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Anyone else a victim of the AS system?
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ok im not exactly a 'victim' im repeating year 12 cos i had glandular fever im cashing in psych cos i got a B but i think the AS system wasnt thought through well enough because there are 3 terms to learn so much stuff and if u are ill for whatever reason, then u are in the deep brown stuff
i was wondering if theres anyone else in my position ?
and anyone else wanna do medicine cos thats the reason im repeating!
i was wondering if theres anyone else in my position ?
and anyone else wanna do medicine cos thats the reason im repeating!
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we covered stuff in just enough detail to do exams last year and now we need to be able to do way more stuff that they still dont have time to teach us.
i'm doing languages, and with the old a-levels you studied one book/play/film/whatever one year and one the next. now, literature etc isnt on AS syllabus, but you still have to do do texts so we have to cram both in this year, AND learn about lit. essay techniques to be able to pass the exam!!
i think that AS is a very watered down version of the old A level, and A2 is more the same standard. i'm in the unusual position of having done both the old and the new system... and i have to say, i think AS levels are too easy. but then when i started A levels in year 12, i thought they were too hard!!
i think they need to do something about gcses. if they made them a bit harder, then there wouldnt be such a huge gap between gcse and A level, like there was when i was in that position. i found gcses pretty easy, and i didnt do much revision at all and got mostly As and A*s (one B and a short course C). but they chuck you in at the deep end in A level. now they've tried to bridge that gap a bit... but now you have a bigger gap between year 12 and 13. and if you forever reduce standards, uni is going to be a big shock if you've been hand held all the way through your school.
i think this system sucks... but the old one wasnt much better. the government seems very reluctant to touch the gcses though, for some reason...
Now, have a big toke on this South African drugs-reefer-style spliff doobie.
Well i did as last year and i got ABBBD and inow im doing A2 levels. I think it was horrible, i was so knakkered last year but to sound like the bearer of bad news, the second years just as bad and the works 10 times harder!!!
GFM btw you're not he only one in that position. last year i had 15 exams on 4 days which is an average of about 4 a day!!!! and trust me i was in a worse position that you make yourself out to be in. I could have done better but i came out with ABBBD so, we're all in the same postion.
Although i agree with the shock between GCSE and AS's god ir emember that i was like shit and there was a big jump this year tooooo. And to pass Psychology i had to learn it from a book!!!!!!! Good luck with the psy coz im doing A2 now and it's freaky. All the teachers reckon i get help form my brother who's a Ok known psychologist!!!! (bullshit) Lol best part is quoting him in essays!!!!!!
alright, there's no need to sound quite so much like you're having a go at me. yours sounds pretty horrific mind! also this is my 3rd year doing a level type stuff, so it is pretty bad. when i have 3 or more exams i one day, i dont do well. it's happened to me enough times to narrow it down to that having a big negative effect on my performance. and because im only doing it in 1 year, i cant exactly retake any AS modules if it all goes to shit. just bad planning i think, i could have done a lot better if i had an exam or two in january, spread it out a bit. but noooo, they dont listen to the students...
i like psychology, i prefer A2 to AS becuase its in more depth and i actually feel like im learning stuff <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif">
I've got lots of exams in June too. I hate revising. I wish someone had taught me how to revise. I always make really good study plans, but then I give up.
*is therefore superior* <IMG alt="image" SRC="tongue.gif" border="0">
*is still superior* <IMG alt="image" SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0">
sod off and do some real work like the rest of us <IMG alt="image" SRC="tongue.gif" border="0"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0">
in my opinion AS is great for some reasons, and bad for others. for subjects like Latin and the sciences you cover certain topics or books in a year, are examined on them and then can forget them, as opposed to relearning them after eighteen months with the old A-levels. I'm not finding them difficult which is always good <IMG alt="image" SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0"> and neither are most of my friends.
however, the aim of AS giving students more breadth of subjects is complete rubbish, because I've just used them to do tons of languages and I know others who chose all the sciences, maths and economics (ouch). they were badly organised to start with too; luckily for me my school is on top of them but I know others which aren't.
I agree with GFM that GCSEs aren't challenging, but they're more challenging than, say, the brevet in France which they take at 15 - whereas GCSEs allow you to get a job of sorts, pretty much only McDonalds' will accept a candidate who only has the brevet. which is kinda shite. GCSEs need a little overhaul, at least so people can say more than "I went to the cinema at the weekend" when they go on holiday. though it's said that statistics show GCSEs are aimed at the right sort of level nationwide.
everyone has loads of work and revision to do for exams. not a valid argument <IMG alt="image" SRC="tongue.gif" border="0"> (but it still suuuuuuucks!)