KIMBERLEY COUTTS, 16, Grays, Essex: "If you enjoy the subject you're going to work harder to get the grades, but if you are not interested you won't want to take the time to learn the facts. Exams are nothing to really get worked up about, as it's just a test to see if you are capable of learning things"
SIMONE BURTON, 17, Manchester: "Exams are a bad way of measuring people's abilities - people can do much better at coursework. I don't think they're getting easier. People are doing better, but that's because there's more support and more options. People are trying more as well, they want to do better so they can get to do what they want to do next"
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