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> Everything I know about algebra is what little I've been able to figure
> out for myself and scrape out of library books.
Do a maths evening class? You should sail through the GCSE, the A-level
might take a little bit of work to fill in the gaps of your knowledge. For
even further the Open University probably offer something.
> What happens is that every single year, the pass rate either goes up, or
> it goes down.
There is a strong upward trend though in the results:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mJmwQtPmusk/Rt8ZqfEnvyI/AAAAAAAAA2U/TIGBotspDds/s400/gcse-scores--ns-2007.jpg
> I haven't had the opportunity to try that, so I really couldn't say.
Maybe one of your parents has an old text book from school? I also got my
dad's A level physics text book, and it went in to so much more detail about
*everything* that we did in A level physics, if I wanted to read further
about anything in school I used his books.
> When I did my exams, I didn't think they were especially easy.
I'm not talking about individuals, I'm talking about the entire population.
When something stupid like 40% gets an A grade, how is anyone meant to tell
the difference between the hard working kids and the really clever ones?
They introduced the A* grade at GCSE, but the % of people getting A* has
been steadily rising. How are Universities meant to choose the best
students when more and more are applying with the highest possible grades?
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