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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004Thanks - Purrs for Nathan
To *everyone* - thank you. It's the morning of the first big day. I have a sneaking suspicion I'm more nervous than he is.... It's a dull, grey, damp day - I just hope it's not an omen of bad things... Cheers, helen s (biting fingernails...) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Well, he's come back from school.. Me: "How was today?" Nathan: "Fine." Me: "Errr. how'd the exam go?" Nathan: "Fine. Okay. Better than the mock exam." Sighhhh....... I can breathe again. Until the next exam ;-) Cheers, helen s (worried mother) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Yay! Sounds like he was pretty cool about it! Christine > Well, he's come back from school.. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >Well, he's come back from school.. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Cheers, helen s >(worried mother) I'm glad things went well. I didn't realize that the UK had these big entrance examinations. I'm sure Nathan will do fine. >I'm glad things went well. I didn't realize that the UK had these big >entrance examinations. I'm sure Nathan will do fine. Ah, these aren't entrance exams as such, they're more like exit exams ;-) Done in the last year of high school, before moving into sixth-form for a couple of years. Kids can leave full-time education at age 16 over here. Lots choose to stay on to age 18 though. Then there's the choice at 18 on whether to leave education or go on to, say university. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > Well, he's come back from school.. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sighhhh....... I can breathe again. Until the next exam ;-) Hehe. He sounds as linguistically challenged as all teenagers. ;o) Judging from this, he probably aced the exam.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >Hehe. He sounds as linguistically challenged as all teenagers. ;o) Judging >from this, he probably aced the exam. One can but hope. I do hope he does okay in his German GCSE as one option he is considering is going to university in Germany... Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Horay!!! So, is this anything like oh, say.... the OWLS ;). We had finals each year 1-12. The last year, they administered collegiate tests determined where you could go, and if you could start credited courses immediately upon graduation. Otherwise, you may have to take a few refresher/remedial courses. After the first four years of University, *then* it would be debatable if you would be accepted into a field of graduate studies. If I understand it correctly, certain fields have limited slots because limited schools offer a Masters or Doctorate in that chosen field and the schools can be limited on amount of students and so on. USA wise, everyone is guaranteed University (after public school) education *if* they can afford it. The local Uni. accepts everybody regardless. You just may have to take non-credited courses in English and Math first, up to a year's worth or two semesters. How does English education work? I thought it was the same, sorta, I know Mexico is a little different. Until I read Harry Potter that is. Different lvls, for different years and you score poorly, your choices are limited earlier than they are across the pond. Is that right? Grace > To *everyone* - thank you. It's the morning of the first big day. I have a > sneaking suspicion I'm more nervous than he is.... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >How does English education work? I thought it was the same, sorta, I know >Mexico is a little different. Until I read Harry Potter that is. Different >lvls, for different years and you score poorly, your choices are limited >earlier than they are across the pond. Is that right? > >Grace Here you start school in the year you have your fifth birthday (that's putting it generally - there's cut-off dates which complicate it). At ages 7, 11 and 14 there's SATs. At age 14 (year 9) you decide what you want to take to GCSE level at age 16 (year 11). There's a core curriculum you must take and then you have options to choose from. Dependent upon what subjects you take at GCSE level and upon what grades you get, this decides on what you can study to age 18 - as you narrow down your choices and start to specialise. At age 17 you take AS-levels - fewer in number than GCSEs as the work is at a higher level and you are starting to specialise. Dependent upon what grades in these you get, you then develop *some* of them further to A-level standard at age 18. The mix of subjects and grades achieved at AS & A level determine what you can study at university and which university is going to offer you a place. The above is complicated by various options. Example, Nathan is working a year ahead, so he's doing his GCSEs a year early & did an extra one (astronomy) two years early - studied in his own time for that one. Another complication - he's just completed a GNVQ in IT - this is at a higher level of study than the GCSE - it can count as up to 4 GCSEs. Over here you have to achieve a certain number and level of GCSEs, AS & A levels to be able to go on to study at university to degree level & beyond. *What* is required varies from university to university and course to course. Not everyone is guaranteed a university place. Plus, chose the "wrong" subjects and you can end up prohibiting yourself from a chosen field at university. Is this as clear as mud?? ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Actually yes Helen,the mud was very clear. Sorry just testing the old English out. Things have certainly changed over there since I was a kid, well they'd want to in that amount of time wouldn't they?I left Scool at 14, just after that,the leaving age was changed to 16.only rich kids or exceptionally brainy ones had the chance at Uni;Iwas sent to sit for a Scolarship twice with another three kids, but we had no chance really as half the stuff we were tested on was not taught in ordinary Scools like ours Jean.P. > >How does English education work? I thought it was the same, sorta, I know > >Mexico is a little different. Until I read Harry Potter that is. Different [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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