Us young 'uns NCEA results...

[hXc]

So how did you other guys go in NCEA? I failed 3 standards all year, but passed all subjects, with only 1 being an exam failure (graphs and shit).

All up, 147 credits in level 1. For you older ones, you only need 80 to pass, so 20 of those 147 carry through to next year (6th form).


I'm pretty happy with myself, considering the shit year I had.

[Colapop]

My lad did pretty good considering he buggered up and missed an exam! Thought it was on Friday... Beat himself up pretty good over it too - honest mistake, but no sense getting too upset about it.

He got 108 with some Biology results (internal now) to come... He's pretty happy given the circumstances.

Good onya Z! Awesome results. Don't be pissing around this year and build on the results you've achieved. All go for '07!! W00T!

[ZorsT]

Still waiting on mine, was the same last year. I guess it takes an extra day for it to swim the cook straight.

[hXc]

Still waiting on mine, was the same last year. I guess it takes an extra day for it to swim the cook straight.
Internet = teh awesomest.
Snail mail < Internet.

[Hitcher]

If I understood what you had just said, hXc, I would know whether congratulations were in order. Or not. Did you learn anything?

[Colapop]

Are you guys gonna start talking like, you know like l33t and shit now...?

[hXc]

Did you learn anything?Don't jump parking metres, teachers don't appreciate a student who corrects them when they're wrong and petrol is lighter than water.

Anything else?

[hXc]

Are you guys gonna start talking like, you know like l33t and shit now...?
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[Hitcher]

Don't jump parking metres

Meters, Grasshopper. Revenue Collection, Level 3.

[hXc]

Meters, Grasshopper. Revenue Collection, Level 3.I was just testing you. Don't worry, you passed.

[ZorsT]

so, after actually checking online (peer preassure got the best of me) I discovered I did as well as i thought I did. Surprised myself (and probably Hitcher) with my english results.

[ajturbo]

well done young fella..:second:

[Dafe]

Well done chap!

Reminds me of fifth form school cert, when I got %14 in the mid year maths test. The freakin pricks were trying to deny me the right to sit the finals, coz I'd just pull the school average down. So I decided to do four hours study for the final and got a A.
Gotta love the days of Catleys summarised Maths notes.

[R6_kid]

break it down into excellences, merits and achieved's so i can see if i bet you or not, of course i did it the first year so things are a little different. I think i got 137/144 or something... did aight in chem and physics too

[Wasp]

a whopping 0 as did not sit level 3 - job offered too much cash to work full time so quit school and worked instead

[hXc]

English
A: 4
M: 4
Total credits: 21

French
A: 3
M: 2
Total credits:21

Maths
A: 7
M: 4
Total credits: 27

Music
A: 1
M: 2
E: 3
Total credits: 24

PE
A: 1
M: 2
Total credits: 11

Science
A: 4
M: 2
Total credits: 27

Tech
A: 3
Total credits: 16

[Fub@r]

English
A: 4
M: 4
Total credits: 21

French
A: 3
M: 2
Total credits:21

Maths
A: 7
M: 4
Total credits: 27

Music
A: 1
M: 2
E: 3
Total credits: 24

PE
A: 1
M: 2
Total credits: 11

Science
A: 4
M: 2
Total credits: 27

Tech
A: 3
Total credits: 16

Now I can understand why employers don't bother with NCEA results these days, bring back the old School C :)

[gijoe1313]

Ahh good on ya hXc ... warms the cockles of my teachers heart that does! Try not to give too much shite to your suffering teachers too much! Tip : Do all your work correctly, do it quickly and ask for more ... always puts the wind up teachers :lol:

I'll be waiting to see if I have a job this year ... if too many of my students fail, I'll :crybaby:

Ah well, who'd be a teacher? :sick: I used to worry about how well my charges did, but now, it's all indifference and blase ho-hum now :innocent: :sweatdrop: :doh:

No!!

I will be buzzing around to the local areas where I know I can collar some of them and do the "so...how well did ya do?" :innocent:

[Lias]

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Should I be worried that I could read that nearly as fast as plain english?

[MSTRS]

Should I be worried that I could read that nearly as fast as plain english?

Yep. I ran it through my old Enigma machine...suffice to say we'd all be speaking German now.

[Flyingpony]

Guessing Congratulations are in order!!!

I'm unsure if I should be congratulating you lot on excellent passes, passes, marginal passes or fails?
Did you learn something?

