Did the ‘S’ stand for Scholarship?
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I somehow managed to fail my Art O level 
. Fortunately passed all the others
You must have forgotten to wiggle.
I did an S level in Maths… not sure how well I did though. I wonder whether those results are in the loft too…
I passed all my “O” levels except one — French.
I still remember the French master putting his nose against mine and saying “Bennett, you will NEVER speak French”.
… so I just had to end up here!
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I did MME maths which was a one year O level in my first O level year and then an AO maths in the second year. There were about 10 of us that did this and I seem to remember that most of us passed both.
Yeah, they were an oddity as well - I did Chemistry and Biology. They weren’t even marked if you didn’t get at least a “B” in the main A’ level IIRC.
From recollection it was a “1” in Biology and a “2” in Chemistry. Might have been the other way around though.
Never mind “where were the TV cameras…” I was rubbish at lessons, being totally eclipsed by my brilliantly clever siblings…
Where was my Mum when I won a cup at Junior School… ???
“Sports-Girl of the Year” was what the Headmistress said as she presented me with a shiny trophy…
I’d won every race/event I had entered… 100yds, hurdles, long jump, discus… and played my part in the winning Relay team…
and Mum was not there to see me shine …
and to add insult to injury… seems there wasn’t enough money in her purse to have my name engraved on the base plaque… so after handing the cup back the following year, my wonderful achievement only lives on in my head…
ah well… 
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I took mine in 1969 in London and I got grades. I think they had cut them to A, C, E and F, whereas before they had everything from A to F.
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As above the “official” grading system was a bit later though different boards gave out grades.
Actually I got O’ level and A’ level grades a bit mixed up - A-C were a “pass”, D (and possibly E) were an “honourable mention”. U was “ungraded”.
Are you feeling, as I do, that BBC national news is increasingly trivial, petty and full of things that don’t pass the ‘so what’ test? Surely a couple of lines announcing exam results have been released and whether grades are up or down would be enough?
Alternative view point - maybe nothing of pith and moment is happening and this is all the news there is?
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It’s August, isn’t it? Silly season for myopic news providers who struggle to see events beyond their own borders. I suspect 24/7 news has a lot to do with it, too. Lots of time to fill.
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I love all these replies - make me laugh - SF folk have ace sense of humour
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on the news today - Michael Buble’s wife has had a baby!!
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Who’s Michael Bubble?
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actually - thinking of it - no ! - my point is that no-one took any notice -
Hada good laugh at that - I am allowed a rant sometimes!
Gosh ! I had the exact same cruel comment from my horrid spinster French teacher. I hated her. Still, she turned out to be wrong !
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Mine too. 
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