Quote: Paul W @ June 10 2009, 12:52 PM BSTTrue, I don't have a qualification to my retarded name, yet I have a well paid job for my age with bags of possible advancement and experience now
*two fingers to education*
Aye to that. Coping with reality when you leave education is the steepest learning curve.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ June 10 2009, 12:55 PM BSTBobbins, I shall tell you what my BTEC tutor and friend told me. The only way to get a U is to turn up an hour late naked with a traffic cone on you head, cough up blood on the paper, then hand it in and dance out of the room and even then you are just as likely to get an E.
But that's a BTEC. It's not like a proper qualification, is it? 
Scats, I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine. You're going to spend the next two months waking up at three O'clock sure that you've failed, but you will be fine.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ June 10 2009, 12:55 PM BSTBobbins, I shall tell you what my BTEC tutor and friend told me. The only way to get a U is to turn up an hour late naked with a traffic cone on you head, cough up blood on the paper, then hand it in and dance out of the room and even then you are just as likely to get an E.
How I spent most of my time at school.
Quote: Rob H @ June 10 2009, 1:08 PM BSTBut that's a BTEC. It's not like a proper qualification, is it?
Got me into Uni! 
How did you get your job, Paul?
Are you one of those jammy bastards who is awesome at interviews or something?
To be fair I didn't have exams at uni just back breaking physical torture 8 hours a day then was expected to go home and do more. Bastard practice as research. 
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Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ June 10 2009, 1:18 PM BSTGot me into Uni!
Like he said... 
Quote: Aaron @ June 10 2009, 12:45 PM BSTHave you actually read any of the last few pages, Darren?
Actually no, the link kept getting broken when I tried to go on them.
Then wait.
Quote: Aaron @ June 10 2009, 2:31 PM BSTThen wait.
I didn't want to.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ June 10 2009, 12:55 PM BSTBobbins, I shall tell you what my BTEC tutor and friend told me. The only way to get a U is to turn up an hour late naked with a traffic cone on you head, cough up blood on the paper, then hand it in and dance out of the room and even then you are just as likely to get an E.
I got a U on my History resit last year for writing poetry instead of an answer. So not quite as extreme, but still.
Aw. That's something to go in your autobiography, once you're famous. Will make you sound all creative and anarchist.
Hee.
Exams are only a means to an end. They are meaningless in most other respects. There is a world of difference between truly understanding a subject and studying a subject in order to pass an examination. Plus, applied natural talent will eventually outshine academic achievement.
Quote: zooo @ June 10 2009, 1:19 PM BSTHow did you get your job, Paul?
Are you one of those jammy bastards who is awesome at interviews or something?
All the people I know who earn the most have few or no qualifications. I think they actually put a lot of employers off. What they've done is go for jobs that aren't hugely glamorous and stuck at them. Saying that the people I know who have the most rewarding and/or enjoyable jobs do have good qualifications.
To me, the most rewarding A Level I did was English. I did my Physics, Chemistry and Biology, but the English A Level was invaluable and possibly the most fun I've ever had studying. I was pleased to have done so well in the exam, but that was only a little icing on the cake. The sheer enjoyment of the course and the fact that it influenced my life so much since then was the ultimate reward. (Admittedly, when you're doing exams this kind of long-term thinking is very hard to do!)