Monday, December 24, 2012

Once you are 16 years old in the UK, what is education like? How many more years of school are there after tha

Once you are 16 years old in the UK, what is education like? How many more years of school are there after tha?
I know that once you hit 16, students can either stop school or take A-levels, but how long do you study for A-Levels for before you take the exam?
Other - Education - 7 Answers
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Usually 2 years.
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There is 1-2 years left and I suggest you finish them if you take A- Levels it's very hard to get a job cuz they always ask if you finished school
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you study a levels for 2 years but you can stop after 1 year and just come out with half an A level (as level) but then after 2 years you could progress to uni or start working
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2 years, you have AS level exams then A level exams
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you go on to do a/s levels now at college which is the first year, normally 4 subjects, the 2nd year of college you can drop a subject and do the full a level in the 3 subjects, after there you go to uni, how long you stay depends on what you study..
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At age 16 you would normally have 2 years of A level study to do, the providing you get the necessary grade, you then go on to uni.
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Well,if your 16 then you're probably doing/ have already done your O'Levels. After that comes your A'levels which is a combination 2 years. What i mean by this is that your first A' Level year you will sit your AS examinations (typically you do 4 subjects here).then your second and last year you will sit your A'levels (which is a typical of 3 subjects-you drop one subject you did the previous year). The grades that you get from both years are combined to get your final A'Level grades. Hope its not too confusing.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Can anybody tell me about how's living and working in Canada like? And in what area in Canada is the best

Can anybody tell me about how's living and working in Canada like? And in what area in Canada is the best?
I'd like to know where in Canada is the best to settle for a family, the lifestyle, cost of living, working condition, if taxes are more than we usually pay here in UK, school standards, investments, and how long before we could get permanent residency?
Immigration - 3 Answers
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i live in canada.. and have lived here my whole life.. i live in ontario. our schools are okay.. cost of living isn't to bad either.. i live quite comfortably on my salary (and i dont' make a pile).. canada is a pretty clean place.. lots of green space.. you can live either in a rural area.. or a larger city.. many rural areas have all the things you need close by... they are just starting to bring taxes down a little.. and we are really looking for imigrants from what i've heard
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Canada is a big country and every province is unique in it`s own way.It would be hard to say that there is a best place to settle.French is the official language of Quebec and you will have to learn french if you move there.I do not know what you pay for taxes in UK so i can not compare.If want information on immigrating to Canada look up www.cic.gc.ca
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Climate wise you will find the lower mainland of BC being the most consistent with the UK. It is also quite beautiful. You will likely earn less in Canada, but there are less taxes, and cheaper cost of living on most major things. School standards are quite comparable. Investments are generally the same as the UK....there are some restrictions on foreign content in RSP's, which are tax deffered retirement investments. Otherwise, if you don't mind taxes, you can invest in virtually anything, anywhere. PR status is probably 4 years away, unless you apply as an investor and open a company, or as a skillled trade or professional, and find a company to sponsor you for PNP. (Provincial Nominee Program)
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Australians finishing school (doing year 12) in UK

Australians finishing school (doing year 12) in UK?
Is this possible? I am planning to do a year in France and then come home to Australia to do year 12, but then that just means I finish school in two years rather than one... So my question is, can you just go to united kingdom (say ireland hehe) and do year twelve there instead? If you have like a host family or something? Or would I have to do year 11 and 12... Thanks ;)
Studying Abroad - 1 Answers
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Our last year of school in England isn't 12, it's 13. You would have serious problems doing just year 13, because the exams at the end of it are strongly based on you having done a two year course, both years 12 and 13. It's unlikely that the overlap with what you've been studying in Australia or France would be sufficient for you to cope (it's strongly recommended that you don't even switch school at that point). You'd almost certainly be advised to do two years. (And Ireland isn't part of the UK, the education system there is probably entirely different. It's even different in Scotland which is part of the UK.)
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Are there any school loans available for US citizens to study abroad even if the school is not eligible

Are there any school loans available for US citizens to study abroad even if the school is not eligible?
I am a US citizen who wants to study in the UK but the school is not eligible.
Financial Aid - 1 Answers
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well call your school in the UK and find out what loans from the US that can be used for their school good luck
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

How come UK schools dont teach the pupils about Native American genocide or african or abroiganal genocide

