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in reply to a message by Hannah Ruth
From The catcher in the rye...I had to read this book in my last year at high school, you didn't? I thought it's a part of high school curricula in most countries all over the world...
This message was edited 5/6/2008, 12:09 PM
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What's GCSE?
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General certificate of secondary education = set of exams students have to pass in Britain...or at least I think I'm from central Europe =)
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GCSEs are just for England and Wales
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and Northern Ireland :)
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I wasn't sure about Ireland because they're devolved as well. Must not be in control of education?
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So, did you go to high school?
No offence meant, of course. Did you go to normal schooling, or just take a test, or both? I'm a little confused, here.
No offence meant, of course. Did you go to normal schooling, or just take a test, or both? I'm a little confused, here.
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I think it would be the equilvalent of SATs? Whatever you take at that age. You can do A-levels at age 17-18 before university (college) which are optional.
Just to clarify.
Just to clarify.
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What I don't get is...
Are those the only three books you read your last year of high school, and what do these tests have to do with the amount of or the books you read? Just curious. =)
Are those the only three books you read your last year of high school, and what do these tests have to do with the amount of or the books you read? Just curious. =)
This message was edited 5/6/2008, 1:56 PM
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hmm. let me think..
There was a lot of poetry we had to do. Mostly modern stuff. It was a book of poetry, each half of the year did half of the poems.
There was a bit of coursework on media, we did the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird and Where Eagles Dare (teacher's favourite film).
Some creative writing coursework.
I can't really remember much, i'm afraid.
There was a lot of poetry we had to do. Mostly modern stuff. It was a book of poetry, each half of the year did half of the poems.
There was a bit of coursework on media, we did the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird and Where Eagles Dare (teacher's favourite film).
Some creative writing coursework.
I can't really remember much, i'm afraid.
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You're right, they're taken at ages 15-16 and are basic qualifications
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You're lucky we've had to read about 12 different books every year at high school.
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Wow,
You all had it easy, we have 30-40 books to read every year of high school (Croatia and worl literature) + 1 book a month in every foreign language we had (English and German for me, and Spanish for 2 years).
You all had it easy, we have 30-40 books to read every year of high school (Croatia and worl literature) + 1 book a month in every foreign language we had (English and German for me, and Spanish for 2 years).
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I liked the reading part!
I just hated essays.. especially creative writing, ugh!
I just hated essays.. especially creative writing, ugh!
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Yeah anything is better than creative writng, I mean not everybody has the talent so why torture poor students
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