GCSE syndrome 

When you are told so often about your gcses and what you need for them that you tend to spew random facts in inappropriate scenarios. Gcse syndrome also means you understand memes that otherwise make no sense.

Friend "bro i wanna jump off a cliff"
You "yeah i wanna do an eva smith"
Friend "bruh you got a serious case of gcse syndrome there"

GCSE syndrome by Speccy_nerd_xoxo November 9, 2019

GCSE art student

A GCSE art student finds themselves crumbling from the unexpected pressures of an art GCSE: their lack of coursework or that ‘rose’ that looks like a damn tumbleweed or a cabbage on meth. Sometimes high, sometimes horrific at drawing, sometimes egotistical and sometimes crying over 1 imperfect line: they come in all shapes and sizes.

Most likely an art student picks the GCSE for it’s ‘easy’ facade yet will end up regretting that choice at some point. A very talented but perfectionist student might tend to procrastinate - waiting until the very last minute when realisation and their fear of failure kicks in only to end up painting until 5am to make up for lacking course work.

Whether having struggled with quality or quantity (at at least one point I will assure you) the eventual fulfilment of thick textured pages or a final piece decorated in imagination and what was once a dream, art GCSE students are thick skinned (despite occasional breakdowns) and deserve every bit right to show off and boost their ego. Unlrimately most will find the course is worth it and anything can turn into something beautiful with effort.

Person 1: Look at that GCSE art student crying from stress.
Person 2: I heard they have 3 whole sketchbooks due in 2 days.
Person 1: That’s rough.

GCSE art student by Zephelia May 21, 2019

GCSEs 

The worst possible punishment inflictable upon humans, right up there with death by elephant and being skinned alive. Brits will understand.

Judge: I have found you guilty of 975 murders, so you will be subjected to a month of GCSEs.
Criminal: NO! Anything but that

GCSEs by Noxious fumes inhaler June 15, 2023

new gcses 

Evidence of how dimwitted the government is - that is the people who we're supposed to trust to run our country. They are essentially gcses but made harder for no good reason

Like when in real life would you have to work out some scientific equation but not have the necessary formulas accessible? (Science)
Who really cares about the deeper meanings of lines in shakespeare?(English Lit)
When in real life would someone ask you why there is a comma at this part of the sentence?(English Lang)
When in real life are you going to a country worth visiting where they don't speak english?(MFL)

This is the kind of rubbish the government thinks they are "preparing" us for.

What's worse is no one actually knows how this new system works and year 11s 2017 are the guinea pigs who will suffer from this madness.
Additionally, 2 years later your gcses count for nothing because once you've done your a levels that is all anyone cares about!

Yes we are expected to toil and sweat and experience major stress over 11 subjects that are mostly irrelevant to real life to receive results that become meaningless!!!

Government: Hey - in case you didn't think gcses were already hard and pointless enough we've created new gcses! We do this because we like two torment teenagers as if they're not struggling already with puberty and all.
And oh yeah just to make things more confusing we're gonna grade you with numbers now, not letters

new gcses by @naledi November 13, 2017