Gates are at A-level?
I assumed that was more GCSE-ish. I teach BTEC, which is a different animal again.

My golly, this conversations getting very techernickle.
( Spaniels Ears, Sat 29 Oct 2005, 21:05, archived)

Come on, mate,
GCSE is 'what happens when you connect a light bulb to a battery'

OMG!!!! It lights up!!!!
(londingham talk to the Russians, Sat 29 Oct 2005, 21:14, archived)

yea, they kinda drag over
at a-level we do a bit more indepth, and how to do usefull things with them
( SecretStoat The speaking clock says:, Sat 29 Oct 2005, 21:15, archived)

And at degree
we stop doing anything useful whatsoever, and get bogged down in pointless algebra...

Except this: www.sodall.co.uk/circuit.gif
(londingham talk to the Russians, Sat 29 Oct 2005, 21:19, archived)

Well when I was at school
there were no electronics courses, we had to go to day release at the local college for it. We touched on the stuff at 'O'- Level but did not get into transistor technology properly until technical college, mind you, things have changed a lot since then, the home PC when I studied was either an apple II or BBC Micro.
Got their priorities right for once.
( Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?, Sat 29 Oct 2005, 21:27, archived)