A GCSE biology paper has left students angry and confused – but not for the reason you might expect.
Students taking the AQA paper yesterday were asked about a meme of Charles Darwin… made 150 years ago.
Hours on hours of biology revision to be asked a question on a Victorian meme ?? #aqabiology
— Harrison Mckenna (@HarrisonMcK15) May 16, 2017
And exactly what does a Victorian meme of Charles Darwin have to do with Biology??? #aqabiology #AQA #biologygcse #notonthecurriculum pic.twitter.com/NLgn72ajNC
— Zombie Bex (@zombiebex13) May 16, 2017
Students were seriously unimpressed, given that material they had revised didn’t appear.
*revises menstrual cycle thoroughly*
gcse biology: "look at this charles darwin meme." #aqabiology pic.twitter.com/JC1osYkeVU
— Gabs??????? (@gxbby_a) May 16, 2017
Metabolic rate, pathogens, drugs, menstrual cycle, fertility, where were you? #AQABiology pic.twitter.com/3wWXoRwAvt
— Liv? (@livscottxo) May 16, 2017
Spending hours revising the menstrual cycle only for questions about comics to come up #aqabiology pic.twitter.com/rdTdVNElM5
— Nathan Aylett (@nathanaylett1) May 16, 2017
#aqabiology when you spend hours revising hormones and gm crops just to be asked why darwin was drawn as a monkey pic.twitter.com/dNUQ9bF75U
— sarah (@sarahmaguire06) May 16, 2017
Even teachers didn’t know what to make of it.
'Why did they put a meme in your GCSE biology exam?'- my biology teacher today #AQABiology
— meg//exams (@megrclarkex) May 16, 2017
While Darwin’s contributions to the science of evolution makes him somewhat relevant to biology exams, students just weren’t expecting it to take such a format.They were reportedly asked in the question to explain why Darwin was drawn as a monkey.
#AQAbiology bet the grade boundaries are gonna be as high as the level of banter in the 1800s pic.twitter.com/9kjHAojoLF
— Jacques // GCSEs (@jacquesthemango) May 16, 2017
Good job I whipped out my revision guide last night?????? #aqabiology pic.twitter.com/0DcaVUYtJ5
— Harry Lake (@harrylake__) May 16, 2017
The meme question came a year after students were asked about testing drugs on drunk rats.
2016:Pissed rats
2017:Charles Darwin meme
Aqa:might have to throw in a question about biology next year #AQAbiology— Iona Ray (@ionacray10) May 16, 2017
Good Luck for 2018.
