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- Thread starter carteater
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As long as you get your grades for sixth form/college you're fine. They become completely irrelevant after that.
withdeanwombat
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Please help me. I remember bugger all about my degree course, but still wander about quoting lines from "A" level English.
And is this a dagger I see before me ?
Good luck to everybody in exam result mode. Relax, life is in front of you.
What results are you expecting?
forrest
New member
Like others said I wouldn't worry about it too much. As long as you get maths and English the rest aren't really that important. Unless you are wanting to go and be an expert in a certain field. Abit like degrees. Most companies take on people with degrees as it shows you are prepared to put the effort in. I've got mates that have degrees and the jobs they do have no connection with their degree. For example one has a degree in geography but works in private banking.
I think I managed to get more qualifications after leaving education than I did during my time at school and college. Two top end wine qualifications, qualified pyrotechnic and stack loads of work related ones.
So don't stress too much over your results
I think I managed to get more qualifications after leaving education than I did during my time at school and college. Two top end wine qualifications, qualified pyrotechnic and stack loads of work related ones.
So don't stress too much over your results
TonyBloomsPokerFace
Member
Agree with this. I found when I was at school, the focus was very much on teaching how to pass exams rather than the practical application of what you are being taught. I was always terrible at exams and totally lacked focus at school and sixth form (mostly because I wasn't ever the academic sort). I came out of sixth form with two U's and one D. After that I found a Music Tech course I was interested in at City College, went to University a year later and have been working at an audio post production studio in Soho for the last three years. So even though I came out with the worst grades in my year in sixth form I just took a different route. Grades aren't the be all and end all, its more about finding something you're good at and going with it, in my opinion.
Great reply. There never seemed to be enough guidence around what other options you had either, it was always very focused on what results you got, to improve your futher education.
The people who do best for themselves now are generally the people who got themselves trades and now own their own companies, I have several friends who all fell into this and Im sure it would suit plenty more kids out there instead of being forced into further education.
Magic City
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- Mar 29, 2014
- 118
Do you reckon that you've got the 5 C's that you need?
What annoys me ( and did when I was in education ) is the assumption that after O levels you would do A levels and then after A levels you would do a degree. Rarely was there ever any mention of alternatives to an academic path. I've often wondered if I might have done something at a college like Plumpton ..... if I'd known those types of options existed.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Macbeth is 'A' Level these days?
When I was a boy, it was an 'O' level item.
#Dumbing down.
The_Real_SussexSeagull123
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- Aug 4, 2011
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I have never had to rely on my GCSE results for anything. Jobs sometimes ask but they rarely look into it and I think most employers seek the right ' can do attitude ' or ' willingness to learn ' above anything else. I wouldn't worry too mx uh about it
Washie
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I learnt about Macbeth in primary school.
Paul Reids Sock
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Don't worry about it mate. They are a stepping stone to the next stage in education. I had a lot of mates that ended up resitting one or two GCSEs while they were in 6th form. It isn't a massive deal and you just have to make sure that you learn from it and don't mess up second time round.
Like others have said, I haven't been asked once about my GCSE's and I am only 26. They want either A-Levels, Degree or any relevant work experience.
My other half recently decided to retrain as a nurse but she didn't have the maths GCSE to do it. All she had to do was attend a college course for a year which was an access course to the main one. Even if you get bad grades there is always a way to rectify it if you want to. Chin up and good luck for results day as I am sure they will be better than you expect
Like others have said, I haven't been asked once about my GCSE's and I am only 26. They want either A-Levels, Degree or any relevant work experience.
My other half recently decided to retrain as a nurse but she didn't have the maths GCSE to do it. All she had to do was attend a college course for a year which was an access course to the main one. Even if you get bad grades there is always a way to rectify it if you want to. Chin up and good luck for results day as I am sure they will be better than you expect
withdeanwombat
Well-known member
Don't know about these days, Highness, but I think it was in those days. King Lear was the "O" level. Out, vial jelly.
Damn.......there I go again.
The Buttery Biscuit Base
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Learning about Macbeth is very different from studying it. I did as a GCSE that was 13 years ago though...
GCSE's don't mean an awful lot. I have the grand total of 3 GCSE's (all 'D's) and 1 AS level (an E). I've got a degree and am working in my chosen profession.
There is too much pressure on 15/16 year olds to know what they want to do for the next 40/50 years. Bollocks to it.
I'm not gonna say it doesn't matter but its really not even close to the worst thing that could happen in your life. You'll work out what you want to at some point, if not now, then you can find the best path to do it, studying only relevant subjects and gaining real world practical experience. I'm an example of that.
fat old seagull
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Well I am seriously ancient, and there is still birds everywhere, more now than ever in fact. Unfortunately the *******s shit all over my car on a daily basis ! And I'm so stupid I still feed them.
No just delaying boring the poor kids until their 16 that's all.
- Jan 3, 2012
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I agree that GCSE's are largely irrelevant in later life, because they are overtaken by other things like A Levels, practical experience etc.
BUT, depending on what Carteater wants to do, they would/might be taken in to account by University if you were applying to follow that course in a couple of years' time. But a decent Further Education establishment will help you on your way, give good advice and so on and so forth, as long as they are not like some round here (Winchester and parts of Hampshire) which are in practice selective, and are then known to drop people like stones on occasion if they are not up to scratch after the first year.
In Southampton you would be alright, I would imagine in Brighton you would be OK. My wife is the principal of a sixth form college which has a very inclusive outlook, takes each kid seriously (as long as they are prepared to make the effort), supports them, often through difficult circumstances and wants to help each one be the best that they can be.
BUT, depending on what Carteater wants to do, they would/might be taken in to account by University if you were applying to follow that course in a couple of years' time. But a decent Further Education establishment will help you on your way, give good advice and so on and so forth, as long as they are not like some round here (Winchester and parts of Hampshire) which are in practice selective, and are then known to drop people like stones on occasion if they are not up to scratch after the first year.
In Southampton you would be alright, I would imagine in Brighton you would be OK. My wife is the principal of a sixth form college which has a very inclusive outlook, takes each kid seriously (as long as they are prepared to make the effort), supports them, often through difficult circumstances and wants to help each one be the best that they can be.