Doctor? wrote:
Slippin Jimmy Jamma wrote: Lost my post some reason.
martin is right though. I was constantly amazed at the idiots at Queens who supposed at straight A's at A Level (from a system they constantly claimed was harder than the English one) who could barely string a sentence together.
Ultimately, it comes down to this. Its all very well and good being spoonfed information, and then beeing able to regurgitate it in an exam. But when you get to uni, and for the most part on your own, it counts for fuck all. My ex got straight A's at a Level, and she started a Law degree, and she dropped out in her first year because she just could not do it. I thought it was dead easy (and it was, it was first year Law, Legal systems and all that, boring as hell, but easy) but she just could get used to havng to write essays and do her own research.
Not sure NI A levels are meant to be harder, O'levels were for sure( because we did practice papers from many other exam boards), not sure about GCSE's
However, to echo yourself and Martin, in work, the REAL dummies we speak to will, sooner or later, ask "do I use my uni address". The following is often heard floating accross the room......"Fuck me, I think this guy's brain damaged or something", and a few mins later..."ahhhh he's a student".
Oddly it seems to be males mainly, does that hold true for Martin's lot I wonder.
I'm helping my cousin do A-Level Politics and History. The questions she get are more specific than some of the ones on and English paper. But that works both ways, its harder to bullshit your way through the questions, but its also a lot harder to go off on a tangent.
As for "Do i Use my Uni address" when i had to get a passport in 02, I didnt know if I had to use my Uni address as it was halls and I didnt know if they would have issues over sending it there, in case it had to be signed for directly. So if they're in halls you should maybe cut them a bit of slack. However, if they are in houses, then just put the phone down on them for being idiotic cunts.
