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[Jan Vojáček]

57 minutes ago, Marr1 said:

Was your year the last year of Standard Grades, then?

Aye, I did mine in 2013 and the next year (iirc) with the first of the Nat 5s became a bit of a shambles. So I think I got lucky there.

42 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Standard Grade was much more forgiving than National 5.

Meight I had to take painkillers before my Modern Studies and History exams. Don't talk to me about forgiving exams.

[Swarley]

Standard grade - them were the days. None of that dead easy Nat 5 drivel.

I'll see your Standard grades and raise you "O" grades.

[Monkey Tennis]

On 10/11/2016 at 22:26, Swarley said:

I'll see your Standard grades and raise you "O" grades.

Now you're talking.

[Jan Vojáček]

On 11/10/2016 at 22:26, Swarley said:

I'll see your Standard grades and raise you "O" grades.

There's museums full of things younger than you

[The_Kincardine]

12 minutes ago, Sonsteam of 08 said:

There's museums full of things younger than you

Standard Grade English in a nutshell

[Monkey Tennis]

11 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said:

Standard Grade English in a nutshell

Indeed.

Too forgiving a course.

[The_Kincardine]

13 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Indeed.

Too forgiving a course.

Have we ever established how old you are, MT?  If you did O Grades then you must be close to my age.  A meringue?

[Monkey Tennis]

8 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said:

Have we ever established how old you are, MT?  If you did O Grades then you must be close to my age.  A meringue?

Quite wrang.  I'm well shy of your age.

Standard Grades were derailed by the teachers' dispute, allowing O Grades to limp on into the late 80s.

I sat mine in 1986.  Bizarrely though we were awarded Standard Grade grades ie. 1-6, as opposed to A-E.

[Homer Thompson]

30 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Quite wrang.  I'm well shy of your age.

Standard Grades were derailed by the teachers' dispute, allowing O Grades to limp on into the late 80s.

I sat mine in 1986.  Bizarrely though we were awarded Standard Grade grades ie. 1-6, as opposed to A-E.

Close, I sat a mix of Standard grades and O levels in 1990. Im pretty sure we were the last year to do O levels though

[Monkey Tennis]

15 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Close, I sat a mix of Standard grades and O levels in 1990. Im pretty sure we were the last year to do O levels though

1990?

Ah, I'd have guessed a year or two earlier would have been the last year for O Grades.

Were O levels ever a feature in Scotland though?

[WILLIEA]

38 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

 

Were O levels ever a feature in Scotland though?

I hope so "cause I've got 8 of them.

[Monkey Tennis]

21 minutes ago, WILLIEA said:

I hope so "cause I've got 8 of them.

Are they O levels as opposed to O Grades?

What year were they acquired in?

[Francesc Fabregas]

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[WILLIEA]

9 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Are they O levels as opposed to O Grades?

What year were they acquired in?

1968, so O levels probably? Also a sleuth of higher and 2 Uni degrees ( I still can't type, spell or solve the worlds problems )

[The_Kincardine]

2 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Quite wrang.  I'm well shy of your age.

Standard Grades were derailed by the teachers' dispute, allowing O Grades to limp on into the late 80s.

I sat mine in 1986.  Bizarrely though we were awarded Standard Grade grades ie. 1-6, as opposed to A-E.

Did they award anything below 'A' at O Grade?

[Monkey Tennis]

2 minutes ago, WILLIEA said:

1968, so O levels probably? Also a sleuth of higher and 2 Uni degrees ( I still can't type, spell or solve the worlds problems )

O Grades came in during the early 60s I think, to replace a leaving certificate or some such.

I don't think state schools ever offered O Levels here, but I could be wrong, because I know some later offered A Levels.

[Monkey Tennis]

2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said:

Did they award anything below 'A' at O Grade?

Apparently.

[Swarley]

Close, I sat a mix of Standard grades and O levels in 1990. Im pretty sure we were the last year to do O levels though

This. We must be about the same age.

[The_Kincardine]

1 hour ago, Mr X said:

Close, I sat a mix of Standard grades and O levels in 1990. Im pretty sure we were the last year to do O levels though

Only if you shuttled between schools in Scotland and England.

[Swarley]

Only if you shuttled between schools in Scotland and England.

O grades O levels whatever!