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Any tips? My lads going for his GCSE's this summer, i just seem to be nagging him to revise, wish i could help him, i would quite happilly give an hour a day but don't know how.

Revision timetable.

Cant imagine anyone ever sticking to a revision timetable!

Bribe him. Just pay him to revise- but he only gets paid if he gets all questions u ask at end of session right.  Doesnt have to be much, just some beer money

im half wiith Dubai - go with what motivates him

When I was 16 I only had eyes on going to uni - so given results were a priority it was easy.

Id just go with, for a few week of pain now, it can make life a whole lot easier in the future.

Does he know how to revise that can be half the battle. Good revision gets easier as you go

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger.

Bribes, give a money bribe per grade:
A* - £100
A - £75
B - £50
C - £25
D - Get out of my house!

Know someone who did that before and his kid pulled a few A*s out of the bag. could get pricey but i'm sure worth it.

I could never revise anything, I'd look at it remember doing it before and find it totally uninteresting.

I did attend the pub quiz most weeks as preparation for my General Studies A Level.

Buy all the revision guides - they're well worth it

Bribes may look great now but one he gets to A levels/uni the effects wear off pretty quick

Amazing the number of people who struggled with General Studies. Many considered it to be a micky mouse a-level, but I think it showed those who had more common sense and a more rounded knowledge rather than the ability to study a specific syllabus and answer questions on that.

Imo of course.

hated revision. it's harder for boys too.

revision so hard, fortunately, GCSE's mean f all.

there are a number of good GSCE's iphone apps really worth looking at!

(I have vested interest in some of them)

But that isnt true in this kids life - for the next 6 months it will shape his progression to the next stage.

My degree now means fk all, but when I got it it was how I was bench marked.

So sadly, as much as you are right, it will be how he is benchmarked for the next 6 months, until his next step!

+1 to get a C you needed 180 out of 300, I remember as i got 180 on the nose!! My guess is the examiner bumped me up a couple. It was pretty nails. I remember one question had a picture of four rugs and you had to name which dynasty each one came from. ottaman, ming or whatever. they were in no way obv either.

Back to the revision point, just print off the past papers, get him to do them, then you mark them with the answer sheet provided. Obv whatever he gets wrong make sure he looks up why its wrong etc. Loads online. Posts like this make me bitter that my parents didn't try harder with me, but then again it should be on myself to want to be better.. but at 15 i was too busy with white lightning and getting busy in the bushes (brag)

Need GCSEs to do A levels, need A levels to go uni. So obv they mean something... Obviously in the real world they mean nothing, had a job int a couple of weeks ago and they didnt even look at my quals, i speak foreign languages, have all sorts of random quals could have just lied on my cv. Anyways i start on Monday. bit gutted, my life as a pro poker player (officially on the census) is coming to an end.

Not strictly true about needing A levels to get to Uni but yes you would need very good grades in B-Tec or whatever they called now at college.

Pains me to say it, but v good post.

If the problem is that he wants help but you're not sure how, then maybe look into getting a tutor. There's still probably a couple months left till exams (can't remember). Tutors are often university students/teachers so they know exactly what is important and will teach in an effective method.

If the problem is motivation, then perhaps go about telling him how GCSE's are a stepping stone to uni. Maybe the idea of him being by himself in a new city will inspire him to study! Try to do it in a way that doesn't add pressure to him. My parents always stressed the importance of getting A's all the time, and it made me feel like if I don't, I'll disappoint them. This is obviously not good for the student.

Good luck to him.

I took it very seriously and my preparation helped me get an A grade. :P

I did bugger all preparation and got the same ;)

Didn't quite work out the same with maths though...

My daughter is doing GCSE's ATM and she is very motivated and doing well. I think the main reason for her motivation to study comes down to the fact she is very focused on wanting to be a midwife and knows what grades she needs to progress to college/uni etc.

I don't think I know many people who didn't get an A for general studies A level, but they weren't an option at my school :(


For helping with revision, it depends how much work you can put in to it.

The basic template should probably be along the lines of find questions you can ask them on key facts they 'should' know (revision guides should be good for this) - with an underlying bribe of a certain amount for every A or A* and a certain amount for every A-C grade.

Sick rubdown of my earlier post of getting a C. clearly it was harder when i did my exam... I spent 8 yrs working in the intelligence industry as well. But now I feel like an idiot. Where is the suicide button?

:D

Don't take it as an insult.  Jon doesn't know anyone who isn't a family member ;)

Lol. So depressed at getting owned on here today I am gonna go and attack the grass in the garden. Probably wont be anymore posts from me for about a week as it is a beast of a garden. SIGH. lawnamonts.

LOL LWND

Bit of a gross generalisation. Interview many graduates do you? I've done a fair few, and I still look at GCSE results. Someone has 3 As at A level, great. Same person has 3 As and 7 Cs&Ds GCSE it's pretty much dead on they're going to be a narrow minded nerds. I'd say GCSEs results don't become ignorable until someone's got a few years experience in a job.

Thanks for the advice your a great bunch. The GCSE's mean everything to him. Got to get C grade or above to get into college for A'levels.

Then that is all you need to tell him. I'd go for the "few weeks of pain, lifetime of gain approach".

But don't then tell them that their A Levels are probably going to be the hardest exams they ever do.

If only this was true.

A-Levels were a piece of piss compared to 2nd/3rd year maths degree exams. It was a challenge to understand what the title of the course meant, nevermind the subject content.

2nd/3rd year maths degree exams were a piece of piss compared to the GCHQ entrance exam.

I said 'probably' as most people who do A Levels won't go on and do a tough degree. 

that was the point I was intending to make, but it came out wrong :D

I'll let you off then, C- must try harder ;)