• Question: why didnt you pass your GCSE'S the first time?

    Asked by rubytracey18 to Carol, Ellie, John, Philip, Rebecca on 28 Jun 2012.
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      Philip Glasson answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      Hi rubytracey18, Good question !!
      I’m guessing probably Carol, Ellie, John, & Rebecca may very well have passed their GCSE’s first time.
      I on the other-hand am quite Dyslexic, so I’ve always needed a little more time to find my own way of making things work rather than just doing what I’m told.
      This different way of thinking has the advantage of allowing me to solve a set of problems that others normally can’t. But this comes at the disadvantage of me solving some more straightforward things slower…. You need Different people …To solve different problems

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      Carol White answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      I did pass my GCSEs first time (phew!) but that probably had a lot to do with me doing subjects I really liked and being at a school that gave extra lessons if you started to fall behind. I found Biology really hard (funny, because that’s what I do now!) but I battled through, knowing it had to be finished!

      I didn’t pass my degree first time though – I had to leave and take an extra year because I was very ill. It was hard, but as John says, some people need a little more time to get through things and it definitely made me a better scientist!

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      John Welford answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      Thankfully I did pass my GCSE’s first time, but I remember working really hard to pass them. In higher education and in jobs you get to choose what you want to do, so I think you are more interested in it. I found GCSE’s hard because I had to study subjects that weren’t as interesting to me.

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      Rebecca Lacey answered on 1 Jul 2012:

      I also passed my GCSEs first time but it was a bit hit and miss. I was really poorly when I was in year 10 and was off school sick for most of the year. When I went back to school in year 11 the teachers tried to get me to repeat year 10 but I didn’t want to. I ended up doing all my GCSEs courses in 1 year instead of 2 which was hard work but it set me up well for the rest of my career – I know how to work hard and stick to deadlines which is important for a scientist

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