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sjohal2006 said:
So Geography it is :D - It is a useful thing I find , everything about the world (Includes Business studies apparently)
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GCSE Geography is pretty basic stuff. At A-Level it completely changes direction and you wouldn't even recognise the stuff at degree :p

Geography most certainly is not about maps or naming countries. Enjoy.
 
Nonononono, you want to do french. Learning a language will help you much more in later life then learning about population sizes and different types of rocks.
 
yermum said:
No, at GCSE level there's one hell of a lot of colouring-in! :p
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I only remember a little bit about GCSE, and saying it I do remember colouring in a couple of times :p

I remember coastal processes most about GCSE tbh.
 
These days, it is actually all about colouring in... So far. :p

I've got a few friends taking Geography, and they've told me they do quite a bit of colouring in, and that is how they are taught quite a lot.

There is also a bit of cutting and sticking too, which is a bit more challenging, I guess. :/
 
Etaqua said:
These days, it is actually all about colouring in... So far. :p

I've got a few friends taking Geography, and they've told me they do quite a bit of colouring in, and that is how they are taught quite a lot.

There is also a bit of cutting and sticking too, which is a bit more challenging, I guess. :/
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Probably just that school.
 
Nah, it's a public school, however it is being compared to a few private schools in terms of GCSE results. :D

One of the best public schools in Oxfordshire. According to league tables, at least.
 
The more enjoyable would (I expect) be geography of those two; however, I have to agree on the potential benefits of taking at least one foreign language.

Funny story/Anecdote:
In my degree course I had to spend a week in Tennerife (off season) liasing with Spanish students. Our hotel was in the North East of the island, where the predominant tourist nationality would be German.
Anyway, one night after returning from a few drinks in the local village, we tried to ask the hotel staff where we could get some more bevvys. This guy behind reception started talking in a foreign language...(erm, I guess that would be spanish ;))... and everyone started trying to decipher his 'directions' to a shop that would still be open.
He watched us try to assure ourselves we knew which way to go from the hotel, then asked us if anyone spoken Spanish {silence}. I piped up "Deutsch" (for some insane reason) despite not having done it since GCSE 5 or so years before. He then spoke in fluent German to me, and I managed to work out what he was saying :D :
"Your tutor has parked accross someone's driveway - you have to move the minibus"
No wonder we couldnt understand where this 'shop' was he was telling us about ;)
Ahh memories... I felt like a hero though, even if we didnt get any drink :cool:
Moral of the story - languages are gooood.

Anyway, back on topic...
Agent_Smith357 said:
None of those will matter once you have some A-Levels.
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Actually I filled in an application form the other week and it was very interested in GCSEs attained (granted the interest was primarily on core subjects). There was seemingly less onus on my A-levels aswell.
 
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