A level tosh

[mcleish17]

I have just finished sixth form and I have got into Pershore College to do FdSc Arboriculture. I got a C in Geography and a C in ICT and I can tell you it was bloody hard! I had to work very hard for what I got. I prefer to do practical work and would have gone straight into the arb industry after my GCSE's but I thought if I have an accident at work in the future, I will hopefully have my FdSc to fall back on and do office based work but still in the arb industry which I have a passion for.

Some people are just naturally talented, a few friends got 3 A*'s but should people put others down and devalue their achievements because they have different opinions. I along with many others found the leap from GCSE's to A levels almost unmanageable but we stuck it out and had a brilliant night out last night to celebrate our achievements.

On the other hand I do have to agree with you to some extent. Some courses and at universities are seen as useless, but you will get nowhere without a degree. Most jobs do require a degree but it is not a degree in a specific field.

[mcleish17]

I really feel that too many kids are led too believe that it's a levels or nothing not enough time is given to vocational courses . I did A levels then realised that they weren't everything and went to do a forestry course at Lincoln

 

 

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Before the fees went up from £3000 per year to £9000 per year it was viewed A levels or work. Now with the cost of uni, apprenticeships and other routes to achieving degrees and extra qualifications and being developed and offered.

[Warners]

300,000 took A Levels 98.1% pass rate.

 

We are either evolving into a super intelligent race or the pass threshold is far too low.

 

I'm thinking unis need the turnover of students otherwise they'd go bust

 

Somehow a "degree" doesn't have the same ring to it nowadays

 

We get youngsters apply to us with a degree in their list of qualifications? surely you're better going out to work and getting 3 years head start on all your mates from school rather than being 3 years behind with 50k of debt before you even start.....

[NFG]

300,000 took A Levels 98.1% pass rate.

 

We are either evolving into a super intelligent race or the pass threshold is far too low.

 

I'm thinking unis need the turnover of students otherwise they'd go bust

 

Somehow a "degree" doesn't have the same ring to it nowadays

 

Too true, a super intelligent race that can calculate the square root of a tin of beans, along with the optimal size of bean to conform with current EU regulations, but cannot work out how to open the tin.

 

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[Graham]

My daughter has just had her results and i know she worked hard to achieve them. ABB in French, English and History. Wants to work as a translator and will be studying French and Spanish at Leicester. I know what you mean about standards dropping but I'm still proud of her:001_smile:

[Mick Stockbridge]

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