I am yet to fail (UK exams) (member, irish, career)

TrampInaTux · 08-19-2006, 03:23 AM

I didn't know you were British. Now I've got even more of a reason to come to your house and kick the **** out of you

Cheese · 08-19-2006, 06:36 AM

I could never see the point in exams or university. I left school at 15 and went straight into a job, but all the "I'm gonna go to university and better myself" lot I went to school with are mostly on the dole.

Just an observation.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 08-19-2006, 06:41 AM

agreed. & at the risk of sounding like those military enlisting adverts, it is actually the experience that counts.
all the exams show is that you have the ability to learn, i guess.
ohwell, im far too lazy to get out into the real world yet, im happy here.

Cheese · 08-19-2006, 06:45 AM

Exackery, my brother can give you a detailed description on paper of how to do something, but when it comes to the practical side, he's shafted.
It took him 18 goes before he passed his practical drivers licence and even now he still cannot change a flat tyre.

tdoc210 · 08-19-2006, 06:57 AM

aha.. alternate word uses.. pfft standaedized tests are easy, wot you have to worry about over here a shihte teachers who know nothing or little about the subject they are teaching.

Alo · 08-19-2006, 07:09 AM

Oeh this reminds me of something. When I'm finished with school in Holland, I want to go to a university in London. Are there any? And do you get a pass which enables you to use the transport cheaper? Cuz it's like that over here.

Sound Devastation · 08-19-2006, 07:53 AM

there are alot of universities in london!

im not sure about London travel passes, but living and studying in London is EXPENSIVE (rent can be almost 4 times the rent in places like manchester).

id recommend saving some cash and looking at other big cities. Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds... all have ace universities, awesome shopping, awesome nightlife and their share of job opportunities.

unless you want to do Law... then London is a good option.

Mr Sensitive · 08-19-2006, 08:02 AM

My older brother is going to a uni in London, but it sounds awful because you're not allowed alcohol on the grounds.

Sound Devastation · 08-19-2006, 08:06 AM

hahahaha that sucks.

my uni campus has 13 cheap bars. ooh yeah.

Fal · 08-19-2006, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Sensitive

My older brother is going to a uni in London, but it sounds awful because you're not allowed alcohol on the grounds.

See, this is why I like UWE. On the open day they basically said "So yeah, you guys are basically going to get to know a massive number of people to start off with because you'll be having parties pretty much every night. And when things have settled down and you're sober enough to make it out of the student accomodation we have the Student Union bars where you can buy cheap alcohol, though we do stop serving you when you get paraplegic because it's more a government regulation issue regarding that. Lets be fair it's only a few hundred yards to the accomodation and you probably have a few cans in the fridge anyway."

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08-19-2006, 03:23 AM
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,451	I didn't know you were British. Now I've got even more of a reason to come to your house and kick the **** out of you

08-19-2006, 06:36 AM
Cheese Unimpressed Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 616	I could never see the point in exams or university. I left school at 15 and went straight into a job, but all the "I'm gonna go to university and better myself" lot I went to school with are mostly on the dole. Just an observation. __________________ Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore

08-19-2006, 06:41 AM
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,599	agreed. & at the risk of sounding like those military enlisting adverts, it is actually the experience that counts. all the exams show is that you have the ability to learn, i guess. ohwell, im far too lazy to get out into the real world yet, im happy here. __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

08-19-2006, 06:45 AM
Cheese Unimpressed Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 616	Exackery, my brother can give you a detailed description on paper of how to do something, but when it comes to the practical side, he's shafted. It took him 18 goes before he passed his practical drivers licence and even now he still cannot change a flat tyre. __________________ Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore

08-19-2006, 06:57 AM
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,629	aha.. alternate word uses.. pfft standaedized tests are easy, wot you have to worry about over here a shihte teachers who know nothing or little about the subject they are teaching. __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-19-2006, 07:09 AM
Alo Scarf Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 718	Oeh this reminds me of something. When I'm finished with school in Holland, I want to go to a university in London. Are there any? And do you get a pass which enables you to use the transport cheaper? Cuz it's like that over here. __________________ I rocked my shoelaces untied

08-19-2006, 07:53 AM
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 729	there are alot of universities in london! im not sure about London travel passes, but living and studying in London is EXPENSIVE (rent can be almost 4 times the rent in places like manchester). id recommend saving some cash and looking at other big cities. Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds... all have ace universities, awesome shopping, awesome nightlife and their share of job opportunities. unless you want to do Law... then London is a good option. __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

08-19-2006, 08:02 AM
Mr Sensitive Hyperkinetic Rabbitything Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Noodle Mines Posts: 668	My older brother is going to a uni in London, but it sounds awful because you're not allowed alcohol on the grounds. __________________

08-19-2006, 08:06 AM
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 729	hahahaha that sucks. my uni campus has 13 cheap bars. ooh yeah. __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**