Ross Kenny

Well, there was two elements, really.

First of all, as

you were mentioning there, it was the English in the long questions, the section B. So that adds an extra level of complexity because you have to translate that English into maths.

And, you know, it's like a reading comprehension.

So that's quite challenging.

And then on top of that, there was just a load of niche bits and pieces spread out across the paper, you know, that hasn't been examined since even 2012.

So that would have been kind of tough for students.

It's kind of the fine print stuff that are in the textbooks, but just hasn't been asked in the world.

Yeah, I mean, so it's the long questions, which are, you know, context and application.

So you're using the same math, but there's just a paragraph at the start, basically, to give you some context.

And then you go on and use the math.

So this has been introduced with the new kind of leading surgeons back in 2014, 2015.

project math and they just kind of want to implement a lot more english so it used to be that you know they would just say differentiate this function integrate this function but now there's another bit there's another skill to these problems which is translating that english um and students with dyslexia in particular really struggle with those questions but everyone struggles with them as well um so yeah that's kind of the main thing the english in the questions

I can actually relate to it as well, because I had a mile even in 2023.

So that was the other year that there was kind of uproar.

And I suppose, you know, if you're aiming for H1, H2, and whatever you're going for, and whatever course you're trying to get into, you know, to be faced with a tough exam that's kind of different to previous years, it's like, all of a sudden you think about ultimatums, like, am I going to get my course?

Am I going to get this?

And, you know, whatever they do decide to do with marking schemes and the adjustments, it's like, I wasn't able to answer that question.

So students would feel frustrated in that sense, because

You know, you could have a H1 student who wouldn't know how to do this question, but you could also have someone who was a H8 student and they both get equal marks.