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| Thread ID: 60395 | 2005-07-31 05:28:00 | Reasons for doing 7th form? | JimboJones (1680) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 377008 | 2005-08-01 08:19:00 | Techie has a point, you lose nothing by taking a year out and trying other things first. | netchicken (4843) | ||
| 377009 | 2005-08-01 09:04:00 | My sister finished her level 3 at the same time as she got level 2 :|, I think this is because she did Print Design, which I'm also doing right now . To got to uni, is it required that you've actually done 7th form for the year or just you've got enougth credits to pass level 3 NCEA? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I use to be quite into computers when I got one for the first time; I got widely known for being good on the computer . I did a bit of HTML, PHP, to modding games and 3d modeling . Then one day, I realised that I didn't like computers . I remembered my true interest was in firearms and electronics(RC stuff); My long forgotten interest/ love in them had been hijacked by the computer . I suppose this "phase" of mine stayed for so long because every one expected me to subjects like TIM and Print Design(so naturally, I did them without questioning myself) . Computers just became such a big part of my life that I just got imersed in the world of computers and forgot . Maybe I will stay for 7th form and to see if my current interest will fade or develope before I commit . P . S You may of notice that I'm never seen on the other forum . . . the one that isnt off-topic, whats it called again? lol Jimbo |
JimboJones (1680) | ||
| 377010 | 2005-08-01 09:31:00 | No you don't necessarily have to have done 7th form year. For university entrance, it's the credits that count. (After that, you'll never .. ever... need them again) | techie (7177) | ||
| 377011 | 2005-08-01 09:44:00 | All of high school is pretty much a waste of time. :) That's why I laugh when you hear all this crap about NCEA. No one at a university, for instance, cares what, or how, well you did at High School. And if you ever do a PhD, then what you did as an undergraduate doesn't really count. Remember not to take the machine guns home... :thumbs: |
gibler (49) | ||
| 377012 | 2005-08-01 10:21:00 | Techie has a point, you lose nothing by taking a year out and trying other things first. Jimbo, why not do a polytech course or other tertiary course instead of 7th form? Netchicken and others make good points: that you will mature and lose nothing by trying other things first. But unless you are convinced that your -school / teachers / your classmates - are really worth it, then get out and enter a better environment like a polytech. I still maintain that for lots of students, 7th form can be a waste of time due to entrenched slackness, irrelevant subjects, tired teachers, and putting up with juvenile behaviour in the rest of the school. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 377013 | 2005-08-01 11:20:00 | I thought armourers supplied the heavy stuff for others to shoot. They don't actually fire it off themselves, that's for the cavalry to do. Reminds me of a friend who was an armourer in the NZ Airforce. His outfit's motto was: Armourers live so that others may die. Cheers Billy 8-{) Yes but armourers do actually get to shoot ammunition. My father was an armourer in the second world war in the Air force based in Fiji in 1942 when I was born. (waiting for someone to ASSUME I am a word beginning with B) Being an Ammunition Technician is possibly better. That way you get to go out in the field and destroy old things like Antitank mines and defusing things. Takes more brain and a very steady hand. Now of course we have car bombs etc which I know not a lot about. Regular Force Cadet motto in 1960 when I was there was "Fortes Fortuna Juvat". Fortune Favours the Brave" is the translation from Latin. Go do what you want rather than what other people tell you. Follow your dream is my advice. Education helps for sure. 7th form if you want. Do you feel you want another year at school? My last years results at school. Maths 29%, Physics 87%, Chemistry 95% and the only reason I did not get 100% in chemistry was that the question was "Name the salts produced by the following reactions." I did not NAME the salts but gave the correct chemical symbols. Therefore the marker was correct. English result was 77% In the Regular Force Cadet School in 1960 I managed Best Cadet General Education Class for my year. I nener acheived School Cert as I was told I can't go into that class. Having said all of the above. I am 80% through the New Zealand Cert in Computing level 4 Education helps. Use it! |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 377014 | 2005-08-01 12:21:00 | hmmmm...maybe a pass in math would have helped you position these elements a bit more betterer ahem... thats a bug in your browser... If you used a browser that actually complied with the open standards set out by the world wide web consortium, you would see it correctly... Anyone using firefox have any problems? :P:P:P |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 377015 | 2005-08-01 12:30:00 | ahem... thats a bug in your browser... If you used a browser that actually complied with the open standards set out by the world wide web consortium, you would see it correctly... Anyone using firefox have any problems? :P:P:P What, in your opinion, has your comment to do with why the original poster needs to go to 7th form? |
Elephant (599) | ||
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