How come UK schools dont teach the pupils about Native American genocide or african or abroiganal genocide?
My Siester friend has a son who is 16 and I was talking to him about what history they teach in UK in primary and secondary school, I ask him what history have you been taught on genocide he told me they only learnt about the Holacaust and that was it, and I ask him if he ever heard off the Native American genocide which was much bigger than the holacaust in terms of death, I also ask him if he was taught in school about the African slavery genocide or the australia abroiginies which he didnt have a clue. So im asking because in Russia we had books in the school and was taught about these genocides but why are schools in UK and mabie USA and Australia even not teaching children about this? God bless thanks for your input Bella, the boy knows who Abroiginies are but didnt know millions of them were victims of genocide thanks to UK. So why is this?
Other - Cultures & Groups - 5 Answers
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Because in schools you learn your country's history. I doubt you were learning about Henry VII or Victorians so why want us to learn American history? And actually we do learn about the slave trade. Just because one person you know may not have learned it dosen't mean the whole of the UK dosen't. Your friend sounds like a moron if he dosen't know who abroiginies are.
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Hello, I went to school from 1958 - 1976 (university included). Back then the maps of the world were covered in pink and blue. Initially we were taught from the perspective of the older colonial mentality that you did not take people three generations from the bush or trees, teach them to flush toilets then expect them to run governments and technical infrastructures the next. Much of the old Social - Darwinistic attitudes were still there relfected in many books and cultures and the world threat, communism at the time was strirring up the natives over there and had to be stopped. After the social revolution in the 60's, teaching totally reversed and Colonialism was taught to be evil. Terrorists over a few hundred years from Cochise, Geronimo, Shaka to Kenyetta, not to mention contemporaries like Che Guevera and Castro became fashionable folk heroes. Movies from the 30's to late 50's that showed American Indians and African natives in a bad light, reversed themselves and showed the White man in a bad light. In my country, Canada all this sort of history was covered though I got taught from two different worlds as you can see. That said, most countries have some sort of national pride and like to hide their dirty deeds. Remember the big fight China had with Japan five years back where the Chinese were upset that every year they Japanese cry and remember the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagkasaki but refuse to address Japanese Imperialism and subsequent atrocities in China in situations like the Rape Of Nanking etc? We were also, by the way, taught about the expansionism in Russia under the Czars, Ivan The Terrible to the Great Game (Russia vs Britain in the 19th century), Russian Revolution and Stalin's purges in the 30's which took a tremendous amount of lives. Cheers, Michael Kelly
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For the same reason they don't teach about the genocides committed by the Ottomans against the Greeks and Armenians - or, at the other end of history, the genocide against the English by Guillaume le Bâtard and his Normans. You obviously have some kind of anti-British agenda you are trying to push, and you seem to think you are very clever. I think it is you who should read a few history books - maybe then you won't have such an ignorant outlook on world history.
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A country's schools often does not teach its students about the parts of history that may make them look bad. The Native American and Native Australian genocides are a part of the UK's history, as well as the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. By the way, I am reading "Heart of Darkness" which is a story based on the author's real-life experiences in the Congo (Central Africa) in the 1800-1900s when the Europeans took over and were enslaving people. It's disturbing but profound and might be a good read in UK's history classes.
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I understand that these are important issues, but the schools cannot teach pupils about everything. I think that people should learn about these things independently. In the limited time that teachers have to teach about history, only the most relevant things should be taught. The holocaust/ww2 mainly occurred in europe and is therefore more relevant to people in the UK. So many things have happened in the history of the world, teachers do not have enough time to teach about everything (for example, did you learn about the genocide led by Genghis Khan - the biggest genocide in world history?). I do however think that there should be more documentaries on these subjects so that people can learn independently. I wrote my answer real quick so might not make sense. Edit: I guess Britain was the reason why these things happened and everyone should know this...... but I still think that if teaching time is limited, the holocaust/ww2 should take priority
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Friday, November 16, 2012

what time during the year do schools in the uk or us generally start a session

what time during the year do schools in the uk or us generally start a session?

Studying Abroad - 4 Answers
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The school year in UK starts at the beginning of september and finishes usually in July but that depends on what type of school it is private, academy, public.
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In the US the first day of school has historically been Tuesday after Labor Day. Labor Day is the first Monday in September. Then, for quite some time, many school districts were tampering with that tradition and moving the start date up a week or so, into late August. Suddenly, here just lately, they seem to all be going back to that age old "Tuesday after Labor Day."
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Gary s completely wrong about US schools. Although many have gone back to the Labor day standard, most still start in August. Usually either the last full week in August or the week prior. As a result they end in late May rather than early June (which is when they end if they start in September). Some schools in the US have decided to go to year round schooling. In this method the school stays open year round, but the students have different start dates and finishing dates. A third start in Aug/Sept and finish May/June; a third start Dec/Jan and finish Aug/Sept, and a third start May/June and finish Dec/Jan. This is usually done because the student population has outgrown the size of the school. Some US school districts have begun tinkering with all students being year round, and in this instance is meant to avoid the forgetfulness that arises from the "summer slump" or period of inactivity, it has not really caught on though. In general US colleges and universities start 1-3 weeks after most US primary/secondary schools and finish about 1-3 weeks earlier than primary/secondary schools. Of course the idea of a summer school, whether to pass previously failed classes or to get ahead, has been a semi-popular option unlike in the UK where it has not really caught on. While primary and secondary education starts in September, University and college education usually does not begin until October 1, or the week in which October 1 lies. And generally ends roughly in mid to late June.
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Schools in the US will start in August or September and end in May or early June. I can't speak about the entire school system in the UK, but the university I went to there started in late September and finished with classes in April. We finished our testing in early June.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Confused & frustrated American applying for UK schools

Confused & frustrated American applying for UK schools?
Ok, I have resorted to yahoo because it has never failed me and I am utterly frustrated with finding and answer either through the schools I'm applying to or UCAS. It seems no one has an answer so I'm hoping the Yahoo community can help me with this simple question: What is the application deadline for UK schools if I wish to be studying in the fall of 2011? Why is the UCAS application deadline in January? It just seems so early and far off. I'm out of high school and taking community college courses here in the states right now and I'm trying to pull off all these college applications on my own seeing as I can't find help anywhere. I REALLY want to study in the UK and am completely confused on how to apply to UK schools. (My school does not offer exchange programs). The applications are so different and they have so many different types of schools for after high school. Any advice would be appreciated outside of my initial question. UCAS has been helpful so far, but still am unsure if I'm doing it right. I'm getting a little frustrated and pressed for time seeing as the only deadline I can find is this saturday. It only adds to my worries that my referee isn't completing my reference and I can't get her to move any faster. I'm having so much trouble applying to schools individually that USAC has for the most part been a big help. Maybe I am just a confused American but if anyone can give me any advice it would be greatly appreciated..
Primary & Secondary Education - 2 Answers
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I have a friend who is applying and she has to submit hers by Saturday. I don't know if it's different for the US though (We're from the UK)
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The best thing to do is to visit a site http://www.cyberhighereducationfocus.tk. Put in the details of what it is you need and it shows you how to apply.
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