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    Posted: 09 Oct 08 at 9:09pm
Originally posted by Ross

I left school because I hated it. I'm not going to uni because I'm not going to like that either and now I'm in the sh*t, no job and no hope of getting a good one anytime soon. So many of my friends are going to uni and going to come out 20K in debt with some worthless degree to show for it. If you don't go to school you’re in trouble and now if you stay in school you're not in a much better position (and a world of debt).

The worst thing about it all is that at 16 you do you GCSE's, these get you into A levels, at 18 you do you A levels and go to uni then you leave uni at 21ish and your dropped strait in the deep end. Penniless and in debt, nowhere to live, and somehow you have to find a job with no work experiance. You've just been writing learning for 18 years solid and havn't got a clue what to do. You'll start paying the debt off when you start earning 15K a year, and that’s going to take a while (paying off the debt). Then you have to buy/rent a house/flat and that’s more money gushing out of your bank account. Mission, and I don't want deal with any of it.

Now for all you people saying that they're giving away A's, you're wrong. Anyone who gets an A works bloody hard for it, fact. I passed all my exams but didn't get A's because I just didn't enjoy any of it so I didn't work hard enough. I don't care, I never enjoyed academic things and probably never will. So I will find something that isn't academic to pursue as a career.

For now my solution is go to New Zealand and forget about it all for a while, work, have fun, go sailing and if I enjoy it never come back!

 

GCSE P.E, sailing? Go for it! At least you’ll have fun doing it rather than wasting your time in RE or something like that.



You just have to work hard, I did appallingly at my A levels and didn't go to uni, I have a nice job and comfortable life. Uni isn't the be all and end all, personally I think that a degree isn't really worth much anymore. Do a job you enjoy, I would rather earn less doing a job I loved than getting paid lots to do something I hated. Just my 2p's worth.
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Originally posted by theycallmegod

i think jeffers is refering to the maths exam- have a look at some of the past papers- see how many questions you can answer....

Dont think he is............

Taken from last years results slip......

A* 90%

A 80%

B 70% etcetc....
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Cheers waverider, one of the few to give me a useful response and not bicker about the education system....
i think jeffers is refering to the maths exam- have a look at some of the past papers- see how many questions you can answer....
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Thats right but also wrong, I can send you whatever you want to prove those grade boundaries, they were taken straight off the document i got sent containing my results.

And yeah, if you go to a school like mine its easy, I got a level 10 in windsurfing and all i had to show was skills that most beginners could cover.

 
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hahaha, couldn't be arsed to read 5 pages i'm afraid mate!

FIRST - A* is 80% across the board, apart from subjects with different tiers, like maths where A* on higher tier is about 60/70% yes).

However, I did sailing as part of GCSE PE which i got an A* :]. I don't know if you've got it, but I can send you the list of things you have to demo if you want it? its p*ss easy if you can sail a b14 :]. I had to ask someone to film me though, because teach wouldn't come down.

BTW. I got filmed at the time where i could've been filmed in a int14/ cherub BUT, I'd be very careful about getting filmed entirely in it becuase they often like being shown basic manoevers performed perfectly, which is FAR easier in an easy boat, like a topper or something.

And those who said GCSE PE's easy .. it's not, even though you can get marked on four sports, they make a tiny percentage of your coursework mark, therefore an even smaller percentage of your overall GCSE. Its not academically uber hard, but you need to be sh*t hot on the physiology in PE and the coursework takes bloody ages.... :].

Uh yeah, good luck mate & PM me if you want the list of things to demonstrate?

Sounds like you go to a school like mine, where nobody does sailing... they'll give you a good mark :P. 

 



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Originally posted by jeffers

I agree, when the pass mark for an A is 55% and an A* 65% what do you expect? I think it is criminal!

What??

 If your so sure of that TELL THE EXAMINERS......

.....last year the grade boundries for Drama were;

A* 98%

A 92%

B 85%

C 76%

Do you want the grade boundries for other subjects aswell or is that ok?

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Ah yes...

Student bars with sticky floors.....one working lightbulb.....a battered space invaders machine...and some ne'er do well sleeping quietly in the corner.....

Brings a tear to my eye.

 
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Originally posted by turnturtle

....drunken snogging at 4pm...

Blimey tt, where did you go to uni....4pm!

I was lucky enough to have gone when there were still grants, even so it wasn't much, many ended up in debt but that was largely the 2 foreign holidays a year and running a car etc.

I lived in London for 6 years with no money from parents and not a penny of overdraft. Lived in damp flats in Hackney, drove cheap motoerbikes, worked in the holidays, bought clothes in Oxfam shops and ate cheap crap...but eeee by gum it did me good....

Joking aside, its not hard to keep the debt down with a bit of common sense. Just work hard and live within your means. It's not forever after all.

 
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While I was under 18, I did 2 years at College, got a Btec ND. (It'll do me fine for now, Signing up for a Cisco CCNA / MCDST in the next few weeks when I have the money)

I'm very glad I didnt do Uni etc ... I think I could have handled the work side of it, but its the culture that comes with it that I couldnt. Debt, A liver that hates you for the next 8 years, and even more debt.

So I came out of my course at the end of the 2 years, went into a job with a local company that I have now been with for 2 years, have started racking up good references for future employment, as well as office experience!
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Debt is pretty much unavoidable if you go to uni now.  Yes, we do live in a culture of debt, buy now pay later, loans etc, but about £8000 pa before you even think about beer money, its pretty hard not to run into debt.  Then you have to add in; course materials, transport and basic food.  Course materials vary depending on your course, but mine were £300 pa - [2 yrs ago.  Only brought the core books, all of which were second hand.]  My flatmate's are alot more.  Probably in the £1000+ range.

Anyway, if I could've done sailing as part of my GCSEs, I would've done it in a heartbeat.  At least one of them would be enjoyable.  If you go onto further and higher education, and as long as you pass Maths and English, no one cares what you did at GCSE.  I vaguely remember what I did, but on my CV I just list - GCSEs, including Maths and English passes.  Or something to that affect.

Good luck and enjoy yourself.
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