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ds crushed - tutor did not teach him correct GCSE syllabus!

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lainiekazan · 14/06/2013 21:16

Ds learns Latin independently and with a tutor, who costs an arm and two legs. He went into the exam today and realised straightaway that he had only covered half the syllabus. Ds was hoping for a very good grade and to go on and do it at A Level and possibly beyond. But now he clearly is starting this paper at only 50%.

I don't know what to say to the tutor. He is very good and ds likes him, but this is a blow.

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BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 14/06/2013 22:19

What has happened exactly, has he studied the wrong text? I have done a few languages in my time and it's only the literature element where you could actually study the wrong thing. I think.

IDK · 14/06/2013 21:59

I hope your DS hasn't done what mine did.
For his syllabus there were two texts, text A and text B. The teacher chose which text to study and there was an exam at the end of the year. The exam consisted of: either answer one Q on text A or answer one Q on text B. DS didn't read the rubric properly and answered both questions; as you can imagine, one answer was an awful lot better than the other! He got a poor grade in the paper but still got a B grade overall.

Kez100 · 14/06/2013 21:57

You need to find out what had happened and then get it put right and the correct tutoring provided, for free, for the resit. If it is correct the full syllabus hasn't been covered.

TheFallenMadonna · 14/06/2013 21:33

There are no resits of individual modules from now on. Maths and English Language have a resit (whole qualification) series in November, but all other subjects are only in the June series from now on.

MrsWooster · 14/06/2013 21:27

Don't know, I'm afraid. You can get individual analysis of results/papers, so 6th form MAY accept him on the basis of the marks he gets on the papers he HAD studied for, iyswim, so contact them now rather than later and explain the situation.

christinarossetti · 14/06/2013 21:26

The tutor isn't 'very good' - he hasn't done the job which you paid him an arm and two legs for adequately.

I would be asking for a 50% refund tbh, and finding another tutor for the autumn resit.

I'm pretty sure that you have to resit the whole exam - you can't carry marks forward from a previous paper.

SuzySheepSmellsNice · 14/06/2013 21:23

You also need to have a chat with the tutor. That is disgraceful, he has ripped you off completely!

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lainiekazan · 14/06/2013 21:23

are the resits in Nov/Jan the same syllabus? Can you resit one paper? Ds thinks he has done well in the papers so far, but has clearly not done very well in this latest one.

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MrsWooster · 14/06/2013 21:19

He isn't 'very good'. This is inexcusable in a teacher.

Find out when resits are - poss Nov, poss Jan - and perhaps speak to school / college explaining situation BEFORE results come out and they may allow him to start A Level, subject to passing at resit...

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