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right, I left school after my GCSE's but I'm considering going back to college before it's too late, but at the grand old age of 19 will I be considered a mature student, or will I be able to slum it with the masses? Do I have to take the full load of AS/A-levels or can I just take a couple of a-levels and fuck the rest off? Anyone done A-level photography?

over 21 is mature student i think. Which is what i will be if i ever finish my degree

You're doing a degree?  :shock:

In arsing about  8)

A levels are a doss

I WAS doing a degree. That was when i was a student and posted lots. remember?


I didnt finish because im too cool for school

Sonic, phone connexions or have a web chat with them, they are supposed to be able to help you out with that sort of stuff  8)

http://www.connexions-direct.com/index.cfm?pid=223

Did you listen to yeovil and spaceys advice  :o  :shock:

Got an appointment with Connexions on Wednesday actually, but for an entirely different reason :D

And yeah, jase and yeovil's nagging has got me thinking.

21+ is a mature student.

You may be better doing a foundation year then look at heading off to Uni.  You'd love it SY.

Sister is doing a degree in photography at Preston and loves it.

I'm so proud 8)

dont fucking do photography. i dropped it last wednesday proper shit. full of"zany" and "creative" people.

do something proper and get involved. english language for pure academic shizz which might get you going a bit or media which is really good. making short films and the like,

Good to see you've pulled you finger out of your arse and are going to do something with your life SY :D

a levels are great. and i'm great at them. what a mix.

at my college you have to do at least 15 hours a week = 3 a levels

there's loads of choice of b-tecs/avces as well which are worth as much but are more practical.

I did a short photography course a couple of years ago, on some youth program for bums like me. I really enjoyed it.

English is another option as well, my mate tells me media is shit because they force you towards marketing, film studies sounds cool though.

but whatever you do don't smell that finger.....  :D

To be fair it took me longer than SY to sort myself out with a job etc after leaving college

try an access course, they are a piece of piss and qualify you for uni,plus they are only a year long, i did a multimedia one, was a doddle, then got into uni to do media studies.

I left for Uni at 21 so I was a proper mature student, having worked full time for a couple of years I found the whole affair a piece of piss.

Few hours a day and you will cruise it.

pick an easy course - my simple advice, heed the warning. uni is easier than A-Levels though

cool!

i'd recommend doing 2 a levels - possibly in english and something else like a language or humanity (definitely not media studies, film studies, art, sports studies  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick  drama etc) then you can have time to do some extra stuff like photography without the extra exam pressure

Unless you are really into the idea don't bother with "uni" its a waste of time and money...

I think 2 a-levels is the maximum my laziness will cope with, so that's sorted and why can't I do film studies, I want to be the next Martin Scorsese  8)

because its not a proper a level

how about economics?

maths?

history?

geography?

i can't count  :D

geography makes me want to cry with boredom. history fair enough. i'm not going to study, i want something that will get me a job of some kind. something i'm interested in.

film studies = a job in blockbuster!

that'll do me!

avoid economics like the plague unless you are super clever. I did it and sat there for 2 years like this  :shock: . I struggled because im lazy and it was more boring than 20,000 aids injections to the face. I got an E  :arrow:  :idea:  :!:

The economics units i did in the first year were stupidly difficult. Not touching anything like that again (by choice anyway). Avoid maths as well, unless you are willing to put the effort in  :roll:

From a total personal view here I dont believe in qualifications etc.  Someone once said to me (and i think its a famous quote) that everyone in life gets opportunities in life, its what you do with them.

Personally I fucked up school due to not working and being more interested in scams etc..then got moved to london didnt know anyone and finished my three years with A's in Business Studies, Accountancy and Busienss Law.  I then got offered a job that I would have wanted after uni so bombed off my course and worked.  From here ive been very lucky.

On the other hand it can work very well for peoiple.  I ahve mates at uni who have excelled and found employment after.  I also have mates who after uni took jobs on less wage then I was on after college.  Monies not everythging but if you think uni will suit you go for it.  Just think carefully about what course you want.  Sometimes I wish I had gone and at other times im glad I didnt

Economics A-Level was a piece of piss!
As was History and I.T.

I sometimes wish i'd gone to Uni also.

Economics A levels wasnt that hard.

I got a D with 70% lecture attendance and virtually no revision. might have been better if a question that i didnt know anything about hadnt have come up in the final exams.

I must of been having a  :doobie  when i was supposed to be taught that bit

A-level Economics was alright, my multiple choice exam let me down though!!  I've always been shit at multiple choice.

My advice would be never do anything that doesn't interest you.

   If you are studying as a means to end, then you might be prepared to put up with the mind numbing grind of academic courses.........if you are going into it half arsed, then do try and select something that'll interest......as others have said there are lots of wacky courses out there if you look.

