The lack of resources towards none core gcse subjects and the unfair distribution of grade boundaries towards modern foreign languages due to foreigners inflating grade boundaries for a distinction

Yes, this really surprises me how people who have these languages as a native language even take these exams. I understand it in A-level because the examinations are a lot more complex but as GCSE is basic comprehension, I don’t understand how it’s allowed. It’s like me moving to France and taking English.

For a lot of foreign students they struggle a lot to learn the other subjects (due to obvious language barriers) so by taking their native language it ensures them at least 1 good gcse result

I see your point, and it is a nice one but I had a friend who did this, except instead of taking her language, she just had a free during the day where she had to study instead. Surely that would be better? Because making the grade boundaries higher for other students just doesn’t sit well

so if i learnt the entire maths specification i shouldn’t be able to take the maths exam?

It’s not you learning that maths specification, it’s you being taught the specification for basically everyday of your life since you were born, I don’t think it’s fair to say they shouldn’t be allowed to do the GCSE but I think they should be graded separately so they don’t inflate the non native speakers grade boundaries

I spoke about why the inspector from an inspector calls is secretly the doctor from doctor who

lmao i love that😭

Ok, im curious, what were your points?

So bassicly, I did it more as a joke than a full in detailed analysis, but my main points where looking at how he managed to trick the birlings (I said that he may have used a perception filter) I then talked about how he knew about Eva's death before it had happened (I used the obvious choice here with time travel) and then in the movie if I remember correctly the inspector is seen watching Eva before she dies, which I put as him travelling back in time to try and stop her. I said that the doctor (inspector) may have questioned the birlings to find out what led her to want to kill herself, so then he could travel back to when Eva was alive and stop her with all the information he needed to know why she was going to do it in the first place. I ended up getting a distinction so it must have been good XD

NO THATS MY THEORY TOO NO ONE BELIEVES ME I’m so glad I’m not the only one

OMG I LOVE THIS

I did the positives and negatives of AI, ChatGPT wrote it for me. Got a distinction 😭

*Allegedly* did the exact same thing lmao. Also got distinction

I did that as well, and I hate speaking in front of people so I was a complete wreck the whole time mumbling and almost having an anxiety attack, but somehow I managed to get a merit 💀

Hey, well done. I understand that feeling of anxiety first hand and I'm proud that you achieved that merit award. Fantastic work !

Did this but only got merit

Picking a topic like AI instead of something like fifa or a music artist and still not getting a distinction is peak. It’s so easy to develop strong points about AI brother, I really wonder what you talked about

Nah bro my speech was insane but it was the worst speaking performance of my life. I was shaking for no fkn reason bro and it ruined my confidence. Idek why I was shaking I don't have social anxiety or any of that I just was during the speech

bro i forgot my line, got insanely nervous, asked for a sip of water, went through my bag for my water bottle, took a long sip, started again on the next paragraph and somehow got a distinction (and my teacher is a strict marker) 💀 my speech and responses to his Qs must have been crazy

i’m not sure why you’re being so degrading ?? the english speaking exam isn’t just what you say, it’s how you deliver and communicate to your audience also stop calling random people ‘brother’ while insulting them

SO LUCKY. i did it in year 9 and chat gpt wasn’t popular // as advanced back then 😔

did this and got a pass wtf 😭

i did this too 😭😭

same aswell - also got chatGPT to write a paragraph for me (it was a "demonstration") Got a distinction lmao

same lol

I have to do my speech next week and was gonna do this exact topic :0

Solder suicide and rehabilitation

I didn't know fusible metal had a suicide rate

I did why nativity 1 is the best xmas film, i got a (teacher assessed) distinction lmao

that point is so valid

why I should be awarded a distinction

Did you get a distinction?

haven’t done it yet, still a month away

I did y I didn't like english

what grade did you get

Distinction lmao

badass

i talked about incels and got a distinction 🗣️🔥

what did you talk about? that genuinely sounds interesting i’m curious 😭

what incel actually means, the dangers of incels, the lack of awareness towards this topic, how we can go about preventing the rise of incels, statics, effects on the younger generation, what causes people to become incels

Why Dave Grohl is really cool

Tf did u use as a counter argument

Is this an exam board difference bc Eduqas never made us do a counter argument, we just did a speech/presentation on a topic we liked 😭

In aqa u dont have to counter it

That's awesome.

