyone having to make such a decision in a relatively short period of time, but surely you need to put trust in the teachers judgement. We are putting trust in every other ‘expert’ at this time. I realise the SQA have a job to do in overseeing things but children can change and you cant just base the results on past experience of the school. What was the point of all the work by the teachers ? Under normal conditions, the teachers who are marking exams get ‘spot checked’ to make sure there is consistency , why did they not just do the same with this years gradings systems? My other daughter got a D in her English Higher prelim a number of years ago and ended up with an A in the actual exam because of the extra work she put in . She would never have received an A if she was doing her higher this year.

😂😂 thats not quite what your gran was expecting from her knitting needles.

Excellent 👍 They sound far more appealing than tinned prunes. Meh, piles are merely another obstruction my jobbies have to overcome at the end of a very slow meander through the lazy river . A colonoscopy a number of years ago confirmed I have an unusually long colon.

😞 a jobbie would be nice. Maybe one day this week..

I think its on HBO so you need Sky. Or you could sign up to Now Tv as they have HBO. I got a really good 3 month deal from Now tv when the final series of Game of Thrones came out and I watched Chernobyl on it too so was worth it. I just cancelled it afterwards. There may be some way of streaming it for free but that is beyond my technical ability.

20000 football leagues under the sea ya bass ?

I got mine pre union jack. You must get a choice of lights I would think.

Do you steam clean the house with a karcher ?

You most certainly can. Very healthy, unless thplinth has just steamed his carpet with said steam. Here is nutritional content .

Och, I was just fishing.

Mon the minis ! Great cars. No idea if mine has a spare wheel or not I have only just discovered the night driving switch. Anyway here are 83 recipes for a nice Sunday roast. https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/collections/roast-recipes/

I would be happy with a hybrid but it wont happen as the job I do really needs to be office based long term. I feel , as has already been mentioned, that permanent home working will have an adverse effect on mental health and social interaction. I think folk already spend too much time isolated in technology and social media and home working will make it worse. God know what it will be like in 20-30 years.

Without a doubt. Our company, who are a large employer, are looking to keep as many people working from home till next year at the earliest and I imagine going forward they will continue with this. I dont think they will be alone. The hotel industry is likely to suffer too as a lot of business meetings will now take place over zoom/ Microsoft teams. Could the property/land be converted to help with housing in any way ?

Had the numbers in Spain moved to a level that it was difficult for the SG to keep the quarantine in place, I am not sure what the situation was ? But I tend to agree if there was any doubt then they should just have left it in place. Half the folk moaning about quarantine are probably not adhering to it anyway.

Oh dont worry the credit cards are alteady cancelled after I kindly provided Mr Phisher from Www.amazonuhavebeenfucked all my details 3 weeks ago .

🙄 Ffs. Typical man. A job done half correct to match his half loaf. He was too busy showing off his bloody baking. I am going round to sort him out. I hope Rolling Hills didnt see it or he will be at my front door with that bloody tweed gift set.

I am trying to work out what you mean and the mystery of Fringos disappearing post.👻 Did he forget to blank out my name ? 😡😡