147 points at Level 1 doesn't imply anything to me. 95 out of 100 means something and so do E, D, C, B and A, with the odd +/- thrown in.



English
A: 4
M: 4
Total credits: 21

WTF!? :scratch:

Don't worry, I've figured out what Year 10 means. It means you've been in school for 10 years and therefore are 15yrs young and therefore you're in 5th form.

Man, I feel so old school already yet it wasn't that long ago.

[ManDownUnder]

Yep. I ran it through my old Enima machine...

Which explains why it gave me the shits...

[MSTRS]

147 points at Level 1 doesn't imply anything to me. 95 out of 100 means something and so do E, D, C, B and A, with the odd +/- thrown in.



I asked him last night what the maximum number of points was (assume that 80 is a pass then 160 is max.possible - eh wrong). Turns out that points depend on subjects taken with some worth more than others. Theoretically it is possible to do a 'full' syllabus, score 100%, yet still get less than the 80 reqd for a pass. NCEA still doesn't do it for me either.

[ManDownUnder]

Guessing Congratulations are in order!!!

I'm unsure if I should be congratulating you lot on excellent passes, passes, marginal passes or fails?
Did you learn something?

147 points at Level 1 doesn't imply anything to me. 95 out of 100 means something and so do E, D, C, B and A, with the odd +/- thrown in.


WTF!? :scratch:

Don't worry, I've figured out what Year 10 means. It means you've been in school for 10 years and therefore are 15yrs young and therefore you're in 5th form.

Man, I feel so old school already yet it wasn't that long ago.

Let me help. Here's what I understand
A4 = Skyhawk
M4 is a road in the UK
21 Credits means you can play another 21 games on the machine in question.

Anything else?

oh yeah.... good stuff hXc. Turns out you can be a cheeky little bastard and do ok at school. A pearl of wisdom an old boss of mine gave me a while back...

If you don't aim for the sky, you may not clear the trees at the end of the runway. It's very true.

[MSTRS]

WTF!? :scratch:





that is the number of achieveds, merits, or excellences not the points. Each subject is broken down into sections which are individually assessed. You do not get more credits for getting an excellence (E) than you do for an acheived (A)





Don't worry, I've figured out what Year 10 means. It means you've been in school for 10 years and therefore are 15yrs young and therefore you're in 5th form.


Year 10 is form four - year 11 is form 5, but you are right about him being 15!

[Hitcher]

An age at which he would have once been legally able to leave school and enter the workforce. In those times, qualifications gained as a 15-year-old had some meaning as they were waved in the faces of employers who could use them to whittle down the numbers of people they may have to interview for job applications (all other things being equal).

The world has changed. Although NCEA is an earnest attempt to describe what students may have learned or demonstrated competency at, it has a long way to go before people "get it". Myself included.

[Fatjim]

The way I see it, if someone is that young that they have gone through the NCEA system then they are too young to employ. Simple isn't it.

Employers should give people under 20 a test before employing them covering 5th form Maths & English, plus any thing pertinent to the specific role. Then you might actually be able to tell if the kid sniffed too much glue or not.

[MidnightMike]

Im still waiting for my level 2 results, but in level 1 i got 170 or something credits, so i pretty much owned ncea on that one. :rockon:

[jrandom]

Shudder. Blearrghh. I'm sending my boy to a school that offers the Cambridge examinations (http://www.cie.org.uk/CIE/WebSite/home.jsp).

I suppose NCEA will do fine for my daughter, of course; her mother will undoubtedly teach her everything she really needs to know at home in the kitchen, in any case.

[yungatart]

Shudder. Blearrghh. I'm sending my boy to a school that offers the Cambridge examinations.

I suppose NCEA will do fine for my daughter, of course; her mother will undoubtedly teach her everything she really needs to know at home in the kitchen, in any case.

An easy pass, from all accounts - specialising in how to pick up rubbish (answers provided, of course!)

[crashe]

English
A: 4
M: 4
Total credits: 21

French
A: 3
M: 2
Total credits:21

Maths
A: 7
M: 4
Total credits: 27

Music
A: 1
M: 2
E: 3
Total credits: 24

PE
A: 1
M: 2
Total credits: 11

Science
A: 4
M: 2
Total credits: 27

Tech
A: 3
Total credits: 16

Ok now I am totally confused.......... its like WTF does all that mean?