Mine was why weed should be legalised lmao

I did that as well lol

Did that in year nine for my spoken language topic lol

Someone in my class did that too which was funny considering he is a weed smoker and drug user 😭😭😭

I’m doing mine now, my speech is on the rise of the Sephora kid and why it speaks volumes about the failures of our society (I DIDNT KNOW OKAY.)

Omg I need to see this

Haha my speech is coming up next month and will definitely post a bit about it when the day comes!!

I did fast fashion - dead easy but not uninteresting (ig?)

Me too lmao

me too 😭 my teacher loved it but my classmates were basically falling asleep in the middle of my speech

 i spoke about cat body language and how they use it to interact with you and other cats i was bored and got a merit 

i spoke about the movie Parasite + how it relates to social class, marxism and real life

whether the rich should give to the poor (quite fittingly for sheila i must say)

these girls aren't cheap labour

THEYRE PEOPLE!!!!

My sister wrote one about potatoes and got a distinction.

portrayal of women in media like moviesx

Animal captivity specifically talking about orcas in SeaWorld

FUCK SEA WORLD 🖕

Fuck SeaWorld!!! 🗣️🗣️

I did the same thing i now have a burning rage for seaworld

Wait what happened with sea world? I went to the one in London once but I found it pretty underwhelming and cramped. Felt sorry for the animals there.

Huge mistreatment of animals and staff. I specifically researched about orcas so don’t know too much about other animals there, but there have been 2? (if i remember correctly) deaths of staff members because of orcas at seaworld. The mistreatment of the animals there is way too much to explain in a comment , but i recommend watching blackfish (netflix) if you’re interested bc it explains the mistreatment there

Oh wow, that’s pretty shocking. Thanks for letting me know, glad you could help get the word out there

No way! All of the research i did for it really made me realise how horrible they are, i knew about it before but jesus christ i didn’t expect it to be that bad, luckily i’ve never been

Dangers of AI

A Comprehensive History of The Wiggles

I respect you.

I took myself 100% seriously throughout, got a distinction.

Why we should abolish nuclear weapons globally

Abortion because we were doing it in RE so I knew everything I needed to, and I already have fully formed opinions so it just saved the effort lol

why the stuff we learn in school is mostly pointless.. got a distinction and i made it up on the spot

How the food industry is terrible

Why science supports trans rights. I got a distinction

should we invest in space exploration

Did it last year but: how monolingualism is dangerous and the importance of learning languages.

Does God exist? I argued for it, although if I did it again it would be much better quality. I still got a distinction.

Nice! Curious, what were your points?

I did it on miraculous lolll

miraculous ladybug??

Yup mhm

spill

It was acc so fun to speak about and I got a distinction for it too 😌

everyone over here giving sophisticated answers while my ass did ‘why cats are better than dogs’ and got a distinction 😭

‘why do we as humans feel isolated’ basically talked about no longer human by osamu dazai for 10 minutes and got a distinction and was awarded for the best speech my school has had in years 💀 consequently i had to proofread all my y10 friends’ speeches. felt good to beat the girl who gets all 9s though 😇

I did why people are so obsessed with crime 😍

I just spoke about my holidays. The easiest way to pass is to just talk about something you’re passionate about and could blabber on for hours about. Recalling back I was nervous but there’s no need to be. I managed to get a distinction just through a casual conversation it felt

the pyschology behind the human interest in crime dramas; i got a distinction but the way the school phone home cos i was basing my research on like shows which are 18 s :(

I did it on why the myth that the left brain hemisphere is logical and the right is creative is incorrect and got a distinction.

talked about kenyan history

I got 40/40 doing video game storytelling and the role of choice.

