old people - what'd you get in your 'O' Levels and/or CSEs?

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

I took mine in '85 iirc, and only passed four. These were maths (with a C grade), English Language (C), Art (A) and erm Ceramics (B).

Got an E in Lit, E in Physics, D in TD, and a D in Chemistry.

Felt pretty disappointed but had to admit that, seeing as I'd lied, cheated and slept my way through high school, these results were probably quite good.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

1983. Couple of Os, 4 CSE's and a 16+ in something to do with sports.

I didn't really do school once I got into the 3rd year. Doing odd jobs for people got me cash for records and was also good for networking. I got jobs off jobs then secured ( ) a placement working with Mainframe computers because I wrote a few programs for a customer.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

1982 :-

'O' Level - Physics (C), Chemistry (C), Geography (U)*
C.S.E. - Maths (2), English (2), French (1), Technical Drawing (1), Metalwork (3)

Not bad considering I did next to sweet F.A. in my last two years.



* I pretty much used my Geography lesson to do the homework for the other lessons.
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[angryjonny]

You got a U*? That's even better than a U.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Luckily the board that marked the physics and chemistry exams were a different lot to the one that marked the geography, so had two certificates. I never had to show the miserable failure to anyone in interviews at the time
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[Suntan Sid]

1979

I got 7 O's, 8 if you count a "D"!
Eng Lang (B), Eng Lit (B), Maths (C), Physics (C), Art (A), EWTP (B), GED (C), & Chemistry (D).
To this day I still don't know how I got a D in chemistry, never understood it from day one, in the exam, I'd finished in 30 mins and, promptly left!
Unfortunately our Tech Drawing, (GED), teacher managed to teach us the wrong syllabus for a year so we were all double entered for an O level and a CSE!
It was my best subject, so it pissed me off somewhat, still no harm done in the end. I'd had enough of school by then and went off and got a job as a "draughtsman", , a job which I've done ever since, WIN!
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[yen_powell]

I got an A grade O level in English Language when I was 15, then got an ungraded in English Lit when I was 16 because I never read any of the books. This was mainly because they were boring books (My Family and Other Animals, Henry the IV Part 1, can't remember the others).

The rest of my O level results at 16 were, Technical Drawing A, Maths C, Art C, Physics D, History C, Geography C, Chemistry U. I only answered 2 questions in Chemistry, (name a use for Bromide, I said something about prisoners' tea is the one I remember). I spent the rest of the time doodling.

I got a CSE grade 1 in art as well as my O level, I was double entered. This meant something more innocent back then.
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[yen_powell]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Nobby the Bastard]

'87

O's

'A' Maths
'B' English Lang, Physics, Geology, Computer Studies
'C' Music Geometric Drawing

CSEs

'1' technical Drawling
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[mentalboy]

1983
Back when it was normal to sit six 'O' levels, I did nine and no CSE's, which did me a fat lot of good as I preferred climbing to revising!
3 B's
3 C's
3 D's
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[weasley]

1987 here (the last year of 'O' levels).

From memory I took, I think, 8 'O's and 4 CSEs.

A in French, two Bs, four Cs and a D. One of the Cs was for photography and the other grades were variously for maths, physics, chemistry, geography, English literature and English language. CSEs were in French, general studies, drama and something else.
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[Ariel Badger]

I think I got six but it was a long time ago (72) my only 1 grades were in the arts.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

In 1983 Air Navigation C. In 1984 Maths B. 1985 Additional Maths (B), English (C), English Lit (C), Chemistry (C), Biology (B), Physics (B), Tech Drawing (B), French (U) and History (B) . In 1986 Computer Studies (B).

All the best

Keith
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[Shaft]

Took English Language in 1979, when I was 14 (A) then, for a variety of reasons, dropped out of school.

A couple of years later and to prove a point, about six weeks before the deadline for entry, I put myself in for Maths (B) Biology (A) and Chemistry (B) and said goodbye to formal education forever.
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[Rogerborg]

Straight A grades. English, Mathematics, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts.

LOL JK.

Didn't do Chemistry.

Seriously? I have no idea. I can barely remember what I did last week, let alone a quarter of a century ago. I think us Jocks had O "grades" instead of "levels", just to be awkward, then replaced those with "standard" grades because mumble jumble latest research shows. I got a bunch of something, anyway.
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[hellkat]

They didn't have O and A levels in NZ , the equivalents were School Certificate (about equivalent to O levels) and the "University Entrance" exam (ditto A levels)

School C (1976):
English A+, Geography A, Commerce B+ and Shorthand-Typing B.
(flunked maths by 5 points)

UE (1977):
English (A+) and Geography (A).
(flunked maths and economics, was only in those classes to fill up too many empty gaps in my timetable anyway)

The rest of the time I was the class clown.
Spent quite a lot of time outside the classroom door than inside it, quaking in my boots at the possible arrival of a roaming nun, who were very strict, and inclined to send girls ligging about outside classroom doors to the headmistress's office.
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[hellkat]

I was gutted that I wasn't allowed to do academic subjects such as French, German, Latin, History, Biology or Chemistry, and the latent talent I had for maths was pretty much crushed by having to do "commercial" subjects so I could support myself once I left school, instead of being a student sponging off my mother. Ha! *bitter laughter* ... fucking wish I had just done what I fucking well wanted now.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Yeah I wish I'd done more stuff like woodwork and metalwork - but I think these options clashed with art and ceramics so I probably couldn't have anyway.
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[Suntan Sid]

[Islander]

1973 if memory serves...

O levels in maths, physics, chemistry, english, tech drawing, history, french and music.

GCSE grade 1 in motor engineering.

A levels in pure maths, physics and chemistry.

Total fail in O level RE - I doodled a cartoon on the answer paper and walked out after the minimum stay period. I'd specifically asked not to be entered as I'd opted out of the whole invisible friend franchise may years before. Our old RE teacher was a decent sort that let me use the lesson time to study other stuff. The new one was an arse and a born again christian. The only reason I actually turned up was the threat of my parents having to pay some sort of penalty.

[daemonoid]

'96

2 A's (Maths, Physics)
6 B's (Statistics, French, English Lang, Geography, Chemistry, Biology)
2 C's (English Lit, Computers(IT))

I'm a software engineer now
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