4 and 4 = 21 English
3 and 2 = 21 French

7 and 4 = 27 Maths
4 and 2 = 27 Science

Now I am scratching me head here... two different lots of figures and yet they make the same score !!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they get that??????
What does 'A' and 'M' stand for?

Damn it now I know I didnt stay at school for very long (3 weeks of the 4th form) but shite even I was better at maths than this lot....... :whistle:


So I think I am also saying congratulations to you as well Hxc.

[yungatart]

Ok now I am totally confused.......... its like WTF does all that mean?

4 and 4 = 21 English
3 and 2 = 21 French

7 and 4 = 27 Maths
4 and 2 = 27 Science

Now I am scratching me head here... two different lots of figures and yet they make the same score !!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they get that??????
What does 'A' and 'M' stand for?

Damn it now I know I didnt stay at school for very long (3 weeks of the 4th form) but shite even I was better at maths than this lot....... :whistle:


So I think I am also saying congratulations to you as well Hxc.

I thought it was explained earlier in the thread....
A stands for achieved - if the "A" has 4 after it, that means he achieved 4 different standards in that subject, M stands for Merit and E is for Excellent. the bigger numbers ie 21 stands for the number of credits he got overall, be they "A", "M" or "E".
Yes, congrats are in order - he sat his first exam only 10 days after parking meter induced head injuries and TBH had a pretty crappy year with other (not school related) shit in his life.
We're damn proud of our lad!!

[SwanTiger]

Pfft!

School is a cheap form of daycare until you're 13.

Then its a place for those without ambitions to dwell in.

It is my company policy, and will be in any company I own or run, not to hire people with qualifications!

(lets hope I never run a hospital...)

P.S. well done.

[crashe]

I thought it was explained earlier in the thread....
A stands for achieved - if the "A" has 4 after it, that means he achieved 4 different standards in that subject, M stands for Merit and E is for Excellent. the bigger numbers ie 21 stands for the number of credits he got overall, be they "A", "M" or "E".



Ok thanks for that explaination.

[WickedOne]

So how did you other guys go in NCEA? I failed 3 standards all year, but passed all subjects, with only 1 being an exam failure (graphs and shit).

All up, 147 credits in level 1. For you older ones, you only need 80 to pass, so 20 of those 147 carry through to next year (6th form).


I'm pretty happy with myself, considering the shit year I had.

Well done mate, I am sure things will look up for you this year!!!

[MidnightMike]

Ok just got my results for level 2. :done:

120 credits all up ( had to get 80 to pass ) no excellences here, mainly merits and achieved, and a few of the bastard ass mother :shutup: NA's.

One paper will be sent back though :nono: ;

Biology: describe the structure and function of animals: A

:mad: Achieved my ass you pack of pricks! That was easily a merit, umm. yeah, thats going back.....

[MSTRS]

Ok just got my results for level 2. :done:

120 credits all up ( had to get 80 to pass ) no excellences here, mainly merits and achieved, and a few of the bastard ass mother :shutup: NA's.

One paper will be sent back though :nono: ;

Biology: describe the structure and function of animals: A

:mad: Achieved my ass you pack of pricks! That was easily a merit, umm. yeah, thats going back.....

Why bother...the naff thing about NCEA (for those that don't know) is that a pass is X credits, no matter the level of pass

[Swoop]

A classic example of why the 11 point grading scale is far easier for a prospective employer to read.
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D
DNC - Did Not Complete.

[MidnightMike]

Why bother...the naff thing about NCEA (for those that don't know) is that a pass is X credits, no matter the level of pass


Meh, I worked hard on this one, going for a result i didnt get. :angry:

fark em' I say. :shutup:

[Mole_C]

They still give u GPAs on your results or they make u work them out for yourself?

[Jeremy]

What I want to know is what on earth can I do with them now? As they become completely useless as soon as you hit uni.

It'd be great if I could swap 60 of them for a toaster or something.

[MidnightMike]

Or some bike gear! :drool: Like tyres, and chains or exhaust systems :shit:

[alexthekidd]

It'd be great if I could swap 60 of them for a toaster or something.