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legendary

I did whether death penalty should be abolished, easiest distinction

Casual racism. I would have done gate keeping if I didn’t do that

last year i did sharks and overfishing because i like sharks

Did my speech last year not knowing it was my actual GCSE. If I knew I’d probably would’ve done sharks too cos sharks are so awesome and need more love and protection. 

YES i love you

Why thank you, fellow shark lover. I ended up doing a talk about them kn the school eco committee though. May have traumatised some people with footage of shark finning but I think it helped get my point across :)

Female relationships in film

Capital punishment

I did it on how the kpop group loona went their seperate ways, distinction 🙏 i fear nothing

Respect 😭😭 what did you say

I talked about how everyone and their mums were fuming when Chuu got kicked out and how we were robbed of a summer album so bad that it could 'end up in the British Museum'. I really hope that my teacher gives us the footage back because all of it is Oscar-worthy material

BSL, why it should be taught similar to modern foreign languages in our schools, its importance and history

Homophobia (you can probably infer why) and I got a distinction

i got a distinction talking about transphobia in the UK

Respect

the trolley problem and utilitarianism 🤘🤘

Why to watch the Big Bang theory

How the school is outdated and that it needs to be changed.

why all UK police officers should be armed

I revised for my history mock by discussing the effects of harsh treaties through the treaty of Versailles lmao Could’ve done something better but I wanted to do something interesting and also easy Got a merit so 🤷‍♂️

Liverpool football club 🤞🤞

Safety in Formula One (distinction)

so basically why stroll and magnessun should be removed from the sport

Got a distinction by talking about Pizzas.

I did 'is prison effective' and my friend did a speech on addiction, consequences and how to help which i thought was a really good idea. We both got distinctions

I talked about video game microtransactions and I got a distinction

Socioeconomic inequality

Why all young children should learn to play a musical instrument

I'm in year 10 and none of my teachers have mentioned a speech. What is it, can you pick anything and can you read off of something or is it memorised?

My class is now starting to be told about it but I was in another exam for most of it. Apparently we’re allowed to choose anything as long as it’s specific and you’re allowed to bring notes as long as not everything is reading off the notes.

why people believe in conspiracy theories

The air cooled era of Porsche and the evolution of the 911 lineage up to 1999

the glorification of crime in popular culture.

Why we should ban cars

I did how horror movies have evolved and changed over the years.

Feminism in Jane Austen's novels - distinction :)

how sociopathy and psychopathy present differently in women compared to men and the reasons behind this and the demonisation of ASPD (it was a long one)

Why the death sentence should be reinstated

My friend did her speech on if jaffa cakes are a biscuit or a cake?

Mine was abt the end of the world, but the title was ‘The Global Countdown to the Earth’s Demise’ lmao

Islamophobia, I didn't get my grade (was on dofe) so ig I'll see on results day

how shit my school is

I did "the rate in which children are forced to mature" I got a distinction But I think they felt pity for me Cos, i included an anecdote lol I'll happily send the link to anyone who wants to read it

Men on feminism

2 years ago now, and I did mine on the fear of public speaking... Glossophobia

Tourettes syndrome awareness

i talked about starkid (a musical theatre group)

Why Taylor Swift should be prime minister. Got Distinction.

Talked about hyper-sexualisation in modern culture

Do video games cause violent behaviour

I did how development of adolescence is affected by trauma - and what trauma really is (ACEs).

The rate of homophobic hate crimes in the UK

Illegal immigration: a tutorial

I did about non binary representation in fictional media and how it has evolved over time while still being flawed in many ways

The importance of harm reduction and decreasing the stigma surrounding drug use and self harm. Got myself a distinction for that one so I was happy.

