[s]Goal: 100,000 New Goal: 200,000[/s] New Goal: 250.000

[Smiley73]

one of my favourites, with science, and math

[Crimson_Ayla]

oooh yay I like biology

 

I prefer maths

 

But its good :) Respiration atm...

[Crimson_Ayla]

one of my favourites, with science, and math

 

Those are my 4 subjects; maths, further maths, physics and biology... :)

[Smiley73]

and there are dinosaurs in biology, or at least fossils

[Smiley73]

one of my favourites, with science, and math

 

Those are my 4 subjects; maths, further maths, physics and biology... :)

 

do you only take 4 subjects?

[Crimson_Ayla]

do you only take 4 subjects?

 

Yesh :)

[Smiley73]

that's all you do in school no other ones? Just making sure, It's different here

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

those are very advanced subjects

[Smiley73]

they are fun that way :D

[Crimson_Ayla]

that's all you do in school no other ones? Just making sure, It's different here

 

Yes :)

 

We do A levels here. At my school we can choose up to 5 subjects in year 12 (most people choose 4, I think but some do 5 and some only do 3). In year 13 most people drop a subject to get 3 A levels (because that's what uni offers are based on for A levels, e.g. AAB) but you don't have to drop one...

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

we had 12 or 13 most years and we didn't choose anything. plus music or art and gym. plus prayers. lotsa long prayers, up to two hours a day depending.

 

so... college was a nice rest.

 

and... still bitter. trying to let it go.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

ahhhhh... tea.... needed that.

[Smiley73]

AAB? SOrry I didn't get that part.

 

In SA you have to do four subjects

First Language

Second Language

Maths/Maths lit (maths lit is the equivalent of junior school maths)

Life orientation (which is a joke)

 

Then you have all sort of other subjects that can get taught and they differ depending on the school, most offer the usuals (Science, Biology, History, Geography) but some schools get more specialised (engineering, agriculture etc.)

You have to choose at least three of these types of subjects which leaves you with a minimum of seven subjects, though you can do more if you choose

[Crimson_Ayla]

Tea good

[Smiley73]

My subjects are:

First Language: English

Second Language: Afrikaans (a local language mostly of dutch origin, though its easier than dutch)

Maths

Life orientation (which is still a joke)

 

My chosen subjects are:

 

Science

Biology

IT (Information technology - web design, java that sort of thing)

 

and because I don't think that enough I do two extra subjects:

ADmaths (I guess this is the equivalent of further maths, we do ADmaths lessons in the same time that everyone else does normal maths or maths lit)

French (which I do once a week for 45 minutes)

[Crimson_Ayla]

AAB? SOrry I didn't get that part.

 

Just the grade requirements :) Some unis will ask for grades like that or some will ask for ucas points. I think the conversion is A*=140pts A=120pts B=100pts C=80pts etc...

[Smiley73]

ahhhhh... tea.... needed that.

 

tea very good, make feel better, almost as good as hot chocolate, almost

[Smiley73]

what is an A*? 90%?

[Crimson_Ayla]

what is an A*? 90%?

 

Pretty much. You can only get them in Y13. You have to have an A already from Y12 and then have to average 90% in your Y13 exams.

[Smiley73]

oooh pressure

[Crimson_Ayla]

oooh pressure

 

I know...

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

tea good. honey yumm. a little better. was getting worse and worse till the tea.

 

school bad. school over.

 

yay! yayayayayay!

[Smiley73]

HOLIDAYS! yayayayayayay!

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

lol, i got punished for anything under a 95, so i just learned to forge the signature.

[Crimson_Ayla]

School on thursday. No yayayay.. :(