HAHA Great call mate, NCEA has to be the most pointless system out there,

I passed everything bar 1 stupid SOAB t(hat must be checked when i get back to school) and ended up with 137 credits yet mates of mine failed exams and ended up with over 200 so WTF really? who knows i can't wrap my head around the system.

got my 80 credits so through to sixth form lol

Am very happy with my results overall, got 4 Excellences and 3 Merits in maths so stoked with that :sunny:

The way i see it for comparing A's M's and E's is something like

A is anywhere from a D-B or 50-80%

M is anywhere from a B+ - A- 80%-90%

E is anywhere from an A-A+ 90%-Perfection

But really :whocares:

:done:

[alexthekidd]

English
US:1
A:3
M:4
E:2

Credits: 27

Maths
US:4
A:0
M:3
E:4

Credits:25

Biology
US:
A:1
M:1
E:

Credits:7

Chemistry
US:
A:
M:1
E:1

Credits:5

History
US:
A:2
M:2
E:2

Credits:24

IT
US:
A:1
M:2
E:2

Credits:16

PE
US:
A:2
M:2
E:2

Credits:24

General Science
US:
A:1
M:1
E:

Credits:9

Total: 137

[jeremysprite]

Just looked at my results yesterday, did pretty good.
But can anybody beat my L3 History? AN EXCELLENCE LEVEL ESSAY! UH HUH! NIGH IMPOSSIBLE TO DO!

Quite proud, as you can see.

[alexthekidd]

Jeeez i thought my Excellence in L1 History was incredible but that takes the cake Jeremy!

[Nasty]

Well done guys ... not that long ago when I was in school and don't understand any of these results .. but excellance I certainly understand ... :)

[yungatart]

Well done to our bright yunguns! Congratulations on the work you put in and the grades you achieved!

[vifferman]

Now I can understand why employers don't bother with NCEA results these days, bring back the old School C :)
We scrutinised our youngun's results, and couldn't work out what they meant: had he passed, or failed? The result forms are blardy confusing!

Apparently he'd passed (or so our Committee of Five decided), so we congratulated him (albeit somewhat hesitantly and noncommittally).

He DID get 100% for attendance, which he was rather embarrassed about...

[Jamezo]

Yay, I got into Canterbury!

My grades were alright, so it wasn't unexpected:

comp102 - A
comp103 - A
phys114 - A
phys115 -B
math113 (calculus) - A-
math114 (linear algebra and DM) - B+
tech102 - special pass cause I sat the exam late lawl! Would have got an A++++ based on my exam marks.

[Ixion]

Garrggh. Now you have confused me, just as I was beginning to see some light, albeit through a glass, darkly. Everyone else is talking about Ms and Ns and as which aren't As at all but are really Cs or maybe Ds (except when they're Bs).

But you appear to be using a logical and sensible system , like what we had before ???? How does B+ fit in with the Ms and Ns ?



Year 10 is form four - year 11 is form 5, but you are right about him being 15!


DOUBLE GARRRGGGH. It gets worse and worse. Whatever reason was there for for meddling with the old simple, easily understood LOGICAL system - Primer 1 to 6, Form 3 to 6 , and Upper Sixth (Oh, all right , and the Remove if you must).

Obviously the educational system is devised by Arts graduates, because there is certainly no semblence of logic in it. And they ain't historians, either, cos they wouldn't be so stupid. Or classicists cos they don't want to change anything.

[merv]

Looks like he's talking Uni or Polytech grades and maybe he's going into engineering at Canterbury in the Professional years and not intermediate year.

[Jantar]

First, I'd like to add my congratulations to all those who have done well in their exams.

Now for older folk here like Ixion and others around my age who don't have much to do with NCEA, perhaps I can put things into perspective. In our days we were marked on a percentage basis out of a maximum possible. This no longer happens. eg in Level 1 maths there are a total of 129 credits available. Most schools will chose around 25 - 30 of these for their pupils, so that a score of 26 credits is actually quite good. However, back in our day we would have said that it was only a score of 20%.

A Level 1 pass is 80 credits total over a range of subjects, and some excess credits can be carried over to Level 2. Imagine 30 years ago in we could carry our excees SC marks over to UE or Bursary exams.

In short a score equal to 20% is good. Failure in any year is now impossible, although failure at a particular level is still possible. Year 12 students may be repeating some level 1 work even though they are still called year 12.

[Jamezo]

Warning: Extremely Bad Explanation Posted Above.

And yes, I was referring to University results, to enter my first pro year at Canterbury (electrical w00t).

Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Certificate_of_Educational_Achievement for a good explanation.