Yeah, in AS year though. Only taken maths and IT (double award), but with going a catholic school/sixth form, RE is compulsory and general studies is also compulsory. Bah.
Already completed one modular exam in core maths and got an A (again, a statistical "fuck You" considering my GCSE point score put me down as a D target grade), so things ain't looking too bad.
Philosophy & Ethics seems quite popular at the place I go to and I was tempted to take it but opted out lol
Random, I go to a catholic school/6th form place too lol, but the thing is we have (had) one RE lesson a week, but it wasn't an examined subject, but rather a course in "enrichment of the soul" or some holistic crap like that lol. Rarely ever turned up to it, I used the time to either go to the library and do work that I was behind on, work that I knew I'd end up being asked to do or just mooching around the city as the average student is known to do lol. NOR do we have general studies which, quite frankly, is one peach of an added bonus that I unshamedly rub into the noses of friends at different 6th forms in the area lol.
And if my experiences are anything to go by, you took the wise option in not taking up P&E, it IS popular BUT is impossible lol. Well, this year it has been, my Ethics teacher can't spell and my Philosophy teacher is just a very clever bloke, but by no means a good teacher. I don't like saying that because they are genuinely nice guys BUT it's just ridiculous lol. We've spent the whole year with our noses stuck in a textbook, and him verbally annotating as we go lol...
Random, I go to a catholic school/6th form place too lol, but the thing is we have (had) one RE lesson a week, but it wasn't an examined subject, but rather a course in "enrichment of the soul" or some holistic crap like that lol. Rarely ever turned up to it, I used the time to either go to the library and do work that I was behind on, work that I knew I'd end up being asked to do or just mooching around the city as the average student is known to do lol. NOR do we have general studies which, quite frankly, is one peach of an added bonus that I unshamedly rub into the noses of friends at different 6th forms in the area lol.
And if my experiences are anything to go by, you took the wise option in not taking up P&E, it IS popular BUT is impossible lol. Well, this year it has been, my Ethics teacher can't spell and my Philosophy teacher is just a very clever bloke, but by no means a good teacher. I don't like saying that because they are genuinely nice guys BUT it's just ridiculous lol. We've spent the whole year with our noses stuck in a textbook, and him verbally annotating as we go lol...
Yeah, we have just the one lesson of RE a week too, but have to do this 6000 word essay before Easter next year, which isn't too bad I guess, got ages to work on it. As for genreal studies, it is great, especially if you're planning on going to a Uni that goes on UCAS points, because 120 for 1 lesson a week for 2 years is an absolute gift.
and i remember teachers that used to be like that. It's frustrating sometimes because you need to practice more than homeworks. Don't see the point in having 99% theory lessons with no actual practice of application. But hey, what can you do?
Yeah, we have just the one lesson of RE a week too, but have to do this 6000 word essay before Easter next year, which isn't too bad I guess, got ages to work on it. As for genreal studies, it is great, especially if you're planning on going to a Uni that goes on UCAS points, because 120 for 1 lesson a week for 2 years is an absolute gift.
and i remember teachers that used to be like that. It's frustrating sometimes because you need to practice more than homeworks. Don't see the point in having 99% theory lessons with no actual practice of application. But hey, what can you do?
Very little m'man, very little lol. Homework usually helps me very little, because it doesn't get marked half the time, and when it does there's very little in the way of constructive comments etc. And with regard to UCAS points, it's why I carried on English Lit. last year even though I had made my mind up to drop it by January last year, I figured that if I get a decent grade then it would go some way towards that. I'm hoping to go to UEA, and I need to get ABB which was in my conditional offer, and I know I CAN get them but I worry I won't give myself enough of a chance...you hoping to go to Uni. I guess too?
Very little m'man, very little lol. Homework usually helps me very little, because it doesn't get marked half the time, and when it does there's very little in the way of constructive comments etc. And with regard to UCAS points, it's why I carried on English Lit. last year even though I had made my mind up to drop it by January last year, I figured that if I get a decent grade then it would go some way towards that. I'm hoping to go to UEA, and I need to get ABB which was in my conditional offer, and I know I CAN get them but I worry I won't give myself enough of a chance...you hoping to go to Uni. I guess too?
Yeah, been looking at a fair few, but kinda looking to take a degree in 'Multimedia & Internet Technology' at Salford. i don't remember anything about grade requirements in the prospectus, I remember the 220 points minimum though. But i'm not really going to make a major fuss over Uni's yet though until summer.
Yeah, been looking at a fair few, but kinda looking to take a degree in 'Multimedia & Internet Technology' at Salford. i don't remember anything about grade requirements in the prospectus, I remember the 220 points minimum though. But i'm not really going to make a major fuss over Uni's yet though until summer.
The only advice I'd say is do what you want to do, not what a) others do or b) what you think would help you down a particular route in life, it's what everyone else has said to me over the last year - if you're gonna go to Uni., you want to be able to come out of it thinking that you've spent 4 years doing something you've enjoyed, and at the end of the day, people don't necessarily look at what kind of degree you have, but that you actually have a degree
If I graduate next year I go to university to become a fiscality(?) economic.
On this moment I work at HEMA, a dutch warehouse.
For the dutchmen; Lekkere worst van de HEMA.
Good meat of HEMA; it's a sentence of a song made about the HEMA
Homeschooled student. Probably going into Web Design or Graphic design. I guess it's good I have it figured out so young.
Just don't restrict your opportunities this early though lol, it's what I've heard more than enough of, i.e. "keep every available avenue open because you don't know what the future holds". That said, I wish I had an idea of what I wanted to do at 14 lol...
[..]The only advice I'd say is do what you want to do, not what a) others do or b) what you think would help you down a particular route in life, it's what everyone else has said to me over the last year - if you're gonna go to Uni., you want to be able to come out of it thinking that you've spent 4 years doing something you've enjoyed, and at the end of the day, people don't necessarily look at what kind of degree you have, but that you actually have a degree
More wise words. Very true, especially the last sentence
Oh come on. Surely you all know by now what I get up to during the daylight hours (and some nighttime ones too )
Studying Communications in Zwolle (Dutch people will know that place...), 1.5 year to go. After that I'll probably start studying Graphical Design before getting to work fulltime.
In the evenings, I work at a supermarket. That's all...
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which, quite frankly, is one peach of an added bonus that I unshamedly rub into the noses of friends at different 6th forms in the area lol.
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