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# Haha!



/doesn't know what a levels are blog
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:13, archived)
# They're exams.
The reason they're called A levels -- if you turn up, you get an A
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:14, archived)
# lulz cos dey're easy amirite
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:15, archived)
# Well that's what I've heard.
I haven't taken any, I got thrown out of school before I took them.
I'm just being casually offensive.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:16, archived)
# Oooh.
Hahah
^_^
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:17, archived)
# They probably are easy compared to other things.
Doesn't stop me from fucking up and having to do 3 years instead of 2, though. Everyone goes to university except me. How fail I am.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:20, archived)
# You'll be one year older than all the other n00bs
and you'll put off the whole job thing (assuming that's what you end up doing) by an additional year. Therefore, win.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:24, archived)
# You got expelled for being too fluffy?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:21, archived)
# Er
something like that, yes.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:21, archived)
# Hahah
Is it like the GEPA or something? Or is it college entrance exam type thingys?
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:15, archived)
# Heh, inspired by a news story a few months back...
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(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:17, archived)
# Pfffft
(I helped save b3ta! P3te "the Meat", Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:32, archived)
# The equivalent of your last two years of high school
Usually 16-18, though it's a wholly voluntary thing so can be accessed by anyone that wants to get the qualification
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:15, archived)
# So...
you don't have to go to your last two years of high school? That's soo lucky!
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:16, archived)
# Well from what I've seen of US high school dramas/films
Most people stay there well into their 20s
or are you from somewhere else and i'm missing the point completely?
(Meatfish BAH, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:22, archived)
# Um...
missing the point. ;D A lot of kids drop out, but those who don't graduate around 18/19 and go on to college or university. I think...
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:24, archived)
# Kind of, yeah
Education is only compulsary until 16, though most people do choose to go on to college (or 'sixth form' if you have a school you can stay on at).

One advantage is that it means (in theory) you get to choose the best place to study for those two years :)
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:22, archived)
# I'm not staying on at sixth form,
and going to Truro College, apparently it's alot better there, and I wouldn't be able to take another few years with my current drama teacher.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:24, archived)
# Hmmm...
I'm so glad that there's no sixth form. Our high school is bad enough. I can't imagine staying with my class longer than the next four years. Otherwise, I might shoot something (or someone)...
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:26, archived)
# That's really why I'm not going to our sixth form
I really hate this school.
I only have a few friends here, and only one of them has stuck with me since my first year.
I really don't know what I'd do without him, but I'll find out soon...
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:27, archived)
# training for a McJob
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:15, archived)
# As someone who worked bloody hard on my A levels
I take exception to that. They were mostly sciences mind.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:18, archived)
# Oh, and a large fries please
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:21, archived)
# You're...
you're a bit mean? I think...
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:22, archived)
# No no
it's a very complex compliment.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:25, archived)
# Oh...
then explain it.
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:27, archived)
# Well I could have ordered the small fries.
I was persuaded to upgrade by the Proustian intonations of the university-educated server.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:31, archived)
# Really?
And here was me thinking that you were calling him stupid and saying he worked in McDonalds.
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:32, archived)
# And here was me pissing myself at this thread
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:33, archived)
# INTERNETS! SERIOUS BUSINESS!

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:37, archived)
# YES!



WAIT WHAT?
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:39, archived)
# pffft!

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:28, archived)
# Coming right u...
...wait a sec.

I'm still at uni actually, so no mcjob yet.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:24, archived)
#
without sodium chloride.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:25, archived)
# that's just it, some people DO work hard for A levels,
others however coast it, just to get into University, as the current climate would have everyone believe they are cut out for university. - AND to make matters worse, there is a lot of pressure within A-Level colleges to make sure most apply for Uni. at the very least.
It explains two things:
1.) Why manual and skilled labour workers are in such short demand and so f'in expensive, - because everyone is being coasted along A levels towards uni. (Bricklayers alone round here are getting £1000 a week on developer sites - and having qualifications - paid for by their employers - via vocational courses)
2.) The reason why many employers are seeking more and more 'skills/experience' from job candidates, rather than the bit of paper from a 'basket weaving and spear throwing' degree.

It's still ace to have a degree, don't get me wrong, but it's putting everything arse about face. The climate suggests - and encourages - the idea that everyone who goes to university will end up in a comfy office on a nice £30-£40k salary after a few years, and nothing could be further from the truth.

/does some work in HE and one of my pet hates. Sorry for rant
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:27, archived)
# Only
30 or 40 pounds?
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:28, archived)
# £30-£40k (thousand)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 17:44, archived)
# I didn't see the k.
Oops. *_*
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 18:02, archived)
# no worries, suprised anyone read all my ranty waffle anyway ;)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 4 Sep 2007, 18:10, archived)