Nice People 13: Nice Save

lostinrates

There was a good radio four programme on about middle class and economics. From about 8 to 8.40 this evening. A big section on private education /education options post crash which might interest some, both from professional angle and personal.

Nikkster

For GCSE I did triple sciences (default option was double sciences and about a third I think chose to do the three), English Lang+Lit, Maths, Geography, French, German and errr... something else I can't remember (can tell it's a while since I filled in a job application). Maybe Sociology?

'A' Level was Biology, Chemistry, Maths, General Studies and A/S Psychology

I guess GCSE and 'A' Level were the pinnacle of my academic achievement really. If it wasn't for them I'd look very different on paper.

Possibly the highlight of my school days was the most beautiful boy from the Boy's School (I went to the Girl's School) congratulating me in the pub on 'A' Level results day because I'd got more UCAS points than him (he was as clever as he was beautiful). I couldn't believe he even knew who I was

That and the piece of 'A' Level maths coursework I got back where the only red pen was a tick at the end - from the teacher who tried to put me off taking Maths 'A' Level

Masomnia

lostinrates wrote: »

There was a good radio four programme on about middle class and economics. From about 8 to 8.40 this evening. A big section on private education /education options post crash which might interest some, both from professional angle and personal.

Sounds very interesting. I started university in 2007, and if I'd started a year or two later I would have chosen very differently.

vivatifosi

michaels wrote: »

I am thinking an urgent investment in winter tyres is called for today. I have done a skid pan course and driven a lot on snow when I was working in ski resorts but I think for DW the panic impulse is too strong for any training to help much.

I am not a great driver on snow. I put all weather tyres on mine so that I didn't need two sets of wheels, and the difference is substantial.

Generali wrote: »

We had to do maths, English, Integrated Science, Eng Lit, a language (I did French) a craft subject (I got out of that, hated woodwork etc), a humanity (I did 2: history and geography). I did maths early and so did O/A maths in my final year aged 16.

I didn't enjoy school up to 16. I hated those badly behaved kids that didn't want to be there. They made my life a misery and I did my best to repay the favour. I threw one child down a short flight of stairs. He didn't seem so tough after that.

I went to a separate sixth form college which I loved. I probably didn't get the exam grades I should have but I had a great time.

I got five O levels: Maths, English Language, Geography, History and Art. I also got a reasonable CSE in German. I only took one science: human biology, but got a D at O level. I am ok at maths but definitely not a scientist. I took social sciences for my degree (mostly politics and economics) and did my masters in business. My MBA is from Warwick which is an excellent business school and not too far from the doozers.

The bad kids at school stopped picking on me when I demonstrated my passing knowledge of Judo to the (male) captain of the school football team. However the sixth form (only did one year before going out to work) was noticeably better.

michaels

I am so juvenile.

It is the mis-twins birthdays today. When we have their joint party we will have number cakes, DDs in pink '9' and DSs in blue, '6'

Next potential BTL also sold before we got to view it - is there some sort of mini-boom going on at the moment?

Masomnia

Is it weird that I fancy Alex Polizzi a little bit?

Mm a lot of people were off work today due to snow. My train was delayed about ten mins but I still made it in on time; lucky in a way!

Manager snowed in, as well as the person mentoring me. So in the end I had very little I could actually do. The team I'm working with was snowed under (pun un-intended) with work and there was pretty much nothing I could do, felt quite bad. I did a few hours of mandatory training though...

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

Possibly the highlight of my school days was the most beautiful boy from the Boy's School (I went to the Girl's School) congratulating me in the pub on 'A' Level results day because I'd got more UCAS points than him (he was as clever as he was beautiful). I couldn't believe he even knew who I was

That and the piece of 'A' Level maths coursework I got back where the only red pen was a tick at the end - from the teacher who tried to put me off taking Maths 'A' Level

Kudos.....

Doozergirl

I am blessed with a cold. As if I haven't produced my share of mucus this year, already.

LydiaJ

For O-level we had to do Eng lang & lit, maths & French, and then we could choose 4, 5 or 6 others. I did phys, chem, Latin, Greek, geog & art.

For A-level I wanted to do maths, phys & chem, and the school wanted me to do double maths & phys. I stood my ground and said I was quite happy to do double maths if they'd let me do 4 (which wasn't common back in the mid-80s) but otherwise I was sticking to the maths, phys, chem combo. In the end they made an exception to their usual rule and let me do the 4, and a few weeks into the first term of 6th form another girl who was doing maths, phys, chem & O-level computing wanted to give up the computing and so switched to join me in double maths.

(School were completely right, BTW. Before the end of the first year, chem had v much become my 4th subject, and not doing double maths would have been a big disadvantage. We had to do 3 papers for the 4th term Oxbridge entrance exam, and I don't know that I'd have got in if I'd had to include a chem one.)

SingleSue

lostinrates wrote: »

I know, I did dual award too, but it was an option to do all three. I would much rather, fwiw have been able to do biology and chemistry and drop physics .


To not have the option to do all three seems to me shocking for kids who are heavily science leaning and know that thTs where their strengths lie. It still takes up fewer than half their potential options. If you passion is one or two of the sciences and you cannot take it as a ful subject I think that's a bit rough.

Dual suited me ok ( if I couldn't drop physics) I kept my options open and wS able to keep my subject options open Nd quite broad.

Is the advice about no new subjects pass! now then ? There are so many of them, and some are so interesting I'd certainly have been interested.

Triple science was an option only specific invited people could do when my boys did their choices. James was invited, the other two were not despite Josh having better grades than James ever did in the sciences. For Josh, it was because they were worried the extra work load required to teach him would have a negative impact on the rest of the students (he requires a quite specific teaching method for him to get the information as his verbal understanding is not great) and that he would find it too difficult to cope with connecting the dots in individual study.

Josh picked cookery (or whatever they decided to call it that year), really so that he could learn some life skills for when he was older, they refused to let him on the course because he was too bright..the course at his school was designed for those who would struggle to get higher grade GCSEs. He would have loved that course, he loves cooking but is not safe to be on his own in the kitchen and that could have taught him some ways around that.