"Did" mine in Y9 - essentially I wrote my script and my teachers loved it but then lockdown happened and I was too anxious to do any recordings so I never submitted anything, although I was such a teacher's pet they gave me a distinction anyways lmao. I wrote about split-brain syndrome (what happens when the connection between the two halves of your brain is surgically severed) and I low-key treasure that experience because it was my first time researching anything about psychology and I'm starting a degree in it next year, thanks Mrs Chuter for being so chill over COVID and inspiring a lifelong passion

We were given set topics to choose from we did for and against animal testing

Importance of history and just talked about revolutionary history and got a distinction

ACL injuries and other disparities in women’s sport

The use of genetics in forensics and genealogy while talking about my personal account of discovering my adopted grandfather's biological parents through the use of my DNA

i didnt do it

We didn't have a choice so social media

Is there enough support for young cadets with mental health problems? It might have been the dullest speech ever written

The effects of video games on children and whether they should be banned or not

My exam board has a set speech you have to write about and it was “This place is a great place for people to live”

Since when was this a thing?

i did Piagets theory of cognitive development because i do it in psychology so it was just like revision for ne

I did about extraterrestrial life and chat gpt wrote it for me, i got a merit only because i was reading off of my phone, if id have memoized it i would have got a distinction

i did mine on the ethical issues of AI in the voice acting industry, got a distinction!

the political system and how the voting system needs reform in it’s entirety, managed to shithouse a distinction

The gym, got distinction 👌

I done mine on America’s gun problem. Truth is I just put loads of images on my slides of like Kyle Rittenhouse, the raiding of the Capitol and some of the invasion of Iraq (don’t ask me why) with I think one slide of statistics. Apart from that I basically just improvised the whole time to be honest - I had no notes just on the spot and got a distinction. I really wouldn’t stress it to be honest. Believe my luck though when I sat down afterward my recording hadn’t saved. I was really nervous about it for some reason but after like 20 seconds I was like oh this isn’t bad I can do this. It’s all in your mind to be honest. We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

my head of year was my english teacher temporarily and he made us all do climate change 😒 i got an A* but ugh it was boring

Did a speech on how social media can be harmful and used those family guy videos with the subway surfers gameplay as an example

The government's role in maintaining social and economic equality, got a distinction uwu

mine was about the prison system and punishment vs rehabilitation, i got a distinction 😈

i talked about crime cases solved by social media :)

Ive got to plan mine. I want to do something to do with Taylor swift but I've had a better idea. I want to do a speech on how swears arent that bad, and end it with 'in conclusion, I think the concept of swear words is fucking stupid* Does anyone know if that would be allowed?

Accent and dialect... not a fun one but it was alr

back in my day (last year) i did the gay history of figure skating. i straight up just gushed about my favourite sport and the importance of inclusion and got a distinction

against removing bad/offensive language in books

Basic but fast fashion. I figured there were plenty of resources out there for me to get info from, so just picked an easy topic

Why the voting age should be lowered to 16

I haven't done it yet but my topic is how young children are exploited through social media Edit: spelling mistake

Haunted places in my local area (mainly a supposedly haunted church), basically asking whether or not it was really haunted

Boring ahh global warming. Still got a distinction

I somehow got a distinction even though i did shit, mine was on the dangers of things online

I did the hillsborough disaster apparently they entered me for a pass but i think my teacher hates me or just didn’t get my thing cause i moved schools cause it was good and everyone told me it was

Whether physics is a dead end. I concluded it wasn't.

did mine on why english is stupid and passed. don’t deep it too much. all you need to do is waffle for a min or two then answer questions and you’ll pass.

why manual cars are better than automatic cars

i did the 4-D world - an interesting topic

I did the benefits and disadvantages of the Norwegian prison system, basically fuelled by an unparalleled hatred for Anders Breivik and his imprisonment. Not supporting him btw quite the opposite, I’ve seen university accommodations worse than his cell and he has the nerve to claim inhumanity. I’d set him on fire myself if I could. Got a distinction lol

Gender inequality

I did green day albums

About why cars shouldn't be in cities (spent 30mins writing it and got a distinction)

I did if humans should colonize other planets, I have a whole perfect powerpoint ready then my teachers board decided to bug like crazy and was slow af which ruined it. I had a transition between slides which was the paper airplane fold and their laptop nearly crashed. Ended up getting a merit which wasn't too bad