College

[likemclever]

Yes, absolutely get your but in school....

Just look at the 40 year old men walking arround that didn't get a college degree...Do you wanna be there.

There are exceptions to every rule.......and I don't think that college makes you smarter......but what it does get you is opertinuity.

You're making an exelent choice.

Even if you have to wait till Spring...

[GHoSToKeR]

Well, I think the college i'm talking about is a different kind of college to what you guys have in the US. It's a smaller college and it offers less courses, and I don't think you get a degre there. Alot of people go to this college before going on to getting a degree... It's a higher Education College, if that means anything to you. Az. knows all about it, he goes there! lol

But yeah, I know I have to do it, it's just a matter of when. I could try and get in now (which will probably be too late to do but some people might dropped out or whatever) or have to wait another year, which I really don't wanna do, even though that was my choice.

Thanks.

[robert42]

yo man word of advice

do it if u REALLY wanan do it

dont do it and do a half arsed job of it

if ur gna do it at all do it right man stick to it

I DIDNT I LASTED 1 DAY AT COLLEGE,

Just make sure u dnt waste time cos time is precious once its gone its gone.

if u wanna go college and gna stick at it then all the best man and dnt smoke whilst ur there man, smoek when u get home man trust.

goodluck on ur decision man

[mellow mood]

i think youll only be able to start on the second session. u cant just enter in the middle of a session. which means u should enter there in winter if theres still places.

i started college 1 month ago and i like it.

anyway good luck man

[beachguy in thongs]

I think you can enter into it...but, I'm not sure if you'd have to pay for the whole cost of the semester, or what...but if you can pass the finals with a half-semester of notes, then go for it. Go back in January, it will make your New Year's Eve better.

[beachguy in thongs]

and I don't think that college makes you smarter......but what it does get you is opertinuity.

It makes you smarter by juggling your schedule and making you think in class. It gives you a chance to get the opportunity.

It won't get you a job. But if you can complete school, you'll have a world of options.

[likemclever]

thats true but if you have to go to a class to be made to think you proubaly shouldn't be there.

I suppose it does help with time management......but that can also be learnd at work.

[GHoSToKeR]

To say education makes you smarter would be wrong. True, it does cram you full of facts and figures, and it does help you to understand a lot of different concepts, etc, but I believe that intelligence is something you're either born with or without.

But at the end of the day, does it make any difference? If you're born not so smart but then get a high level of education, are you any different to somebody born smart but with no formal education? Hmmm.... I shall meditate on this. Actually, i'll make a thread on this because i'm bored.

Thanks for the replies, guys..

[Az.]

Hmm.. well I gotta do the return to school course, you know? I think it's called the access course. Basically I wanna retake my GCSEs or get the equivalent of A levels to go on to uni.

I'm not sure of all the qualifications they do
bnut the course im doing is AVCE, i know they also do GNVQ which is a much lower qualification....

my year was the last year they are doing AVCE (which at the end of 2 years gets you 2 A levels) and they are now doing BTEC instead which consists of just coursework (no exams) and it gives you 3 A levels after 2 years.....

you can also re-take GCSE's there if you want...(i re-took my maths GCSE last year...

However if you become a student at highlands....you can apply to go to hautlieu and do AS/A2 levels....so if you wanted an A level in say....psychology (as i do) you can apply to go to hautlieu (as i am) you dont have an interview its almost like they automaticly allow you to go,
i asked whether i was going to have an interview a week before term started and they were like "no you dont need one".......

but yeah as i said i dont know of other qualifications they give you other than
BTEC (3 A levels....was called AVCE which gave 2 A Levels)
GNVQ <---i dont know much about this other than it doesnt reallly qualify you for very much other than to go onto a AVCE/BTEC course...

hope this helps

[Fengzi]

To say education makes you smarter would be wrong. True, it does cram you full of facts and figures, and it does help you to understand a lot of different concepts, etc, but I believe that intelligence is something you're either born with or without.

But at the end of the day, does it make any difference? If you're born not so smart but then get a high level of education, are you any different to somebody born smart but with no formal education? Hmmm.... I shall meditate on this. Actually, i'll make a thread on this because i'm bored.

Thanks for the replies, guys..

I always think of it like this: Our brain is like a computer's hard drive. Some people have bigger hard drives than others and some people have faster CPU's than others. Education is just what's loaded on to your hard drive and can come from college or from life.

If you can't get in this semester I suggest learning from life while you wait. Do some travelling, maybe experience a different culture. You won't regret it. I waited several years after I graduated from HS to enter college and value every minute of it. Not only did I have a better understanding of the world around me but I also really knew what I wanted to do when I did go back to school. Anyhow, if you can't get in try to find some way to make the time off valuable to you.



And then again, some people's hard drives are clearly infected with a virus