There's no chance of me doing economics. None at all. It'd bore me so much my head would collapse.

I might do computing because I'll find it piss easy, and something like photography/film studies because it'll interest me. I'm not really going to college to study a specific field, more a case of finding something to do, getting some qualifications cos I've got fuck all and doing it before I'm too old and I regret it.

Fuckin hell whats going on Sonics going to college and he's out of bed before midday :)

I got up at 6am on Saturday  :o

One of my kids is doing a BTech in computing.....about 15 hours a week, and supposed to be equivalent of 3 A levels.......a lot of it he finds tedious, but there are practical elements like building machines and web site construction that he enjoys.

  Its all continuous asessment.

is this the course Reg?

http://www.abingdon-witney.ac.uk/course_info/cinfo_index_frameset.html

By the sounds of it, I'd fly through that without much effort... is it worth it? :/

Good money working in IT SY.

And incompetence is practically encouraged :wink:

It took our IT helpdesk 2.5 weeks to come back to me about getting set up on a different printer. it took them 2 mins to sort out. fuckwits.

superb! All I.T. gimps seem to spend their time on the internet and not doing any work.

and ruining everyone elses fun.

Oi!!  :evil:  :wink:

Get back to work IT Monkey :wink:

I am 'multi-tasking', ahem...

Be very careful with IT.  If you’re not going to specialise in a particular language, or discipline then you can end up screwed.

Most large firms have already started to outsource tasks to India where an experienced programmer costs a fraction of the cost in the UK.

In addition we have started hiring any monkeys on temp contracts instead of just graduates, they work for less, can be trained to do a particular task and if they’re crap they get the boot.  Graduates and monkeys alike work on little more than minimum wage in an attempt to earn a permanent contract.

Just keep well away from Physics easily the dullest A-level there is, as long as you aslo keep away from Maths and Chemistry the other ones are far far easier.

 Your link just throws up the home page for the college....but I'm sure its like the one offered at Witney in Computing section.

  It may well be you're too advanced for it.......so will be bored.

  A course that my kid wishes he'd picked up is the Music technology.

oops, wrong link
http://www.abingdon-witney.ac.uk/course_info/cinfo_course_detail.asp?Course_ID=102187

I can't do music as I don't play an instrument :/

 I've always wanted to do something like that.
 
  Despite the fact that I'm still hip to the groove and down with the happening scene, I fear I'm too old and knackered :(

fuck it spacey do it. when i went back to college i was 26 and do you reckon i gave a fuck what some ugly spotty 18 year old cunt thought of me?

best thing i did was multimedia access course at east birmingham, sonic i highly recommend something like this as its a piece of piss you learn loads and it is the equivilant of a levels

You've talked me into it 8)

dont forget though that i am an intellectual genius

All I need to do now is convince Mrs spacey that giving up work and going back to college is a great idea :shock:

If she truly loves you and it makes you happy...... :--

I agree :D

ciren college's average grade for music technology is a E or something similar

my mate got an A at as-level maths last year and an E at music technology. SO obviously, instead of getting a first in maths at uni he's going to go to a college in bristol and do more music tech. fool

 A's in as maths are ten a penny, 13 year olds get them....whereas something like Music tech with an emphasis on creativity is more challenging and so rewarding.

I couldn't be fecked to do maths at uni, even though my maths tutor at college advised it. I think doing something you enjoy is the way to go, although i don't enjoy accounting   :o

I enjoy masturbation and beer (sometimes together sometimes seperatly) are there any courses out there for me?

this might do you yeovil:

http://www.beeracademy.org/Courses.asp

i think the other one is self taught  :wink:

Sonic you could get a part time job at the club shop  8)

i suppose it has less job security than a rover plant  :?

Looks as if I'm off to college in September, oooh I'll be like an old man  :shock:

I have to take three a-levels to be considered a full time student, so huzzah. I wonder if I can get next years season ticket cheap...

 Depends whether your college is affiliated to the NUS, not all are apparently.

 I wouldn't bother going there if not.

99% sure Abingdon is. I bet the stupid club won't have it though  :o

most colleges are, universities on the other hand........









 :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

Cardiff's thinking of leaving the nus it costs 50k a year to be part of it.

You don't have to pay the £50k yourself though.

yeah that's what my uni did - they spend the money on the student union as extra

But you miss out on a book of vouchers from HMV and a free cheese burger with every order at McDonalds.

and cheaper tickets for town. not alot then  :wink:

Whatever you do SY, just enjoy it because full time work can get serious tedious, dull and boring.

Right now i wish id applied myself more in college and gone into Uni, instead of being in a job I truely hate

 Go as a mature student then......if your're say in late 20's then loads of 19 year old birds think you're mature and interesting and a skilled lover.  A winning combination.