woot3
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:06 PM |
So, I am very lucky to of been given the opportunity to study this topic at A Level, my current IT teacher has said that even if my school will not offer it, he will personally tutor me as he knows I am willing to put the effort in and will come out with an amazing grade.
Has anybody studied the subject for A Level? If you, what should I expect, and what sort of doors will it open for me?
I've asked him some of the questions, but not all yet. I'd like it from a professional and personal perspective if possible. |
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SN0X
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:07 PM |
They have a programming A level?
yay, just 12 years to go :) |
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:10 PM |
What language will you be learning?
I know that my school is going to start teaching python to the younger students, though there **was** an A level module that covered VB6. |
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woot3
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:12 PM |
As it'll be on a one to one basis most likely, possibly with 2 other students, but that is unlikely. So I have been given the choice of any language I feel happy with.
I was tempted into using Lua for it, as that's allowed. Although I am considering one of the C family instead. |
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:17 PM |
| Personally I would start with Java. I'm gonna start learning it again too. :3 |
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SN0X
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:19 PM |
| Use Lua just to pass and then learn C# for future careers. |
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woot3
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:20 PM |
We have a Film teacher in our school who studied just that :D That was a possibility as well, but it's not my most favorable. |
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SN0X
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:24 PM |
You have film teachers that know Java?
Oh god you are so lucky...
I'd be happy if my ICT teacher knew HTML.
May I ask which country you live in, or, which education system your school uses?
The british system seems to shove ICT out of the picture. |
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:25 PM |
| ^A-levels implies that he's british, no? |
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SN0X
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:27 PM |
Oh.
Well in that case, I dunno whut daheck my school's doing. |
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woot3
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:31 PM |
IT in the UK is extremely outdated, or so I perceive it to be.
We mainly studied word, and other microsoft programs throughout KS3, so our school switched to the BTEC system which is far more up to date, it's a shame a BTEC is not so well recognized.
My IT teacher is extremely talented, but all prior teachers I would easily give them a run for their money. Anyway, he doesn't know any languages that I know of, but he is very well rounded and excellently educated, as well as keeping up to date. So unlike a lot of IT teachers, he's really great.
Although, unlucky for me, I didn't get him this year and was stuck with the other IT teacher who now I get my work done, and will play up for her as she can't touch for the rest of the lesson as she won't give me further work to complete.
Yes I live in the UK. And I planned to use Lua then C#, so haha :D |
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| 25 Oct 2012 03:31 PM |
*British.
Most kids just aren't interested enough. |
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TheMyrco
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| 25 Oct 2012 04:02 PM |
@woot: O.o we studied and learned more about microsoft office programs in the first and second year of our comprehensive school at mentoruur (literally translated: mentorhour).
We get real computer stuff in IT classes (wich I can finally get the next year (and wich I've also chosen)). |
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| 25 Oct 2012 04:06 PM |
My ICT lessons are a pathetic joke.
They keep us working with large quanitys of "functional skills" homework all the time to give the perception were learning something useful.
The only 'offcial' programming consists of scratch and open pascal. |
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Garnished
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| 25 Oct 2012 04:09 PM |
| What are you specifically learning? |
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TheMyrco
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| 25 Oct 2012 06:33 PM |
| @Gar: "Although I am considering one of the C family instead." |
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| 25 Oct 2012 06:49 PM |
IT courses at school? I had to learn everything on my own, and then when I asked to be put into the computer programming course at school, I was denied entry because I'm not taking trigonometry! They're also using Java, which is my new primary programming language...
BTW what is this "A-level" you speak of? |
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TheMyrco
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| 25 Oct 2012 06:54 PM |
@popin: Sad :(
I think the highest level possible. |
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