Teacher: So, why didn't you appear for the two revision sessions and the previous maths entrance exam?
Flames: I was overseas by then.
Teacher: On the day of the gcse maths exam, after it finished, I asked all the people who were interested in maths to come and see me. I didn't see you there.
Flames: I really don't remember that, Miss.
Teacher: Five students came so I could take down their details, and give them the maths revision packet. We have to keep track of all the students who want to do maths. You didn't notify me, or any other maths teachers that you would be interested.
Flames: I wasn't certain that I was coming to *this school* back then either.
Teacher: Well, the thing is, because you didn't appear for those two maths revision sessions mentioned in the prospectus or the first maths exam, it shows to me that you're not motivated.
If you do not get at least 40% in this exam, you can't take maths A levels here. You've put yourself in quite a vunerable position.
There are 60-70 students who want to take maths. Of which perhaps over 50 (the accepting number) have scored above 40% and are qualified. The other students who took the retake today have had the whole summer holidays to revise. They'll probably score higher than last time and their maths is probably much less rusty than yours.
Flames: Yeah - maths is a subject that requires constant work, else you'll get rusty.
Teacher: If you don't score the passing mark of 40%, how are you going to show me that you're motivated enough to take the course?
Flames: Well, during the summer holidays, I sort of looked through the syllabus, stuff like differentiation, logmatics, binominal...
Teacher: distribution?
Flames: No, progression.
Teacher: Okay, that shows me that you're at least interested. Come see me tomorrow, so we can discuss this again, along with your marks.
Some kind of interrogation or what?
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