what might you do at uni?
advanced vivisection techniques with taxidermy?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:05, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Teaching :p

( Cawl, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:16, Reply)

dear god
do they know what they are letting themselves in for?

actually, as much as it pains me to say it, I suspect that you'd probably be a very good teacher.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:18, Reply)

He probably will
But the poor kids will have a load of made up shit in their heads to go with the real stuff he's taught them!
( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:23, Reply)

at least he will have taught them some real shit
which is more than can be said for a bunch of teachers these days.

my gf's sister is an A-level physics teacher, and I've had to explain to her why things float. I despair.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:24, Reply)

Very true
And his made up shit sounds plausible enough that most people don't realise anyway.
( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:26, Reply)

Awh, thanks guys!
I had a shit Biology teacher at A level, and it almost put me off the subject forever.
( Cawl, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:35, Reply)

most of my teachers were shit
fortunately by not listening to them and not doing any work I ended up with some A-levels and a high quality engineering degree. no thanks to them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:39, Reply)

Hah!
Most of my teachers were excellent, just one of my biology ones was terrible.
I got shit A-Levels though, as I was a fuckin' waster at the time.
Got into uni on my interview.
( Cawl, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:43, Reply)

If they're worse than mine then I'll have to quote Gonzo

( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:45, Reply)

Go on then...
What did you get?
( Cawl, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:46, Reply)

CCE
This is significantly crap compared to what I should've got =[
( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:49, Reply)

Yeah,
I'm "gutted".
*sighs*
( Cawl, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:50, Reply)

Ouch

( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:54, Reply)

I was amazed when I got to uni
I got BCD, which scraped me onto the course, and most of my coursemates had all As. Didn't stop them being pretty dumb though.

I came to the conclusion a while ago that exams are a very shit way of testing people.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:56, Reply)

I disagree with this
I got AABB and then a first in my BSc, so exams were an excellent way of testing me.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:00, Reply)

I hope that was sarcastic

( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:02, Reply)

No
I just like boasting.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:04, Reply)

I didn't mean the grades
Using exams to measure aptitude might benefit you greatly but that doesn't mean they're a great way of measuring your aptitude.

Sure you might be relatively worse off if a method of testing that has stronger correlation between indicated performance and actual performance were introduced but it'd still be a better way of testing you.
( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:10, Reply)

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Fuck Off.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:12, Reply)

I got AAC
And a 2 on the Chemistry Special paper. But then I only got a 2-2 for my degree. I suspect the introduction of serious quantities of alcohol may have played a part in this dramatic slide.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:07, Reply)

I had the same experience
I was lucky that only Oxford needed good grades to get in (I think it was AAB at the time) and Cardiff only wanted BBB. It still surprised me that I was one of the most capable students there (especially given the episodes I was having at the time).

I say it all the time; I'd love to go back. It'll be very hard to choose between chemistry and a computing based degree though.
( Captain V, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:02, Reply)