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Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 18, 2006, 11:30:09 AM Thank god thats over, months we've waited for them to tell us what wed be doing for the next 3-4 years!
sadly i missed a grade but my university choice didnt mind, yay! so in a month its time to move out, hmmm hadnt tried to use those words yet *strokes goati* Title: A Level results Post by: SS on August 18, 2006, 01:44:59 PM Congratulations! :)
Now you get to start worrying about tuition fees and other pointless irritations. Going anywhere interesting for uni? Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 18, 2006, 05:19:41 PM Exeter, though i like to think "LA LA LA" very loudy at the mention of student debt, i dont worry about what im doing 4 hours from now 4 years is well into the future for me to be able to be ignorant about it
Title: A Level results Post by: SS on August 18, 2006, 06:46:59 PM Hmm, all I know about Exeter is where it is. :unsure:
Best thing to do to help cut down on the evil D-word is take out the maximum student loan you can, and put as much as you can afford in a high-interest savings account (eg: ISA) then you can potentially make money with it. Title: A Level results Post by: Rug on August 18, 2006, 08:37:00 PM Smiff is going to Exeter too. Anyone else we know?
I'm off to Southampton, myself. Title: A Level results Post by: RipperRoo on August 18, 2006, 08:42:14 PM Peter is off down to sunny Plymouth!
Title: A Level results Post by: Rug on August 18, 2006, 08:48:16 PM Good to see noone is headed up north. It's grim there =p.
Title: A Level results Post by: Hornet on August 18, 2006, 09:34:15 PM Quote Smiff is going to Exeter too. Anyone else we know? I'm off to Southampton, myself. I have a friend at Southampton... at least, what's left of it. (The University, not the friend) Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 18, 2006, 11:24:53 PM reeds going northward, pretty much everyone is headed south.
but i dont have to be by the windy sea atleast :P Title: A Level results Post by: Rug on August 19, 2006, 02:20:14 AM Don't joke. Have you been to Southampton? It's a fucking wind tunnel.
Title: A Level results Post by: Galmort on August 19, 2006, 03:45:19 AM two more years of highschool for me :)
pretty sure i'm the youngest guy still around... so glad i don't have to worry....yet:/ Title: A Level results Post by: Lord Lanair on August 19, 2006, 08:11:53 AM Haha wow, you are young. Then again, that makes me old! Augh, I don't wanna be old! :o
Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 19, 2006, 01:58:16 PM Quote Don't joke. Have you been to Southampton? It's a fucking wind tunnel. LOL if we paint the country white then you can stop the wind; that wasnt a racial slur, dont vote BNP.Can someone actually explain the level sof the american education system i never made heads or tails of the different schools you have Title: A Level results Post by: matt_the_shark on August 19, 2006, 07:24:54 PM alrighty, american schools 101:
1. Preschool: nothing much 2. Elementary school (primary school): teaches the basics, reading, writing, add/subtract/multiply etc. 3. Middle School (aka Junior High): more advanced subjects, basically a prep for high school (secondary school) 4. High School (Secondary school): advanced subjects, college prep, etc 5. College/University There, very basic, very simple. :) Title: A Level results Post by: Rug on August 19, 2006, 07:57:32 PM Ages, please.
Title: A Level results Post by: matt_the_shark on August 20, 2006, 05:51:16 AM preschool: 3 (or four, depending)-5
elementary school: 5-11 (7 years) middle school: 12-14 (2 years) High School: 14-18 (4 years) Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 20, 2006, 05:49:18 PM preschool for us is something parents decide whether to put theyre children into or not it comes before education really, then school starts at 3/4 years
Title: A Level results Post by: Galmort on August 20, 2006, 10:44:00 PM plus don't you guys go a year more than us? i know in germany they do, and i figured all of europe did..but maybe not?
Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 21, 2006, 11:19:38 AM depends what you do. compulsory education finishes at 16, further education (a-levels) finishes at 18 and higher education (degrees) can go on for 3-6 years more after that
Title: A Level results Post by: Galmort on August 22, 2006, 05:53:35 AM a-levels are optional?
we can get out at 16 with parents' permission, which nobody does. cause you can't do anything with a highschool diploma.. Title: A Level results Post by: SS on August 22, 2006, 09:20:12 AM Yup.
Though the only people that don't do them are either stupid people, or people wanting to do something that doesn't require pointless qualifications and has hands-on training, such as becoming a car mechanic. Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 22, 2006, 12:00:20 PM ive thought of becoming a mechanic recently, i want a job that ill enjoy more.
most people who finish both years of A-level go to university too Title: A Level results Post by: Galmort on August 23, 2006, 08:14:35 PM so much school :cry:
i start again in two weeks!:( Title: A Level results Post by: Lord Lanair on August 24, 2006, 04:59:00 AM Quote so much school :cry: Wait until college... then maybe graduate school. Then a doctorate! Bwahahaha LOL Title: A Level results Post by: Louise on August 24, 2006, 06:06:21 PM I got my AS results a few days ago - a B and three As (although one of the As is only an AS level, so I won't be doing it at A2). The B is caused by getting two As and a C over three Sociology exams, so I'm going to hopefully re-take the one that I got a C for and try to get it up to a B or an A, resulting in an overall A.
Overall, I'm happy. :hehe: I'm hoping to do combined Psychology and English Literature at university. Swansea looks rather appealing, but it's very far away, which is being complained about by friends and relatives. There are nearer places, but the courses don't look as good. Sulk sulk sulk. :hmmm: Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 24, 2006, 09:23:34 PM english...never liked english...ever. It was one of the most obselete classes i was subjected to :(
Title: A Level results Post by: smi256 on August 25, 2006, 05:00:02 AM My version: :-P
1. Preschool (Optional, one year): Social interactions, fine motor skills and separation with parents 2. Kindergarten (One year): The alphabet, basic reading/writing, numbers, introduction to homework. 3. Elementary school / Primary School (Five years): Reading, writing, math (adding, subtraction, multiplication). 4. Middle School / Junior High (Three years): more advanced subjects (history, algebra, geometry, science, literature), basically a prep for high school 5. High School / Secondary school (Four year): advanced subjects (like international studies, trigonometry, calculus), college prep, etc 6. College/University It's interesting to note that it is possible to test out of High School (Secondary School), the GRE which it's really worth as much as a high school diploma, but it opens the possibility to step up to a community college then to State or University before others of the same age group could by fallowing the 'normal' system. good times Title: A Level results Post by: Lord Lanair on August 28, 2006, 08:06:14 PM Bleh, I think GED's are foolish... not many colleges accept them in lieu of diplomas, and who would want to go to a community college for 2 years, then try to get into a 4 year college? :miffed:
Title: A Level results Post by: mole on August 28, 2006, 11:00:18 PM my main reason of doing 4 more years is just so i can leave home
Title: A Level results Post by: smi256 on September 18, 2006, 04:20:51 AM Speaking of leaving home, I've left home... I'm now living out of a hotel room that's been made into a dorm like arrangement. I have to take a bus to the forest. "Why?" you ask, "Why do you take the bus to the forest?". The answer is simple, because that's where my school is. UCSC: University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Cruz) :cool:
Title: A Level results Post by: mole on September 18, 2006, 04:48:02 AM tis a shady character who lives in a hotel room and hangs round forests all day ;)
Title: A Level results Post by: smi256 on September 18, 2006, 06:35:56 AM hey hey, listen to me, don't listen to me
Want to buy a sheep? :sheep: :paranoid: Title: A Level results Post by: Lord Lanair on September 21, 2006, 05:47:37 PM How do we know where that sheep's been? :P
Title: A Level results Post by: mole on September 26, 2006, 04:39:27 PM wow! they fixed my net access! there are just way too many things i can say about how amazing it is here so instead of rambling ill just go back to bed.
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