Thread 8 Carry on Corona Cohort: GAV give us the CAG?

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Welcome all to the 8th Thread for this year's GCSE cohort the Corona Cohort!

Some of us have been here since I started first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. It is hoped this will continue. Going forward we intend to stay in secondary so any new threads should have 'GCSE Summer 2020 Thread # : Carry on Corona Cohort' in title just to make it easier to find.

From now on our DS/DD may go down various paths so we decided not to be exclusionary and stay right here in Secondary until HQ chuck us
At this precise moment in time we are awaiting GCSE results that seem to have been produced by an algorithm that also takes very little account of Teacher Centre Assessed Grades. There is an appeal process but it was changed yesterday to include mock results and coursework, then taken down again for review.
Trying to protect our young people's mental health.during this shit show , which the government claims is their priority...when they talk about wanting students back in schools/college in September...

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I just wound it back and listened again. He definitely said that, so they will know their marks but paperwork a week later.

He was very slippery - Louise Minchin looked livid!

I’m assuming a proper headed bit of paper Paddington? I don’t know what they get these days, I took mine when they were o levels!

So, is he going to resign? 😂

This is so open to clerical errors now...

What a car crash that was!! He literally has zero credibility.

So they get told told the higher of CAG or algorithm grade on Thursday with the certification coming the following week?

I am gutted for Steph who was interviewed.

@MirandaWest

It's only Tuesday. I feel there's time for a few variations on a theme to happen by Thursday

That’s what I thought Piggy. Hope no one makes a typo in the schools in the next days panic.

To me, the best way will be to have 3 columns, CAG / Moderated / Final .... they have to show both so students have the confidence the correct ones have been officially recorded!

Oh god please no more changes! I’m not sure I can take any more!

Yes @Northumberlandlass that would be the clearest way.

Do you think they have Cabinet training sessions where they sit around with a timer and see who can talk for the longest without saying yes or no, then a score board to monitor improvement in performance?

We’re still sub 50 hours though. That will do! (I have an A in maths and a Masters in stats with a distinction )

@MirandaWest

That was so painful to watch just now. Gavin just prevaricated around all the questions and droning on using words like robust and disadvantaged over and over again. I don't think he answered a single question but used up air time to his own agenda. Poor Steph, I had tears welling up just watching her and hearing her story knowing it mirrors so many others.

Still not clear over whether we get two grades this Thursday or one this week and other next week but all will become clear (or clearer) this Thursday. Not sure my nails can take much more.

Oh absolutely FoolsAssasin and Gav would be high up on the leader board. DH played bingo on the words Robust and Disadvantaged as he used them over and over.

Can someone please add a link to the gave interview I can’t seem to find it. Doesn’t have to be clicky

Along with trying to share the blame on the SNP, Labour, Lib Dems and Sinn Fein. Car crash of an interview, any shed of credibility that he had left vanished out the window.

So now we don’t know if it’ll be both grades on Thursday?

Is it that hard for them to say?! It’s fucking Tuesday!

Breakfast, 18/08/2020: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lx1f via @bbciplayer

See if that works, he was on at 7.30

@Monkey2001 & @itsgettingweird Thank you.

@AnneOfCleavage - We’ve also been playing bingo with Gav’s repetitive word choices. ‘Youngsters’ has featured quite heavily these past few days.

I missed the BBC slot this morning but it doesn’t sound as if it made things any clearer!

DD is so despondent this morning, says that whatever the results are they have been tainted. Firstly because their results will always be deemed less worthy because they didn't actually sit any exams and now also by all this confusion and mess it gives all gives less confidence in what they have accomplished.

7.40 on interview he said about lifting the stupid cap instead of student cap before quickly correcting himself