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Da Cunney Bugz
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 Posted - 2006/11/20 : 20:00:34
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Originally posted by jenks:
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Originally posted by Da Cunney Bugz:
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Originally posted by jenks:
I lost all respect for school education after a teacher told me light always travels in a straight line, probably was in primary school like but still...
it does?
It doesn't.
lol blatently does, it only changes directions with mirrors, why you think you get a shadow behind a wall?
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jenks
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Posted - 2006/11/20 : 20:13:33
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Originally posted by Da Cunney Bugz:
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Originally posted by jenks:
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Originally posted by Da Cunney Bugz:
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Originally posted by jenks:
I lost all respect for school education after a teacher told me light always travels in a straight line, probably was in primary school like but still...
it does?
It doesn't.
lol blatently does, it only changes directions with mirrors, why you think you get a shadow behind a wall?
Gravity can bend light.
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Underloop
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Posted - 2006/11/20 : 22:34:08
Any wave can change direction (not just due to gravity). Its called refraction and defraction. Example: light being shone into a glass prism, light being shone through a grating, or a thin slit. These all bend the light quite noticeably
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MAsh
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Posted - 2006/11/21 : 02:12:53
Perhaps that's the difference between GCSE's and 'O' Levels.
For the purpose of passing a GCSE it's far simpler to take the basic principle that light travels in a straight line than it is to try and explain gravity wells to a group of 15 year olds who spend most of their time sitting in their gran's shed smoking weed. (Or maybe that was just my school)
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Da Cunney Bugz
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Posted - 2006/11/21 : 14:33:22
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Any wave can change direction (not just due to gravity). Its called refraction and defraction. Example: light being shone into a glass prism, light being shone through a grating, or a thin slit. These all bend the light quite noticeably
yer same as reflection, it just changes direction
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Ionosphere
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Posted - 2006/11/21 : 15:48:12
"Who thinks they could pass an O'Level?"
....with a brain the size of a planet....
I expect so.
Btw, are you talking about 'proper' GCE O levels (as set by either Oxford or Cambridge Universities) where namby-pamby course-work isn't taken into consideration,
or these piss easy girly-handbag GCSEs that they set nowadays?
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jenks
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Posted - 2006/11/21 : 18:30:48
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Originally posted by Da Cunney Bugz:
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Originally posted by Underloop:
Any wave can change direction (not just due to gravity). Its called refraction and defraction. Example: light being shone into a glass prism, light being shone through a grating, or a thin slit. These all bend the light quite noticeably
yer same as reflection, it just changes direction
Gravity can BEND light, the light ceases to be going in a straight line, its curved.
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Hardcore4eva
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Posted - 2006/11/22 : 11:22:20
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I don't feel the need to make myself look 'educated'.
I left school in 1988 - my exam results stopped being of any use to me 15 years ago!
It's well proven that Exams (or whatever they call em nowadays) are easier to pass, mainly because of what Underloop said earlier - kids aren't taught anything other than how to pass them. The schools are more interested in how they look than what the students learn.
At least when i was at school i actually understood what i was being taught - didn't just learn to memorise loads of stuff that i hadn't a clue about!
I was born in 1988!! hahahahaha
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Em Jay
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Posted - 2006/11/22 : 12:28:32
^^^ Haha, yeah me too!
I doubt I could pass an o-level, I would give it a bash, but I'll admit to revising things of which I didnt particularly understand or agree with. therefore I dont think I am extremely knowledgeable. I have my old GSCE revision notes. I read through them, didnt understand them, I just stored them in my memory for exam purposes.
But isnt that the whole point of GCSEs? To be able to prove that you are capable of doing work. And listening to teachers. So that you can get into college or 6th form!?
No ones bothered if you actually understand stuff or not! Thats obvious
I couldnt careless to be fair. I was pushed so hard and I worked my arse off. I came out the exams feeling great because 11 years of my life at school is over, I managed to acquire 10 GCSEs grade A-C no ones taking them away. I wont need them again, I have already used them to go to college. big whoop, end of story.
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kathryn
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Posted - 2006/11/23 : 12:23:55
I messed around all through high school i only just passed my English exam with a 'c' the others i failed cos i just couldnt be bothered. Luckily i was taken on straight away when i did work experience from school but i didnt like the teachers and they didnt like me.
Was greatful to be an Easter leaver back in April 1992!
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Bidd
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Posted - 2006/11/25 : 17:34:01
About O-Levels, there was a program on Channel 4 were year 11s went to an old fashioned school and were taught in the exact same conditions 30-40 years ago. They gave them a Maths test for the old 11+, telling them it was an O-Level, and half the class couldn't pass it anyway even though the exam was designed for people 4 years younger.
What is the point of GCSEs anyway these days. If you don't want to do A-levels or NVQs, then you get trained/apprenticeship anyway were you train for a specific job, were your GCSE knowledge will not apply anyway in most cases. A-levels are stupid these days, people think they are gettign easier, but its the case that more people are doing "easier" courses that have been introduced in the past 10-15 years. Traditional subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Maths (aka ****ing hard subjects) are hardly taken by anyone these days and you would find that we wouldnt get 99 per cent pass rates or whatever it is if everyone took these.
For the question I would expect O-Levels to be as hard as current A-Levels
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Posted - 2006/11/25 : 20:09:43
I got my French GCSE when I was 14. That's the advantage of living in Belgium init
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Charco
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Posted - 2006/11/26 : 04:03:52
It's strange.
After my graduation, my mother told me... "I can't understand it, you were the only one that NEVER done any homework in secondary school (I played football as revision the day before my P.E biology exam---Got a B! )...hardly ever revised and now you have a degree in Business I.T.."
I also have a diploma in computer studies.
True enough though, I've kinda scraped through everything....but it shows, if you put your mind to something....you can do just about anything.
In my honest opinion, education is no-where near as important as it used to be. you could be the most qualified person in the world....but with no actual experience behind you....It's hard.
That's why I have the plan/ intention of working my way up through different jobs- gaining as much experience as I can to carry on with me...and use my qualification as a "back-up"...which can also be used to help me get certain jobs.
So far- It's a plan that's worked well as I've now got a lot of experience in trustworthy positions (cash handling/ banking/ company books...) as well as the good old customer experience.
I also recieved news today that very big things could be on the way, I could be working for the Irish Government getting funding for my work....Let's hope.
As for the first question....all depends on how you prepare yourself for it. I couldn't say whether I would or not.
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