Mouse Nightshirt Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Mr Ashton "Fox" Pierre has released chapter four of his epic, "X-Com: The Extra-Terrestrial Combat Unit", which is a great read, and has finally broken the drout of user submitted fanfiction! I'm also working on the Kansai Arc. Progress is slow atm, but I should be able to concentrate on it again in the near future. And good luck to everyone who will be getting their GCSE results over the next few days (Mine are tomorrow! EEK! I know most of you English nuts will be getting them on Thursday), and also congratulations (or comiserations as the case may be ) to all who got their A-Level results! //**EDIT**\\I made a mistake with Fox's work. It's fixed now, and the most up to date version of each chapter is alive and kicking. Also new is that it's actually seperated into chapters Warning! Chapters 1 and 2 are quite large (over 1mb), so you may need to wait a tic if you are on a 56k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonie Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Ahhh yes! Only think about you A graders, but not about us poor souls who are barely making it through to make it through school. j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Photon Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Or even worse, not all the world has specifically GCSE results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 /me got 3 grade A's at A-level/me is happy that is, grade A in computing, physics, and maths. ------------------------------------------------------for those in other countries with other education systems: Secondary school runs from roughly ages 12 through to 16ishin the final two years of secondary school GCSE's are taken.on average a student will take 9 GCSE's (i think... it's been a while, m'kay)grades for GCSE go from A* - E, where A* is the best, A is the next, then B and so on. next cometh College and As & A-levelsAs levels are completed in 1 year. with possible grades ranging from A through to E.A levels take 2 years. basically you do an AS level in a subject, then if you want to take it to A level you study it for an extra year. most people who do A/As levels do about 4 courses to As level in their first year, and then drop one and take the other three for another year to bring them to A level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted August 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Alan lies about GCSEs (I know you're out of date ) GCSEs are legally required examinations, and all school going pupils mus sit a minimum of 5 GCSEs, with Maths, English and at least Single Award Science. Most students take 10 GCSEs, usually over 2 years, less commonly 1, and rarely more than 2. The grades, depending on Tier, go from A* - G, and then to U. Higher Tier grades go A*, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, UIntermediate Tier Grades go B, C, D, E, F, G, UFoundation Tier Grades go C, D, E, F, G, U "Canditates who fail to reach the minimum standard (G), will be Ungraded (U) The grade Q will be given when a grade is bein witheld, and will be replaced with a grade on the A* - G scale whenever appropriate The letter X will be issued in such reason as absense from some or all of the components of the examination." Approx grade boundaries: Top 5% - A*Next 15% - ANext 10% - BNext 10% - CNext 10% - DNext 10% - ENext 10% - FDetermined before test, may be adjusted pending results: G<determined grade G: U I'm sure I just wasted my time at that because no-one will be interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niml Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 erk.... god i love the simple simple canadian school system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 Thanks Mouse! I sent you an e-mail with some stuff regarding the fic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted August 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 I'll not be able to answer it until Saturday. I'm not at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 Awesome Mouse, I love it. Everyone let me know what they think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 What's up with the Kansai Arc, anyway? is it a matter of getting the author's permission or of remembering where you left it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted August 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 It's a matter of turning it into php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Here I thought it was worth resurrecting a hard drive for, and you actually do have it as text, just too lazy to format it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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