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  • in lessons, you are expected to work out of class for another hour. put on top of that, out of school commitments. you have little time to yourself anyway, even if you did manage to do 5 subjects. Also universities prefer if you only do 3 1/2 A levels anyway.

  • The principle behind this is that we start to specialise and then specialse even more as you go further. I don't do the IB and i do 13 subjects for my GCSE's: Eng lang, Eng lit, Maths, IT, RE, Cit, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French, German and Art. If we want to we can do more it's just that an A* at GCSE level is only worth an E grade. that's Three grades away from failing so badly, that they couldn't be bothered to mark it. So you've got to work so much harder. and for every hour you have

  • it's time to kill all police and army.

    stop being weak.

  • At 16 many students are ready to make their own decisions about what they want to study and it's much more beneficial for them than being forced to continue with subjects they have no interest in or maybe aren't particularly good at.

    In my opinion it would be unfair to treat mature teenagers as though they aren't capable of making decisions for themselves. For those who aren't sure what they want to study, they can take subjects from different areas to leave their options open.

  • Interesting observation. Emma Watson chose Brown because the UK system requires choosing a very narrow focus early on. The down side of free university is its limited places, which limits mobility, which is the whole point of making university hard to get into: elite limiting competition.

  • The irish system is one of the best in the world, and very well respected. In Ireland everyone goes to 'Highschool' at 12-18. At 15 you do a GSCE like exam called the 'Junior Cert' with around 9 or so subjects, at either higher (difficult) or ordinary (standard) level, everyone must study English Irish and Maths, they're compulsory. 16-18 you do the 'Leaving Cert', and everyone must do at least 6 subjects, again at either higher or ordinary level, and English Irish and Maths are compulsory.

  • Also most "high schools" have sixform which is the same as college, but it is MUCH better to have the college campus separate from a school for many different reasons.

    The systems are pretty much the same but an independent college campus is just so much better and offers a much higher quality of education than could be achieved sharing with MOST secondary schools.

    (private schools are exempt from these reasons and offer exellent sixform or college education)

  • This is beause British kids are on average more mature than kids in the US and recieve a higher standard of education at "high school".

    You should also remember that college is available for 15 - 19 year olds free of charge ( and up to 25 in certain situations ), then adults can still go colledge at any age, but it costs money. People can stay at college as longs they like and take as many subjects as they like.

  • good point in the UK a lot of kids r not sure of wht they want 2 do and in other countrys like Japan, Finland Germany kids hav an idea of wht they want to do and i think we need tht it help kids to aim higher and want an education

  • 7) our education system is well funded with each state school recieving at least over 15 million a year. 8) services such as careers advice, personnal health and money advice are provided.

    9) the government is currently modernising all schools around the country.

  • 5) Britiain is the only country in the world, were it is compulsuary for children and teenagers to take the subject of religious studies and moral and ethics, creating open mindedness and a tolerent society. 6) it is believed that due to us not having end of year tests, people within our education system learn to push themselves not use teachers and the state.

  • secondly!

    4) the second option is sixth were you can take A-levels (previously explained).

  • It is actually considered that britain has one of the best education systems in the world because 1) are G.C.S.E'S are the equivilant of mainand europe's bacculareates. 2) our A-levels (tests between 18-19 in the U.K.) are are equal to mainland europe's university studies in terms of depth of knoweledge. 3) at sixteen one is not forced to leave, you choose to go onto college were they offer options such as metal work, performing arts, etc

  • @buzzbrr34 16-18 actually

    

  • @SDS3AAPH oh yeah, my bad :L

  • Damn..i wish i was living in Britian with their edu system..seems easy enough, its tough in north america

  • Sorry foreigner, but who the fuck are you to dictate to us Brits about our education policies

  • Be quiet you silly chav.

  • Get a life and get some real insults if you wish to object to something I have said.

  • I understand the foreigner ,British education is bad. A degree in many other european countries takes 5 years to achieve the same degree in UK takes only 3 years,thats why many foreigners come to study in UK.

  • I agree that to decide what you want to do with 16 is way too early

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